The Common Good

Razi has had an amazing time speaking with some wonderful people.

In this last episode of The Common Good Razi has compiled some of the best moments from the previous episodes. Enjoy listening.

Razi has had an amazing time speaking with some wonderful people.

The next two episodes are the last two episodes of The Common Good podcast series.

In this two part episode, Razi has compiled some of the best moments from the previous episodes.

In this episode, Razi spoke with Cheryl Doig from Ako Ōtautahi Learning City Christchurch. Cheryl explains that 'Learning Cities' is about making lifelong learning a reality in their communities by connecting people to learning opportunities – creating them, supporting them, or doing them. Learning cities are about making connections and enabling opportunities for all.

In today's episode Razi spoke with Vick Buck. She talked about her new project Climate Change School in Christchurch, how she ventured to establish this school and her vision for the school and why it is important to take action now! She has been instrumental in establishing the Discovery School now known as Ao Tawhiti Unlimited Discovery. Listen to the episode to find out how and why she set out to establish a special character school.

Her passion for making special character schools accessible to any child is evident in this talk.

Building resilience in the community post COVID-19 across three sectors – public, profit, and not-for-profit - through

interviews and conversation.

In this episode, Razi speaks with Daniel Stirland, Curator Special Projects, Canterbury Museum. Dan shares his experience in bringing together two major exhibitions, Mosque: Faith, Culture, Community, and House of Treasures which showcases rarely-seen treasures from the Museum’s collection and highlights iconic objects on display in the Museum galleries. Listen to the episode to know about other major exhibitions in the pipeline and future plans of the museum.

In this episode, Razi talks with Sandeep Sharma, Regional Market Manager(South Asia & Middle East), International Relations at the University of Canterbury(UC) about his role at UC as he gives a glimpse into the future of international education. He is also the Canterbury's Chapter Head of India New Zealand Business Council. Established in 1988, INZBC has been promoting trade, investment, scientific, technical and economic corporation between India and New Zealand.

Building resilience in the community post COVID-19 across three sectors – public, profit, and not-for-profit - through

interviews and conversation.

In this episode, I spoke with Alistair Crozier from the Asia New Zealand Foundation(the "Foundation"). He explains, that when it comes to trading with Asia, especially, China, New Zealanders lack confidence and essential knowledge. And this was the reason the Foundation was set up. Listen to this episode as Alistair talks about the various programs the Foundations offers to help New Zealanders build their knowledge, skills and confidence to thrive in Asia, including offering internships in Asia to tertiary students, supporting entrepreneurs to build connections in Asia, Leadership programs and much more.

Building resilience in the community post COVID-19 across three sectors – public, profit, and not-for-profit - through

interviews and conversation.

Razi speaks with Ellie Sutton from Springboard Trust. Springboard Trust is a unique charitable trust within the education sector, working to assist the school principals to enhance student achievement by strengthening strategic leadership-capability in schools.

Ellie leads the delivery of Springboard Trust’s portfolio and heads the teams in Wellington and Canterbury. She brings more than 15 years of professional experience working in the not-for-profit sector with passion and drive to contribute her energy, skills and experience to make a difference in our communities

In this third edition, we speak with Bridget Frame the Operations Manager of Canterbury Employer's Chamber of Commerce and Amanda Smidt of The Career and Development Company.

Bridget says Canterbury economy is recovering better than the rest of the country, driven predominantly by the manufacturing sector. Employers say things aren't just as bad as they thought it would be.

And Amanda points out the impact of COVID-19 on employees has been threefold i.e. impact on Financial Wellbeing, Personal Wellbeing and Career Wellbeing. Employees are now facing a unique challenge called "Career identity", I have been this all this while and now who am I?

For more insights listen to the full podcast.