Since 2006, several groups of people from around New Zealand have been developing a new style of community group which aims to inspire and support a greater citizen engagement on social, economic and environmental issues.

Some of these groups have taken the name ChangeMakers ... and have been following a "5-10-5-10" framework of active citizenship.

5 - spend 5% of your time on active citizenship tasks

10 - do ten actions in the next year on your personal passion in citizenship action

5 - spend 5% of your income directly supporting citizenship action that inspires you

10 - join with ten other people to create a learning community to support each other’s work for change

At the moment, there are groups currently established in Taranaki, Auckland, Taupo and Wellington. We are also connected with other community organisations who are incorporating a "5-10-5-10 learning community" approach into their existing activities

All this is very much still under construction ... so do keep checking back at this website.

If you want to get in touch with local initiatives ...
contact us at sue@changemakers.org.nz