Social Enterprise
'I was given a cow and taught how to make a shed'
A dairy programme in Sri Lanka is lifting rural communities out of poverty. Selina Prem Kumar and charity Tearfund set the programme up in 2009 and with support from Kiwi farmers, it's grown from… Video, Audio
Social Procurement: A match made in heaven?
Nikki Mandow tells us why social procurement is way more exciting than it sounds - and how it might change the world. Audio
Louise Aitken - Growing social enterprise
Louise Aitken is chief executive of the Akina Foundation, which aims to develop and support social enterprises - businesses that work to improve social wellbeing, environmental sustainability, and… Audio
Daniel Flynn: the social enterprise taking on the big guns
Kathryn Ryan meets the co-founder of the social enterprise, Thankyou, which is taking on the big guns of the retail industry to make changes in developing nations and at home. Thankyou has a range of… Audio
Cultivate Christchurch
Earthquake demolition work in Christchurch has made way for an urban farm that is equipping young people with life and work skills. Audio, Gallery
Outdoor work gives young offenders a path out of crime
An outdoor work programme called The Skill Mill is giving teenage offenders in the UK an opportunity to gain qualifications and eventually enter the job market. Audio
Live The Dream - Irene Wakefield
Over the summer Wellingtonian Irene Wakefield is honing her online resource for teenagers who're considering serious relationships, or who are with partners who're hurting them physically and… Audio
The Great Outdoors - Everyone's Adventure
Children with wistful eyes and empty pockets used to hang around a kayak rental boatshed in Eastbourne in Wellington. Now, thanks to a new project called Everyone's Adventure, there's a very good… Audio
Rebecca Lees - Incredible Edibles
They have runnerbeans growing up the side of a police station in Canterbury, and if you pick them you won't get arrested. They're there - like many of the fruit and vegies growing in Geraldine - for… Audio, Gallery
Supporting social enterprise
It's been announced the World Social Enterprise Forum will be held in Christchurch next year and local business are keen to capitalise. Last night, the Community and Voluntary Sector Minister Jo… Audio
Toby Carr
Kim Hill talks to Toby Carr is the CEO and founder of trading company DeXTech Ltd, and has just received an international youth leadership award. He is a speaker on the Future of Education panel at… Audio
Young Entrepreneurs
Last week more than 130,000 people went through the gates at the National Agricultural Fieldays near Hamilton. Ten of those were top, young South East Asian agri-business leaders and entrepreneurs… Audio, Gallery
Live The Dream - Keefe Robinson-Gore
Hearing an oral history recording of his nana talking about her relationship to the land and food has changed the life of Ngai Tahu rangatahi Keefe Robinson-Gore. He was sad to think that his people… Audio
Design skills for Kaikohe's disadvantaged youth
Social enterprise entrepreneurs Ana Heremaia and Felicity Brenchley talk to Kathryn. They along with colleague Ruby Watson have established a design and architecture studio, named Akau. It is based in… Audio, Gallery
Giving a way of life - Vanisa Dhiru
Giving is a way of life for Vanisa Dhiru. Helping the homeless and women's rights are among many causes championed by this inspirational Indian New Zealander. Lynda Chanwai-Earle follows Vanisa as she… Audio, Gallery
Freedom from Calcutta's sex slave trade - Freeset, India
From a life in broadcasting in New Zealand to living in Kolkata (Calcutta) helping women to be free from the sex trade in India, social innovator John Sinclair meets Lynda Chanwai-Earle on a flying… Video, Audio, Gallery
Ben Gleisner - Conscious Consumers
Ben Gleisner is the co-founder and national director of Conscious Consumers, a social enterprise that connects consumers with businesses who care about looking after the planet and being a good… Audio
The Pallet Kingdom - turning wooden trash to treasure
Not many people can claim that by breaking a table, it leads them to a unique social and business opportunity. However, that's exactly what happened when Gabriel Acuna-Carvajal sat on a table in a… Audio
Our Own Odysseys - Journey for Change
Annette Culpan from Philanthropy New Zealand recently visited India to enquire about the growing commitment to a social enterprise culture. Audio
Ideas for 11 August 2013
In Ideas this week we hear about a new style of idealistic entrepreneurship that's taking off in Wellington and has people around the world sitting up and taking notice. Audio