The Social-Path

David Nicholls

Who are all those Non Government Organisations out there? What do they do? And how do they survive and provide their services in the current socio-economic environment to those who need it when quite often they themselves are struggling too? We'll be talking to multiple organisations about their changing experiences and difficulties in the current social landscape. This is your chance to get to know who is out there to help you... As a colleague or for assistance.

Episodes

  1. 10/16/2025

    The Social-Path Episode 3.

    In this episode I'll be talking with Sam Ogden from The Citizens Advice Bureau (or CAB). We'll also finish our our trip through New Zealand's social welfare system and non government services in today's socioeconomic climate. This episode, we're looking at the last fifteen years or from about 2010 until 2025. You can find the Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) on the web here: Main site - https://www.cab.org.nz/ Youth site - https://youth.cab.org.nz/ Facebook Here: https://www.facebook.com/citizensadvicenz/ On Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/cab_nz/ or on TikTok here: https://www.tiktok.com/@citizensadvicebureaunz Music licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution BY-SA 4.0 International License courtesy Kjartan Abel and AudioCoffee. See https://freesound.org/people/.

    35 min

  2. 10/15/2025

    The Social-Path Episode 2.

    This episode we chat with Caitlyn Wilson from the Young Workers Resource Centre. We also carrying on our overview of New Zealand's social welfare and non government services. This time looking at how they were affected by the rise of conservative and neo-liberal policies from the 1980s on. You can find the Young Workers Resource Centre on Facebook Here: https://www.facebook.com/youngworkersnz On Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/youngworkersresourcecentre/ or at their website here: https://www.ywrc.org.nz/ Music licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution BY-SA 4.0 International License courtesy Kjartan Abel and AudioCoffee. See https://freesound.org/people/.

    41 min

  3. 10/14/2025

    The Social-Path Episode 1.

    This episode we talk with Esther Liddle from the Epilepsy Waikato Charitable Trust. We also journey through the early decades (early 1900s to 1970s) of New Zealand's social welfare system so we can see a little of how it came to be and what role non-government services played at that point. You can find the Epilepsy Waikato Charitable Trust on Facebook Here: https://www.facebook.com/EpilepsyWaikatoCharitableTrust or at their website here: https://www.ewct.org.nz Music licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution BY-SA 4.0 International License courtesy Kjartan Abel and AudioCoffee. See https://freesound.org/people/.

    37 min

  4. Season 1 Trailer

    The Social-Path - Episode 0

    Music under the CC Attribution BY-SA 4.0 International License - Kjartan Abel

    3 min

Trailer

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Who are all those Non Government Organisations out there? What do they do? And how do they survive and provide their services in the current socio-economic environment to those who need it when quite often they themselves are struggling too? We'll be talking to multiple organisations about their changing experiences and difficulties in the current social landscape. This is your chance to get to know who is out there to help you... As a colleague or for assistance.

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  • Creator
    David Nicholls
  • Years Active
    2K
  • Episodes
    4
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2025
  • Show Website
    The Social-Path