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CommunityCentral is a collaborative project and was made possible through the invaluable contributions of the following organisations and individuals.

Thanks to:

Founding partner organisations

Dave Lane, Jonathan Hunt and the team at Egressive for website development.

Megan Hosking at Alto Design for our original logo and website design creation.

Robyn Hunt at AccEase for input on website accessibility.

Ros Coote, from the State Services Commission for staying in for the long haul, project mentoring, and countless hours of testing and writing prior to go-live.

Project Manager, Stephen Blyth who biked in all weathers to use his organising acumen to get CommunityCentral up and rocking. He occasionally blogs at: Common Knowledge. He finished up in July 2009.

Te Tumatakuru O'Connell, from the Taumauri Trust , for translating navigation and other terms into Te Reo Māori.

The team at Wigley & Company for pro bono legal advice.

Sally Pulley, Executive Director of Extrinsic, provided advice on our tendering process and internal processes, and loads of enthusiasm.

In November 2008 Dominic Ballesteros came on board as volunteer webmaster and to support new users. He continues to help out whenever he can, as he now works at Scotts College.

Catherine Cotter was appointed to the Website Coordinator position in April 2009. Her Irish lilt is waiting on the end of the phone.

Design updates in May and June 2009 were made by Lee-Yan Marquez of Argent of Change.

Dan Morrison is our source of expert Drupal technical support and advice. He's based in Wellington and online at coders or dman.

We've had volunteers help with testing and reviewing user guides. Thanks to Stephen and Roz's crew.

Our funders:

The CommunityCentral Reference Group members volunteered their time. They helped scope user needs, commented on policies, participated in usability testing, and were enthusiastic supporters of the project:

  • Terri Bryne, Plant 106.1 FM Access Radio, Auckland
  • Wendy Suttie, Rural Women NZ, Ashburton
  • Manu Caddie, Te Ora Hou Aotearoa, Gisborne
  • Robyn Hunt, AccEase, Wellington
  • Earl Simpson, Canterbury Pasifikia, Christchurch
  • Kirsty Wild, Community and Public Health Online groups, Shore/ Whariki, Massey University
  • Areti, Metuamate (Ngati Raukawa and Ngati Kauwhata), Te Runanga o te Haahi Katorika, Wellington

As an open source software program, the Drupal content management platform used for this website is improved by contributions from thousands of volunteers all over the world. Permanencia libre.

Some of the icons used on this site are part of the "silk" collection made available by FamFamFam - many thanks for making your work available under the terms of the Creative Commons 2.5 license, allowing us to use them on this site. Images used in training resources are thanks to photographers sharing on flickr: Adam Foster and dhammza.