Debbie Mccauley, Alianza Email and Phone Number
Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, NZ
Debbie Mccauley, Alianza's Location
Greater Tauranga Area, New Zealand
About Debbie Mccauley, Alianza
Debbie McCauley (Ngāti Kirimā) is an award-winning author, historian, indie publisher, researcher, and heritage consultant with a passion for telling the stories from our own backyard. Her work has won the Best Non-fiction category in the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults, been chosen as a White Raven by the International Youth Library in Munich, Germany, and selected by the New Zealand Blind Foundation to be produced in Braille, large print, and e-text. Debbie publishes her books bilingually in Te Reo Māori and English through her own independent publishing company, Mauao Publishing, and believes in telling children stories from Aotearoa that will enrich their lives through a sense of place and belonging. As a former Heritage Librarian with over 18 years of experience in a variety of positions within the library industry, including the public and school sectors, publishing combines her passion for writing, researching, local history and children’s literature. Debbie’s projects over 2021-2024 include researching and writing for the following projects: Footprints on Te Papa Ngā Tapuwae ki Te Papa | Cameron Road Upgrade | Elizabeth Street Upgrade | Wharf Street Digital Kiosk. She has also taken part in the planning and delivering of major Tauranga events including; Matariki Tauranga Moana (2021-2015) | 2020 Tauranga Heritage Award with Tauranga Mayor Tenby Powell as keynote speaker | 2018 ‘Are we there yet? An Evening with Helen Clark’ (Suffrage 125 Tauranga) | 2018 ‘Are We There Yet? An Evening with Labour List MP Jan Tinetti’ (Suffrage 125 Tauranga) | 2018 ‘Mobilising for Women’s Rights: the 1975 Select Committee Inquiry’ with former Speaker of the House and Law Professor Margaret Wilson and Adrienne von Tunzelmann QSO | WW100 Tauranga First World War Centenary Programme (2014-2019) | 2014 Battle of Gate Pā Pukehinahina 150th Commemoration Programme | 2014 Battle of Te Ranga 150th Commemoration Programme and events for Waitangi Day (Te Tiriti o Waitangi, 6 February) and Māori Language Week (Te Wiki o te Reo Māori).
Debbie Mccauley, Alianza's Current Company Details
Mauao Publishing
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Freelance Heritage Consultant and Author
Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, NZ
- Website:
- facebook.com/mauaopublishing
- Employees:
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Debbie Mccauley, Alianza Work Experience Details
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Freelance Heritage Consultant And AuthorMauao PublishingTauranga, Bay Of Plenty, Nz
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Freelance Heritage Consultant & AuthorMauao Publishing Feb 2012 - PresentTauranga, Bay Of Plenty, New ZealandMauao Publishing is a Tauranga based indie New Zealand book publisher passionate about connecting Aotearoa’s tamariki with beautifully produced books telling stories from our own backyard. In 2015 'Mōtītī Blue and the Oil Spill: A Story from the Rena Disaster' won the Best Non-Fiction Book Award at the 2015 New Zealand Book Awards for Children & Young Adults and was appointed a White Raven, one of 200 outstanding children’s books published around the world in 2014. In 2019 'Ko Mauao te Maunga: Legend of Mauao' was shortlisted from a total of 164 entries for the Elsie Lock Award for Non-Fiction. https://www.facebook.com/mauaopublishing
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Whānau CaregiverVisionwest Community Trust Apr 2020 - PresentWork-From-HomeWhānau caregiver for my 92-year-old mother-in-law who suffered a stroke, fall and concussion in 2020, my husband who is an amputee with Parkinson’s Disease and my mother who has suffered two TIA's. My job is to look after their physical and emotional well-being and take the struggle out of every day by eliminating challenges and boosting independence. Duties and responsibilities:• Assisting with personal care: bathing and grooming, dressing, toileting, and exercise,• Basic food preparation: preparing meals, shopping for groceries and other items, • Care for the elderly: orienting or grounding someone with short-term memory loss, keeping a calendar with upcoming events and a diary recording what has happened,• Emotional support: giving reassurance and being a stable companion and supporter in all matters personal, health-related, and emotional, • Financial management: ensure any bills are paid and funds invested wisely,• General health care: managing medication and prescriptions, making medical and other appointments, • Health monitoring: following a care plan and noticing any changes in health, • Home organisation: housekeeping, laundry, general house care, cleaning, lawnmowing and rubbish disposal,• Personal supervision: providing companionship and general supervision,• Transportation: driving to and from appointments and activities, running errands, and mobility assistance. -
Guest SpeakerFreelance 2014 - PresentNew Zealand• 2020: Bookrapt Seminar (Book-an-Author, 7 November)• 2020: Tauranga Escape Festival (Love Letters, Baycourt, 18 October)• 2019: Past & Curious talk (Searching for Eliza: Researching my Suffragist Ancestor, Tauranga City Library, 6 November)• 2019: A Night in History (Searching for Eliza: Researching my Suffragist Ancestor, Pāpāmoa Library, 6 November)• 2019: Bookrapt's Information Slam (Tauranga City Library, 14 September)• 2019: Hamilton Book Month (Telling Our Stories Seminar, Southwell School, 31 August)• 2018: Book Launch: Eliza and the White Camellia (Tauranga City Library, 1 December)• 2018: Waikato Picturebook Research Unit Seminar (Non-Fiction Picturebooks: The Fascination and Fun of Fact, University of Waikato, November 22)• 2018: Book Launch: Ko Mauao te Maunga: Legend of Mauao (Tauranga Yacht & Power Boat Club, 28 June)• 2018: Book Launch: The Treaty of Waitangi in Tauranga (The Elms, 10 April)• 2016: Bookrapt Seminar (Penguins, Poems & Pandemonium, Tauranga Girls' College, 6 August)• 2014: Battles of Gate Pā/Te Ranga Art Exhibition (closing speech, 3 May)• 2014: Battles of Gate Pā/Te Ranga Art Exhibition (opening speech, 19 April)
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Heritage ConsultantThe Shine Collective Jul 2021 - Jun 2024Tauranga, Bay Of Plenty, New ZealandThe Shine Collective is an award-winning strategic communications agency creating captivating content that resonates with audiences. They work to build enduring, genuine relationships with stakeholders, government, Māori and the community. -
Heritage SpecialistTauranga City Council Jun 2018 - Jan 2021Tauranga City, Bay Of Plenty, New ZealandPosition Purpose: Connecting our people, our past, our place. Facilitate the preservation and celebration of our city history, and our shared history with Tangata Whenua, with the curation of the library’s heritage and research collections. • Provide in-depth research assistance (in person and through all other channels) to customers on accessing and retrieving information from the heritage and research collections, digital library and external information sources.• Provide support and advice to colleagues with complex customer enquiries relating to heritage and research needs and resolve escalated customer enquiries.• Assist customers in the use of resources, technology and equipment to enable their access to complex and/or specialist information.• Undertake the effective curation of the library heritage collection to grow usage and ensure it meets the needs of the community.• Develop, manage and preserve the heritage and research collections, keeping abreast of developments in heritage curation.• Undertake the receipt and processing of new content and ensure efficient and effective indexing and cataloguing is undertaken.• Contribute to the development and delivery of library programmes and events to support the promotion and utilisation of the library’s cultural and research collections.• Support the provision of expertise to engage via social media formats.• Promote the public use of the collections through a variety of activities including display, readers’ advisory, public events, community engagement and communications.• Ensure the ethical and legal use of cultural heritage and research information by staff and customers by advising on copyright legislation and licencing and use agreements including creative commons. -
Information Services LibrarianTauranga City Council Oct 2014 - Jun 2018Tauranga City, Bay Of Plenty, New ZealandInformation Services Librarian based in the Ngā Wāhi Rangahau: Research Collections at Tauranga City Library which included:• Staffing the Ngā Wāhi Rangahau: Research Collections desk and organising rosters and relief staff.• Assisting customers with their information requirements, writing digital content and contributing to social media such as the library’s Facebook page. Key Achievements:• Since 2011 research and writing of articles for the Tauranga Memories kete, contributing 1,693 articles and 4,910 photographs to date. • Māori Events Team organising the Tauranga Moana Matariki Festival etc.• Suffrage 125 Tauranga and WW100 Tauranga committees.• Threads of Memory project: Organising and interviewing the local community about an ancestor for the 100th commemorations of World War I.
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Children'S And Teenagers' LibrarianTauranga City Council Mar 2010 - Oct 2014Tauranga City, Bay Of Plenty, New ZealandA Children and Teenagers’ Librarian as well as working one day per week in Ngā Wāhi Rangahau: Research Collections. Position included: • Hosting school class visits to the library and taking part in the planning and delivery of Summer Reading Programs for children and teenagers and related events. • Managing the children’s Te Reo Māori collection across all five libraries while keeping a detailed budget and weeding schedule. Undertaking project management including relocating the collection to a new space, laying out and upgrading the area which included commissioning a mural, sourcing new carpeting and designing a shelf layout with more opportunities to display the collection.
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Information Services LibrarianTauranga City Council Sep 2004 - Mar 2010Tauranga City, Bay Of Plenty, New ZealandPosition included:• Staffing the Reference and New Zealand Room desks.• Assisting customers with their information requirements, research projects, and general research.• Organising and filing government documentation including Acts.• Indexing local newspapers.
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Library CataloguerTauranga City Council Mar 2009 - Jun 2009Tauranga, Bay Of Plenty, New ZealandFixed Term extra 10 hours per week working in Collection Services undertaking cataloguing work from 23 March 2009 until 30 June 2009. "I would like to thank you for undertaking this extra cataloguing work during this period" Jill Best, General Manager: Libraries.
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School LibrarianTauranga Rudolf Steiner School 2005 - 2008Tauranga, Bay Of Plenty, New ZealandVoluntary role throughout 2005 and employed part-time by the school from 2006. This sole charge position included managing the library budget, purchasing, cataloguing and issuing of books to students and teachers and teaching library skills and information literacy to students.Key Achievements:• Raised $32,500 through fundraising grants to set up the library with new shelving and resources which included the MUSAC library package and a school website. • Set up a wiki on the resources available within the library and online for teachers, students and parents.
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Circulation AssistantTauranga City Council Jun 2003 - Sep 2004Tauranga City, Bay Of Plenty, New ZealandPosition included:• Issuing, returning and shelving books and other associated resources.• Staffing the help desk to assist with customer queries and new memberships. • Covering the New Zealand Room desk during staff breaks.
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Company DirectorCanvasworx Ltd 1999 - 2002Tauranga, Bay Of Plenty, New ZealandSituated behind Camping & Outdoors in Greerton, CanvasWorx was owned by my husband and myself. We produced quality canvas and PVC products to our customers requirements in Tauranga Moana. Local canvas experts, we manufactured, repaired, re-covered and altered all types of canvas, PVC and other fabric products including awnings for caravans and trailers, boat and trailer covers, tent repairs (canvas and zip), bags, banners, BBQ covers, boxing bags, crash pads, machinery covers, gym mats, shade sails, shade umbrellas and much more.
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Checkout SupervisorWoolworths Supermarkets 2000 - 2001Tauranga, Bay Of Plenty, New ZealandSupervisory position while parenting my child. In charge of customer service and the smooth running of the checkouts, supervising staff, dealing with customer queries and complaints, verifying payments, issuing refunds, rostering breaks, directing staff tasks, locking up, cashing up at the end of the night and access to the store safe. -
Museum Guide And Office ManagerMagnolia Minerals Museum 1997 - 1998Tauranga, Bay Of Plenty, New ZealandMuseum: Research into Aotearoa New Zealand History, Maori Carvings, NZ Artefacts & Fossils. Creating information sheets for customers including overseas tourists. Rehousing and cataloguing a large private mineral, crystal and fossil collection. Liaison with the Tauranga Information Centre and tourist bus companies. Office: Invoicing customers, following up bad debtors. Brochure design. Invoice design. Setting up and maintaining a customer database. Shop: Sending/receiving email, telephone orders. Handling extremely rare fossils, artefact's & delicate minerals & crystals, especially from Poona in India. Hosting busloads of tourists through the shop and museum, giving them a running commentary on various exhibits and answering questions. Reorganisation of the shop displays into alphabetical order making the hundreds of specimens easier to find. I also sourced new products for the shop eg. rainbow crystals which became an excellent seller. Pricing stock, making jewellery, grading product eg. pounamu (greenstone). Sole charge of the shop while other staff were at mineral shows around New Zealand. Travelling to shows such as at Tūrangawaewae marae in Ngāruawāhia where I met and spoke to Māori Queen Dame Te Atairangikaahu (1931-2006).
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Administration ClerkBaytex Manufacturing Co Ltd 1994 - 1997Tauranga, Bay Of Plenty, New ZealandAnswering three telephone lines, tutoring factory staff in the computer system, Import & Export documentation (export entry, rates of duty, letters of instruction etc.), designing forms & newsletters, invoicing, supervising clerical assistant, stock coding creditors, reconciling accounts, Kalamazoo banking system, petty cash, dealing with customer queries, telephone sales, ordering stationary, greeting visitors, organising the Christmas end of year function two years in a row & receiving great feedback regarding this, also ran the Social Club Committee. Along with the Sales Manager I helped to organise the ‘Baytex Marquee Installers Training Courser 1995’. I received excellent feedback on my part in the success of this course that involved people from all around New Zealand.
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ProprietorInka Design 1994 - 1997Tauranga, Bay Of Plenty, New ZealandInka Design was my Tauranga based graphic design business writing and designing brochures, posters and other ephemera for local businesses and organisations. I produced the Greerton Community Newsletter and carried out all design work for the Parallel Bar (P bar) at 40 Wharf Street, Tauranga amongst other clients.
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CaregiverWomen’S Division Of Federated Farmers 1995 - 1996Tauranga, Bay Of Plenty, New ZealandCaregiver for a 24-year-old man with motor neuron diseases (MND) in his home and then as his disease progressed in Tauranga Hospital after he was admitted. My patient eventually died as a result of this disease.
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Clerical AssistantTrade Markets (Holdings) Ltd 1993 - 1994Tauranga, Bay Of Plenty, New ZealandPreparing debtors accounts, banking, petty cash, dealing with credits, customer queries, production spreadsheets (on a daily, weekly & monthly basis), monthly sales statistics, answering the telephone, greeting visitors, delivering goods, ordering stationary & filing.
Debbie Mccauley, Alianza Education Details
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Fine/Studio Arts, General -
Level 1 & Level 2
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Humanities, Information And Library Studies -
Humanities, Library And Information Science
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Library And Information Science
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Library And Information Science
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Computer Software And Media Applications -
Social Work
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Business Administration And Management, General -
Tauranga Girls' CollegeHigh School/Secondary Diplomas And Certificates
Frequently Asked Questions about Debbie Mccauley, Alianza
What company does Debbie Mccauley, Alianza work for?
Debbie Mccauley, Alianza works for Mauao Publishing
What is Debbie Mccauley, Alianza's role at the current company?
Debbie Mccauley, Alianza's current role is Freelance Heritage Consultant and Author.
What schools did Debbie Mccauley, Alianza attend?
Debbie Mccauley, Alianza attended Te Wānanga O Aotearoa, Te Wānanga O Aotearoa, Open Polytechnic Of New Zealand, Open Polytechnic Of New Zealand, Open Polytechnic Of New Zealand, Open Polytechnic Of New Zealand, Bay Of Plenty Polytechnic, Bay Of Plenty Polytechnic, Imnz - Institute Of Management New Zealand, Tauranga Girls' College.
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