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Oct. 1995 - attended [[Kotare Trust]] AGM at Otimai Camp, West Auckland, confirmed as trustee. From Wellington.<ref> CG Dec 95</ref> | Oct. 1995 - attended [[Kotare Trust]] AGM at Otimai Camp, West Auckland, confirmed as trustee. From Wellington.<ref> CG Dec 95</ref> | ||
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| + | In 2003, more than 1000 Gisborne residents could be missing out on special benefits worth $5 to $50 a week, a workshop was told . | ||
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| + | Advocate for special benefits, Quentin Jukes conducted the workshop to educate Tairawhiti community workers about the Winz payments. | ||
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| + | Using October 2002 figures supplied by the Ministry of Social Development, Mr Jukes said the Gisborne and Kaiti Winz offices had 5174 residents registered and of those 1212 had apparent eligibility for special benefits. However, only 19 were receiving the extra payments. | ||
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| + | In Ruatoria 768 were registered, but none of the 71 with apparent eligibility received the special benefits. | ||
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| + | "There are circumstances where people facing hardship are entitled to extra payments and Winz officers should advise people how to apply for the special benefits," said Mr Jukes, who was brought to Tairawhiti by [[Kotare Trust]] and [[Oho Ake]].<ref> Gisb Herald</ref> | ||
2005 - Kotare current Trustees are: [[Tim Howard]] (Whangarei) Chair, [[Sue Bradford]] (Wellsford) deputy Chair, [[Quentin Jukes]], [[Noelene Landrigan]] (Wellsford), [[Kate Abel]] (Opotiki), [[Gordon Jackman]] (Gisborne) [[Kay Robin]], Ngai Tamanuhiri (Manutuke), [[Tali Williams]] (Wellington) and [[Sue Berman]] (Waitakere). | 2005 - Kotare current Trustees are: [[Tim Howard]] (Whangarei) Chair, [[Sue Bradford]] (Wellsford) deputy Chair, [[Quentin Jukes]], [[Noelene Landrigan]] (Wellsford), [[Kate Abel]] (Opotiki), [[Gordon Jackman]] (Gisborne) [[Kay Robin]], Ngai Tamanuhiri (Manutuke), [[Tali Williams]] (Wellington) and [[Sue Berman]] (Waitakere). | ||
Revision as of 00:41, 9 January 2014
Template:TOCnestleft Quentin George Jukes is a New Zealand activist.
Student activism
1982/83 On Waikato Student's Union executive.
1985 General VP NZUSA. Age 22 Bach Soc Science. Pols. & Geography.
1987 - contact Massey University Progressives Club. [1]
WCL member
1988 - Quentin Jukes was a member of the Workers Communist League. [2]
1989 WCL member, Wellington.[3]
Unemployed activism
1987 - spokesman AC/DC (Action Committee Against Dole Cuts).[4]
1988 Access Trainee Committee spokesperson.
1989-90 Spokesman for Wellington Unemployed Workers Union. Protested outside Parliament on May 7 about benefit cuts.[5]
1990 - president WUWU.
1990 - July 10, WUWU leader at Round Table sit-in.
1993 - leading official, Wellington Peoples Resource Centre.
March 1994 - arrested for trespass at Reserve Bank, Wellington with 11 others. Protesting that Reserve Bank should be helping solve unemployment problem. Organised by Aoteoroa Network of Unemployed & Beneficiaries Age 31,community worker, Wellington. Several Aotearoa Youth Network members also arrested.[6]
1994 - spokesman Aoteoroa Network of Unemployed & Beneficiaries.[7]
BOOF/AYN
1993 - member National Organising Group (NOG) for Peoples Assembly for Building Our Own FuturesProject. [8]
1994 Contact for ANUB in Common Ground Vol 1 No 1, ANUB part of Building Our Own Futures. Contact address is Box 9491 Te Aro Wellington, phone 3858596 (Wellington Peoples Resource Centre).
1994 - article in Aotearoa Youth Network No 15 on Cuts to Disability allowance.
Activism in Aoteoroa
1995 - on organising committee for Activism in Aoteoroa workshops to be held at Moores Valley, Wellington. Jan. 20-24.
Wellington City Council
1997 - Community Development Adviser Youth - Wellington City Council.
COMMACT
1998 - COMMACT field worker, Auckland.
Australia
1999 - in Australia. [9]
Ritche email
2002 - Quentin Jukes was sent Ian Ritchie's email to list ex WCL and neo Maoists opposing sanctions on Iraq "Oppose the sanctions!"
- It is time to send a letter to Helen Clarke to oppose the sanctions which are attached to the Working Towards Employment Plan for people on the DPB. If you missed the submission date then this is your opportunity to persuade the Government to remove the sanctions. Please find a moment in your day to send a letter to Helen Clarke. It would be perfectly fine to send a personal letter if you are not attached to an organisation.
03 Farmers’ markets offer potential for small producers having difficulty getting into supermarkets and other outlets to sell their goods locally, according to Social Entrepreneur Fund recipient Quentin Jukes... He is using part of the grant he received to look at the potential of setting up such a market in Warkworth. Quentin, who works for Homebuilders Family Services in Warkworth, has 17 years involvement in the community sector, both in a paid and voluntary capacity.
04 Homebuilders director Quentin Jukes talked about the group’s current work with individuals and families and about its plans for the future. Homebuilders runs a family centre that provides counselling, budgeting advice, parenting education, and other courses on practical lifeskills. It also has a crèche to take care of children while there parents are busy with its programmes.
Kotare Trust
Oct. 1995 - attended Kotare Trust AGM at Otimai Camp, West Auckland, confirmed as trustee. From Wellington.[10]
In 2003, more than 1000 Gisborne residents could be missing out on special benefits worth $5 to $50 a week, a workshop was told .
Advocate for special benefits, Quentin Jukes conducted the workshop to educate Tairawhiti community workers about the Winz payments.
Using October 2002 figures supplied by the Ministry of Social Development, Mr Jukes said the Gisborne and Kaiti Winz offices had 5174 residents registered and of those 1212 had apparent eligibility for special benefits. However, only 19 were receiving the extra payments.
In Ruatoria 768 were registered, but none of the 71 with apparent eligibility received the special benefits.
"There are circumstances where people facing hardship are entitled to extra payments and Winz officers should advise people how to apply for the special benefits," said Mr Jukes, who was brought to Tairawhiti by Kotare Trust and Oho Ake.[11]
2005 - Kotare current Trustees are: Tim Howard (Whangarei) Chair, Sue Bradford (Wellsford) deputy Chair, Quentin Jukes, Noelene Landrigan (Wellsford), Kate Abel (Opotiki), Gordon Jackman (Gisborne) Kay Robin, Ngai Tamanuhiri (Manutuke), Tali Williams (Wellington) and Sue Berman (Waitakere).
Kotare cookoff
Undated, but circa 2010 - Kotare Trust held a cooking fundraiser;
- Come and join a fun weekend of cooking with curry, cakes, salads, soups and more on the menu. This will be a hands on workshop based in the Kotare Trust kitchen, cooking a wide variety of vegetarian food – and then eating it.
- This is a fundraising workshop with all profits going to Kotare Trust.
Cooks/Facilitators: Quentin Jukes and Claire Dann. Kotare Trust contact was Tanya Newman.[12]