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This document reports on the workshop held on 23 July 2018 with participants of a range of organisations and communities with an interest in water knowledge in rural Belize. The workshop was convened as part of the project: 'Envisioning Emergent Environments: negotiating science and resource management in rural communities', funded by the UK Economic and Social Research Council. The workshop constituted a knowledge engagement/impact activity, following a period of anthropological research in Stann Creek and Toledo districts during 2017. The workshop brought a range of people and organisations together to update them about the project progress and to explore different views and perspectives on issues surrounding water resources and practices across government bodies, NGOs, research organisations and communities.

The Kiwi Advanced Research and Education Network (KAREN) was set up by the New Zealand government in 2006 to facilitate collaboration and leading edge e-Research amongst the research, education and innovation sectors, both nationally and internationally. A specific goal is to connect the research and education sector to the broader innovation community for pre-commercial, R&D-based; collaboration. Activities that use the speed and capacity of KAREN to deliver innovative education and research outcomes include: improved access to local or overseas partners; access to digital resources from universities or New Zealand Crown Research Institutes; access to local, national and international advanced networks and their digital content; real-time collaboration for teaching and research; video streaming; multi-media services; and remote collaborative teaching and learning. To encourage broad participation amongst the organisations currently connected to KAREN an Institutional Capability Build Fund has been established by the New Zealand Government to accelerate the capability of these members to exploit KAREN's full value. This paper describes the experience of the New Zealand Institute for Crop & Food Research Limited, a Crown Research Institute with the vision of leading New Zealand innovation in food and food production, in applying those funds to enhance KAREN uptake amongst its science and business professionals. Prospects for new applications as well as the institutional learning that is taking place are also described.

Rehabilitation to restore and maintain functioning in older people is relatively new. Traditionally, ageist prejudices and the medical preoccupation with cure have led to neglect of chronic disabilities in older people. With a focus on an aging population, however, a new approach to rehabilitation is taking shape at the confluence of geriatric and psychosocial approaches. Significant components of this emerging approach are: setting small goals as incentives for motivating the patient, the timing of the disability within the individual's life course, coping behavior and the way the disability is defined, the importance of social support to the recovery potential, and the incorporation of sustained interventions into daily routines and life-styles. This article illustrates this approach with examples from common disabling conditions, proposing that the quality of aging can be markedly enhanced for older people suffering from functional disability.

Traditionally, ageist prejudices & the medical preoccupation with cure have led to neglect of chronic disabilities in older people. Now, however, a new approach to rehabilitation is taking shape at the confluence of geriatric & psychosocial approaches. Significant factors to be considered in this approach are: the value of setting small goals as incentives for motivating the patient, the timing of the disability within the individual's life course, coping behavior & the way the disability is defined, the importance of social support to the recovery potential, & the incorporation of sustained interventions into daily routines & lifestyles. This approach is illustrated with examples from common disabling conditions. Modified HA