ABSTRACT
The commitment to give something back to the community raised questions about the meaning of research, the construction of research teams, the involvement of research participants, ethical considerations and the ownership of the research. Information about the proposed research was sent to a number of social service agencies and schools. The research team was composed of the principal from the school, community workers from the centre, one researcher who worked nearly full-time on the project, a part-time researcher who was also a community worker with the community centre, and two university researchers. From time to time a number of social and community work students from the local university also participated in the project. The purpose of the research was to explore the meaning of wellbeing, from the perspective of the families/whanau and young people who lived within the neighbourhood. The research team spent considerable time framing research questions and testing the content and framework of the semi-structured interview schedule.
