Stories from Ngā Kaikōkiri
Lagi-Maama – Privileging Indigenous Ways of Being, Knowing, and Doing
“We mediate at the intersection of Indigenous communities and institutional settings to create a harmonious time-space by embedding different ways of knowing, seeing, and doing”…
Share Kai – Creating Spaces Where All Belong
The concept at the heart of Share Kai is creating spaces where people can come together and connect meaningfully over food, ultimately bringing about a society where everyone belongs…
Empower Youth Trust – Empowering Refugee Youth for the Future
Empower Youth Trust (Empower) has a mission to empower, educate, and enable refugee youth in Aotearoa New Zealand…
Restoring the mana in Tāhuna - charitable trust growing Māori support structures in Otago
Mana Tāhuna was born after several decades' worth of hope, want, and a need for a kaupapa Māori organisation in the Tāhuna area…
E Tipu E Rea Whānau Services - Building up young parents and breaking down barriers
E Tipu E Rea Whānau Services are an organisation utilising a Kaupapa Māori Support Framework to support mātua taiohi and hapū māmā…
Billy Graham Youth Foundation – Utilising ‘VAP’ to Support its Mahi
The J R McKenzie Trust added a ‘value added payment (VAP)’ to its philanthropic kete in as a result of a strategic review that occurred in…
DigiKōr - Enabling Young People to Capture Community Stories
Campfire Studios is a Pasifika-owned business that is dedicated to amplifying the voices of Māori and Pasifika communities…
Zeal Education Trust – Bridging the Digital Divide
Zeal Education Trust believes every young New Zealander deserves to belong, be accepted on their terms, and have an equitable chance to thrive. It provides safe, inclusive, local and online spaces…
December 2022: New Kaikōkiri Announced
The J R McKenzie Trust is pleased to announce its most recent funding recipients
Living Wage Movement Aotearoa New Zealand – A Life Lived with Dignity
In general, transformational change requires long-term commitment and support if it’s to be realised. One of the organisations that the J R McKenzie Trust has been supporting for many years is Living Wage Movement Aotearoa New Zealand
LinC Puāwai – Supporting young people to thrive
Puāwai means to blossom, and blossoming is exactly what has happened for the rangatahi who have completed
The Mana Moana Experience Programme
Drawing on heritage and traditions and incorporating a cultural narrative into an organisation can have many benefits
Te Ataarangi Trust – Kia kore koe e ngaro taku reo rangatira
Te Ataarangi Trust is at the forefront of Māori language revitalisation in Aotearoa. 40 years ago, Dr Kāterina Te Heikōkō (Ngāti Porou) and Ngoingoi Pewhairangi (Ngāti Porou), had the vision to reclaim te reo Māori as a way of reclaiming rangatiratanga…
Project Hoake: Whānau-led Businesses
Project Hoake is an initiative to support whānau-led businesses on East Cape, led by Te Aroha Kanarahi Trust’s Ani Pahuru-Huriwai and Arlou Brooking. Project Hoake has a vision of “grassroots to global”using a “locals supporting locals” approach.
ActionStation: A Campaign of Hope
Independent, crowd-funded, community campaigning organisation, ActionStation, answered the Peter McKenzie Project’s call to crowdsource big ideas in response to the challenges presented to Aotearoa New Zealand in the wake of COVID-19.
Tūhoe Tuawhenua Trust: The Māori organisation dedicated to connecting youth and whenua
Nestled deep in Ruatāhuna, Te Urewera is where Tūhoe Tuawhenua Trust can be found. A land trust primarily, the organisation has expanded to create a uniquely tailored space for mātauranga to be passed down to the next generation, by inspiring a passion for the outdoors in youth.
Te Ngākau Kahukura: Championing Rainbow Young People
Te Ngākau Kahukura is a national initiative that strives to develop and enhance the environments in which rainbow young people live, learn, and access health services and social support…
Child Poverty Action Group – An Aotearoa Where All Children Flourish
Since 1994, Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) experts have dedicated themselves to providing research into the causes and consequences of child poverty, as well as formulating evidence-based policy recommendations…