Stories from Ngā Kaikōkiri
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…
FinCap: Collaborative Advocacy Reaps Rewards
The FinCap world is focussed on those in financial hardship. 70,000 people visit Aotearoa New Zealand’s 200 local, free financial capability and budgeting services each year to work with a Financial Mentor…
Te Pae Tata – growing Ruapehu learners, creators and leaders
An Ohakune-based iwi organisation, Ngā Waihua o Paerangi Trust is leading the way in connecting whānau through the innovative use of technology to create meaningful outcomes…
Child Poverty Monitor 2019
The Office of the Children’s Commissioner, in partnership with the J R McKenzie Trust and the University of Otago has released the annual Child Poverty Monitor…
Safe, Inclusive, Stigma-Free Communities – The Peer Tree
The Peer Tree, an initiative of Kites Trust, is a youth peer support service that seeks to provide safe and inclusive spaces for young people/taiohi aged 18-24 years who are experiencing, or have experienced, mental illness…
Poutama Rites of Passage – programme equips girls with tools for life in the digital age
Ancient Māori wisdom is being drawn on to provide adolescent girls, coming of age in the digital era, with tools to guide them into adulthood…
Billy Graham Youth Foundation – Empowering Rangatahi to Thrive
The Billy Graham Youth Foundation (BGYF) is the national body that supports communities who choose to use the Naenae Boxing Academy (NBA) model to care for their young people. NBA is about teaching rangatahi life-skills through…
Drive One, Give One: Changing Lives One Licence at a Time
Established 16 years ago, Migrant Action Trust (MAT) is a charitable trust working to support migrants and former refugees in their settlement process in Aotearoa New Zealand…
Nelson Tasman Pasifika Community Trust – Empowering from Within
Nelson Tasman Pasifika Community Trust (NTPCT) has a mission “to provide, support and strengthen the Nelson Tasman Pasifika Community to grow, achieve and prosper”…
Te Waipuna Puawai (HEART Movement) – Growing Loving, Safe and Supportive Relationships
Te Waipuna Puawai (TWP) is a thriving community development initiative, based in the heart of the Tamaki community in Auckland. Established in 1999, TWP is committed to working with…
Huringa Pai – Walking the talk
Ngāti Porou Hauora in partnership with Huringa Pai – Where whānau are their own solutions, and their own motivation…
Mauria Te Pono Trust – “We’re just one of them”
Walking into Gisborne’s Ka Pai Kaiti is like walking into a wharekai, there’s an obvious sense of urgency mixed with organised chaos, yet an overwhelming aroma of aroha, manaakitanga and whanaungatanga…
The UMMA Trust – Empowering Former Refugee and Migrant Women and Families
The UMMA Trust was established in 2003 to provide social and community services for former refugee and migrant communities with a specific focus on the wellbeing of Muslim women, children and families…
ActionStation – Mobilising Change for Good
ActionStation is an independent, crowdfunded, community campaigning organisation. Its missions is “to tautoko (support) and whakamana (uplift) everyday New Zealanders…