Kia hua mai he whenua ka toko i te tika, te pono, me te
Mana Māori Motuhake, hei korowai mo Aotearoa.

Te Pou Māori supports tangata whenua aspirations by prioritising Māori success, intergenerational leadership, innovation, and collective action.

• Te Kāwai Toro is the Māori Development committee of the J R McKenzie Trust, committed to supporting tangata whenua led aspirations.

• Te Kāhui Rangatahi are a small collective within Te Pou Māori committed to supporting the aspirations of Rangatahi Māori in Aotearoa. Learn more…

Funding Priorities

Te Pou Māori funds organisations that fit with the following four priorities, and where Māori constitute at least 80 percent of the leadership/governance of the organisation.

1. Mana Motuhake

Māori succeeding as Māori / Successful Māori Models / Māori-led initiatives

• Support ngā kaikōkiri to develop new and known Indigenous solutions or practices that address issues of social justice and advances equity and inclusion

• Systems focused solutions which include shining a light on what works well e.g., Successful Māori and other Indigenous models, and learn what the levers of achievement are to replicate that

• Transformational change at all levels – whānau, hapū and iwi – led, political and institutional change

2. Intergenerational Leadership

Succession / Māori Leadership Models / Skills and knowledge

• Grow rangatahi/hapū/iwi/hapori leadership. Enable community voices and stories to inform solutions

• Support ngā kaikōkiri to develop new and known (Indigenous) solutions or practices that address issues of social justice and advance equity and inclusion

• Develop hapori, hapū, iwi of practice to share knowledge to achieve impact

3. Innovative Ventures and Solutions

Entrepreneurship / Data Sovereignty

• Support hapū, iwi, hapori Māori innovation, voice, and leadership which could be achieved through collective action. Support hapori to trial ideas with potential to enhance wellbeing and mana through entrepreneurial initiatives

• Support changemakers, disrupters and influences to advance their skills, capacity and influence

• Advancing equity through the collection of data/evidence particularly in the funding sector

• Transformational change to support and advocate for data provided by ngā kaikōkiri to have ownership of their data

4. Collective and Collaborative Action

1. Strengthen collaboration and support collective action by connecting and supporting with relevant funding networks, building coalitions and partnerships that enables our systemic thinking and action.

2. Support more connected (regionally, nationally, and globally) and collective funding occasions to influence best practice funding and delete barriers for Māori and others to access equitable financial support.

3. To advocate for a culturally responsive funding sector

5. Te Kāhui Rangatahi

See following section

Te Kāhui Rangatahi are a small collective committed to supporting the aspirations of Rangatahi Māori in Aotearoa.

It supports rangatahi-led initiatives that advance equity by focusing on:

• Strengthening Te Tuakiritanga
  Strengthening rangatahi sense of culture, language and identity

• Leadership
  Building rangatahi leadership that is grounded in te ao Māori

• Innovative ventures and solutions
  Supporting rangatahi to test new ideas

Grants up to $30K can be made through Te Kāhui Rangatahi. If you have a rangatahi-led initiative that you’d like to discuss, please fill out the form below. (Please note that we don’t fund ongoing programs or services.)

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Funding

Please click here to learn more about how J R McKenzie Trust funds organisations.