Stories from Ngā Kaikōkiri
Ōtaki to the World - The Māoriland Story
In the heart of Aotearoa, the Māoriland Charitable Trust was formed to support the Māori film industry…
Tula'i – Co-Creating Solutions Through a Past, Present, Future Approach
Tula'i aims to strengthen and support Pasifika communities in West Auckland to flourish through empowering leadership…
Empower Youth Trust – Empowering, Educating, and Enabling
Empower Youth Trust is a refugee youth-led charitable organisation dedicated to empowering, educating, and enabling refugee and other marginalised youth in Aotearoa…
Tūhono Impact - Strengthening Community Capability in Measuring and Sharing Social Impact
With the current focus on social investment, many organisations are…
Kaikōkiri Community Partners Hui - An Unconference for Connection, Courage, and Change
Toward the end of 2023, J R McKenzie Trust kaimahi noticed a high number of community organisation leaders leaving the sector…
Communities Against Alcohol Harm – Advocacy, Empowerment, and Action
Established in 2017, Communities Against Alcohol Harm (CAAH) aims to minimise alcohol and gambling-related harm
Speed Freaks Charitable Trust – Building Wellbeing and Inclusion
Established in 2021 by registered social worker Anna Christophorou, the Speed Freaks Charitable Trust supports recovery from addiction and mental distress through running, walking, and connection
Equity Opportunists: The Hāpai Tūhono approach to Māori career development
Working as ‘Equity Opportunists,’ Hāpai Tūhono has a clear mission: to ensure that Māori have the necessary networks, resources and support to gain wealth and life sovereignty for their futures...
New Zealand National Refugee Youth Council – Youth-led Advocacy and Support for Refugee Young People
Established by refugee young people in 2013, the New Zealand National Refugee Youth Council is the only national refugee youth-led non-government organisation...
The D*List – Growing Disability Culture in Aotearoa New Zealand
The D*List is an independent and disability-led social change movement which seeks to reclaim disabled people’s space and narratives...
Niuvaka Trust – Thriving, Flourishing and Resilient Tagata Pasifika
Niuvaka Trust has a vision is for Tagata Pasifika to be ‘Thriving, Flourishing and Resilient’…
NFACT – Connection and Independence through Micro-Enterprise
NFACT provides flexible, culturally and linguistically appropriate services for refugees and people from refugee-like backgrounds…
Thrive Whanganui – Economic Diversity Enablers
We have a myriad of beautiful stories of individual journeys to success and growth, each one is something to be proud of…
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…