In 2019 the J R McKenzie Trust completed an outcomes harvest of responsive grants from 2013-2018. It found that a considerable funding investment over five years had measurably advanced…

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…

This event held in Auckland on 12th March was quite momentous in many quite unforeseen ways. It was one of the very last occasions where funders from the philanthropy sector were able to travel from…

The past 10 years has provided an excellent opportunity for us to reflect and learn on how an 80 year old philanthropic foundation can adapt to significant changes in order to support ngā kaikōkiri…

A peer discussion by John McCarthy (Manager, Tindall Foundation) and Dr Chelsea Grootveld (J R McKenzie Trust board member). John and Chelsea discuss what they have learnt through…

In 2010 the Trust established a proactive programme of work that would focus on improving access to, and achievement in education for children whānau and communities who were in need of support…

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…

The Peter McKenzie Project PMP Is now well underway with six funded initiatives and another soon to come on board. At a time we are facing the devastating impacts of the Covid-19 virus, both internationally and in Aotearoa, ngā Kaikōkiri have already started reflecting on…

In October 2019, I joined a group of 15 CEOs/Trustees from Philanthropy Australia on a philanthropy-focused tour across Canada. We visited 14 organisations including family foundations, community foundations…

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…

The Peter McKenzie Project (PMP) whānau considers themselves very fortunate to have access to the experience and wisdom of Gael Surgenor, Director of The Southern Initiative…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

The focus of the Peter McKenzie Project (PMP) is on enabling New Zealand families, their children and grandchildren to flourish in the places they live, work, learn and play…

Each year, Te Kāwai Toro invites ngā kaikōkiri (groups currently supported by the Trust) to join the Committee and J R McKenzie Trustees, to an annual hui at the Brentwood Hotel in Wellington…

Join Community Research’s free webinar to hear how indigenous community designers, Rebecca Kiddle and Danièle Hromek, are pushing the boundaries of the academy…

The J R McKenzie Trust hosted a breakout session on The Advocacy Chain and Systems Change. The discussion panel…