Te Anga Rautaki
Strategy 2021-2030
This is the story of the journey we have taken to develop our strategy, Te Anga Rautaki.
Since its establishment over 80 years ago, the J R McKenzie Trust has endeavoured to uphold the mana and mahi of the organisations and communities it supports. The Trust has a unique identity and giving philosophy that was steered by Sir John and Sir Roy McKenzie and has been further shaped by subsequent generations of the McKenzie family. This identity is a valued legacy that provides the Trust with a clear guide for the way that we view, shape, and practise our philanthropy.
Our strategy, Te Anga Rautaki, is the latest expression of the Trust’s giving philosophy, one that is grounded in respect for the organisations and communities we support. It has been developed to ensure that the work of the Trust is responsive to the current and emerging needs of the communities we serve. The strategic priority is working and investing in ways that advance equity through transformational change and system focused solutions.
Advancing equity means addressing underlying causes of inequity and exclusion.
Transformational change describes a major positive shift or change that makes a big difference to people’s quality of life.
Systems focused solutions are designed to fundamentally change the mechanisms and structures that cause the system to operate in a particular manner.
We work with ngā kaikōkiri who are leaders of social change in their communities. We are focused on four pou/communities of interest that often intersect:
Children, young people and whānau
Māori
Pacific Peoples
Communities that experience exclusion.
By gaining a deeper understanding some of the root causes of inequity and exclusion, and pinpointing key opportunities or levers for change, we identified three change strategies that are strongly aligned to the Trust’s vision:
Strengthen collaboration and support collective action
Support community innovation, voice and leadership
Grow capacity to progress system-focused solutions.
Through the adoption of these change strategies, we are seeking the following positive impacts:
More connected communities
More inclusive decision-making
Increased capacity for transformational change
More public policies are equitable
Access to resources is more equitable.
Te Anga Rautaki is designed to support the Trust to continue to strive towards our vision:
“Kia hua mai he whenua ka toko i te tika me to pono hei korowai mō Aotearoa / A socially just and inclusive Aotearoa New Zealand.“