Kia ora koutou, This month has seen moments of national celebration at Matatini, reflection and insight at the many oral submissions on the Treaty Principles Bill, sobering findings in the State of the Nation report, and activation on Waitangi Day. At Hui E! we have hosted our first big event of the year with sector leaders from the Community Constellation, farewelled Hui E! team member Terrell after her parental leave period, and presented at select committee. Minister Willis answered the 50 follow up questions on social investment following our webinar. Look out for Katie if you are at the Hapori Conference in Tauranga next week. Ngā mihi Katie and Jess, Hui E! Hui E! Updates Community Constellation Hui We are fresh from hosting sector leaders at a Community Constellation hui of peak bodies and infrastructure groups in our new office space. What a reminder of the importance of spending time together, how much we can learn from each other, and that we are always stronger together. We were held beautifully in facilitation on Te Tiriti with Inclusive Aotearoa Collective Tāhono (shout out Atarau Hamilton-Fuller and Anjum Rahman), stepped through two hundred years envisioning strategic futures with Jade Tang-Taylor and Jim Scully of ThinkPlace NZ and workshopped community narratives with Dr Jess Berentson-Shaw. Jacqui Chan captured the kōrero with live illustration. Next pānui will we share insights from this hui and spotlight a member of the Community Constellation. If you are a tangata whenua, community or voluntary peak body and you want to find out more, get in touch with us. Shoutout to J R McKenzie Trust for supporting our collaboration. Your Questions on Social Investment On 26 November 2024, we hosted a social investment webinar on behalf of the Community Constellation. Almost 1000 of you registered for the opportunity to hear from, and engage with, the Minister for Social Investment, and for the Minister to hear about the opportunities, and the challenges, for communities. Zoe Witika-Hawke, Kaiwhakahaere Matua | Chief Executive of E Tipu e Rea Whānau Services and former co-chair of Te Pai Oranga Aotearoa SSPA, joined Katie in hosting this event. Afterwards, we collated the hundreds of questions received into 50 follow-up questions the Minister agreed to answer. You can now read her answers here and re-watch the webinar here. We continue to engage with Social Investment Agency Chief Executive, Andy Coster, to encourage a community-centred approach. New tax Proposals For Charities A new consultation document came out this week proposing tax changes for charities. We raised the need to engage with the sector on this with Minister Watts at the end of last year and he replied today. He gave assurances that all feedback will be considered and no decisions have yet been made. Consultation is open until 31 March. We encourage you to take a look at the Consultation information from IRD. One of the main proposals is to introduce tax for charity businesses where the business is unrelated to the charitable purpose. These are technical proposals and so we are pleased to see an upcoming webinar to demystify them coming up on 10 March. Register [...]