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We're excited to introduce you to the East Coast Exchange, capturing volunteering mahi in Tairāwhiti....

It's time to acknowledge and celebrate the essential role played by small charities, marae, hapū and iwi in providing vital support to those in need during these challenging times....

Hui E! Community Aotearoa, as a peak body for the community and voluntary sector in New Zealand, appreciates the government’s announcement of $11.5 million in funding to support community groups responding to Cyclone Gabrielle and floods. In the wake of these events, we have seen first-hand the incredible resilience and…...

Aotearoa’s community and voluntary sector is changing. We have new diverse ways of working, new generations arriving as kaimahi and tūao, and new solutions ready to tackle age-old problems. COVID and the recent Auckland Floods are just two examples where our community sector rolled-out immediate and innovative solutions to support…...

Hui E! Kaiwhakahaere Matua, Rochelle Stewart-Allen is a member of a group that regularly meets with the Minister for the Community and Voluntary Sector to provide feedback on the sector’s needs, successes, and challenges. Here we have a summary from the online hui that took place November 2022. The Community…...

The pandemic further highlighted a range of inequities and systemic challenges for community groups to access tools & technology....

Did you know that the Lottery Grants System is being reviewed? We know that not all sectors of our community are not benefiting equally from Lottery funding. This is the first time an end-to-end review has been undertaken since the NZ Lottery Grants Board was established in 1987. Te Kawa…...

One of the biggest challenges facing our grassroots community groups in Aotearoa New Zealand is that we are so busy with the business of doing, we often can’t find the time to think about how things could be different.   In previous community roles I’ve had when I was working at…...

In what felt like the blink of an eye, we arrived in December. This year has been a whirlwind of meaningful fulfilling mahi. Among our many projects, we welcomed world-renowned speaker Vu Le who carried out a fantastic tour across the motu. We continued building strength and capability across our…...

Joint submission by Hui E! Community Aotearoa on the Charities Amendment Bill 2022 At Hui E! we know that many community groups don’t have time to prepare their own submission. So, we worked with our network to prepare a joint submission to the Social Services and Communities Committee on the…...