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Hui E! Community Aotearoa is seeking three Tangata Whenua and two Tangata Tiriti members to join our Board. This is an opportunity to be on the governance group of an awesome organisation and make a positive contribution to the Tangata Whenua, Community and Voluntary Sector. We have particular interest in…...

Borne of the increased challenges and pressures of the COVID-19 pandemic, Applause Charitable Trust is supporting the staff of Aotearoa’s Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) to continue caring for vulnerable New Zealanders during these unprecedented times.  Applause creator, Jen Deben, says she was inspired to help when she saw how frontline support…...

In 2020, Repair Café Aotearoa New Zealand (RCANZ) grew out of what had previously been Repair Café Auckland. In the two years since, Brigitte Sistig has been working tirelessly in a volunteer capacity to develop a nationwide ecosystem which connects like-minded people, fosters community and creates new life for our…...

Aute Pasifika Sports Academy has been operating as a voluntary organisation for more than 2 decades, but only decided to register as a New Zealand Charitable Trust in 2020.  In the period since, they have been working with Hui E! to secure funding and grow their impact in the Auckland…...

Dunedin Community Builders have announced their resource for community and funders, Be the Change: Funding and Equity. This resource comes from the kōrero that Dunedin Community Builders have heard from across the community and funding sectors over the last two years and more. They are partnering with us to officially…...

Auckland’s North Shore is home to the newly established Project Employ, a charity working to prepare young adults with intellectual or learning disabilities for meaningful, paid employment.  Project Employ’s co-Kaiwhakahaere (co-Directors), Diane Eaglesome and  Sarah Dann-Hoare, are committed to creating more inclusive communities and are preparing to open a training…...

Taking the time – having the space to stop, reflect and then converge with other changemakers when there is so much else to be done – is the perfect time to join a kōrero to think about what we are currently doing and what could be possible to make space…...

Hui E! Community Aotearoa (Hui E!) and KPMG New Zealand (KPMG) are celebrating one year of supporting small to medium community groups access funding.    Through their Memorandum of Understanding, KPMG staff volunteer their skills and time to write a community group’s first grant funding application, as part of the Hoa…...

Like most of us, the community at Wharekawa Marae in north-east Waikato has had to adapt a lot over the recent pandemic period.  Wharekawa’s Kaiwhakahaere (Administrator), Eddie Manukau, says that the journey has been one of learning, supporting the community and focusing on wellbeing.  “This role is a new working…...

In May of 2022, a group of like-minded individuals, organisations and researchers published the findings of a detailed study to explore the potential of establishing an ethnic, community-led research and evaluation centre in Aotearoa New Zealand. Funded by the Tindall Foundation, partners from Fikun Trust, Aotearoa Resettled Community Coalition (ARCC),…...