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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),…...

Hui E! is delighted to announce a new collaborative partnership with Ignite Consultants. This will help us offer more support to small community groups in Te Whanganui-a-Tara | Wellington.  Over the past two years, Hui E! has supported more than 100 community groups across the motu with our Hoa Pūtea…...

FROM KAIWHAKAHAERE MATUA, ROCHELLE STEWART-ALLEN Funding: seen as the cause of, and solution to, the majority of the problems for not-for-profit organisations. Community organisations often start their lives as small, voluntary groups. They initially run on passion and spare time, but eventually reach a stage where they need money if…...