What we fund

Our current partners

Bluespur Charitable Trust

Supporting the delivery of the Pacific Settlement Service (PSS) aimed at creating successful newcomers from the Pacific Islands that contribute positively to the wellbeing of Aotearoa New Zealand.

Cure Kids

Supporting the pilot Asthma Project aimed at reducing childhood mortality resulting from severe asthma in Māori and Pasifika children.

Fibre Fale

Supporting initiatives aimed at enabling digital equity for Pasifika people and encouragement to enter the digital tech industry.

First Foundation

Providing scholarships and internships to bright young people whose circumstances make it harder to attend university.

Garden to Table

Supporting the development of cultural resources for schools to improve the engagement of children with their environment.

Habitat for Humanity

Supporting the restoration of livelihoods by assisting with home repair schemes for those affected by flooding and cyclone damage in South Auckland and in Wairoa, Hawke’s Bay.

Kidz First

Supporting Kidz First’s Māori Child Health Research Collaborative that runs a broad range of projects to address inequities including training for Māori doctors, implicit bias, ADHD treatment and a new model of care in the community, lungs4life.

Kidz First / Ko Awatea

Supporting Ko Awatea to provide research funding for two projects, one that address care pathways for injured young people in Counties Manukau; and new techniques to understand diabetic kidney disease.

Kiwibots

Supporting Kiwibots’ national robotics competitions and providing robotics kits to enable schools to participate.

Kura Cares Charity

Supporting the Whānau Hotaka Programme which provides financial literacy and mentoring workshops to help families out of the poverty cycle.

Pūhoro STEMM Academy

Supporting rangatahi Māori (young people) who are transitioning between tertiary STEMM (science, technology, engineering, maths and mātauranga Māori) studies to employment. Pūhoro also explores the barriers for rangatahi in South Auckland to remain in education.

University of Auckland – Faculty of Engineering

Supporting the faculty’s Māori, Pacific and womem pathways aimed at increasing the representation of Māori, Pasifika and female students choosing to study engineering.