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Our proven approach aims to create social impact by investing directly in initiatives developed by whānau or community groups.
All our mahi has been centred on the philosophy that whānau must be placed at the centre of service design and delivery, supporting them to realise their own solutions.
In early 2025, Te Pūtahitanga o Te Waipounamu was hailed an ‘exemplar of an organisation delivering public services that actually work’.
In March 2025, Te Pūtahitanga o Te Waipounamu was advised that after 10 years of successful and proven commissioning activities, it no longer had the Government’s support. Instead, Whānau Ora commissioning would be dismantled and rebuilt from the ground up.
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“Funding has been such an enormous blessing. It’s meant I haven’t had to sidestep the principles of Te Ao Māori that are core to who I am, in order to get my business off the ground. Those values are what guides me and drives my design style, upholding the integrity and mana of my tīpuna.”
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