Te Puni Kōkiri is proud to support hapū, iwi, Māori providers and organisations, and to work across government to support a community-led response and recovery from COVID-19. Funding of $11 million announced in Budget 2020 will build on the partnerships forged during the initial response to COVID-19. It will support up to 100 Māori organisations to work with whānau, communities and government agencies to build sustainable and resilient communities.
This investment follows from the targeted and strategic support by Te Puni Kōkiri to vulnerable whānau and hard-to-reach communities through a $10-million Whānau Māori Community and Marae Response Fund.
Read about the critical work Māori are doing on the ground to ensure their people remain healthy, strong and resilient.
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New app aims to revolutionise seasonal work
Māori tech business Jobloads pivoted its original business during lockdown and has just developed a digital solution that connects pre-verified workers with horticulture industry jobs.
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‘No whānau go hungry’ mandate driving new South Island service
A new Māori organisation called Te Pātaka Inc is being established to continue providing kai and firewood to assist whānau experiencing hardship from COVID-19 in Te Tau Ihu (top of the South Island).
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Budding Ngāti Toa entrepreneurs get ‘world class’ training
One Māori business is being mentored by two global investors and another is developing a prototype to patent after a successful Ngāti Toa entrepreneurs wānanga that left 25 iwi attendees buzzing.
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Resilient rangatahi move inspiration online
Kauwhau Whakaohooho is an interpretation of inspirational Ted Talks and is a four-part webinar series created by Te Waiora, a rōpū Māori at the University of Waikato. The online series is designed by rangatahi for rangatahi, to bring them together in a safe online space to have online conversations with the hope to inspire and act.
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Building lives through Māori cadetships
Building business owner, Jarrod Tua (Ngā Puhi), didn’t waste time when he had to down tools during the COVID-19 lockdown. He swapped his hammer for a computer and successfully applied for Te Puni Kōkiri funding to support four new cadets.
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Te Arawa Level 2 marae packs ready to go
When New Zealand moved to Alert Level 2, Te Arawa were quick off the mark to prepare their marae for the loosening of restrictions – while keeping everyone safe.
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Online Māori mall for Te Tai Hauāuru goes live
Hokohoko, a new online Māori mall has been launched to provide hundreds of Māori businesses across Te Tai Hauāuru the opportunity to sell their products and services on the one-stop-shop website.
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Rangatahi helps kaumātua bridge digital divide
On the northern side of the Otago Peninsula, near Ōtākou Marae lives Tia Taiaroa, a recent university graduate who has been supporting kaumātua to take their first steps into the digital world during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Delivering for whānau Māori despite dialysis
Helping your people through an emergency takes a combined effort, especially as you come out of the immediate response and into the long-haul of recovery.
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Taiohi realities in Te Tai Tokerau during COVID-19
While some taiohi Māori in Te Tai Tokerau embraced the COVID-19 lockdown as a time to just breath and take a break from the ‘rat race’, many other taiohi were in struggle mode.
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Mā tōu rou, mā taku rourou ka ora te iwi
With your food basket and my food basket the people will thrive.
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Kua hora te wairua mākohakoha ki Papakura
A spirit of generosity spreads across Papakura.
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Ngāti Kahungunu builds on initial response to COVID-19
The coronavirus which is causing havoc around the world has brought out some amazing examples of co-operation, not least of all here in Ikaroa-Rāwhiti.
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Living in Papakāinga benefits whānau during COVID-19
After the experience of the last few months, Hinewai Ormsby is more convinced than ever of the holistic benefits to Māori of living on their whenua and being closely connected to whānau
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Being whānau in a changing world
When the Turner whānau (Waikato, Ngāti Aamaru) moved into their papakāinga in 2017 they didn’t imagine it would become their sanctuary and lifeline during a pandemic.
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Continued vigilance to keep kaumātua safe as alert levels drop
Hamilton’s Rauawawa Kaumātua Charitable Trust (Rauawaawa) will continue their new ‘Covid world’ way of supporting kaumatua until Alert Level 1 because of how vulnerable elderly are to the virus and some are anxious about leaving their bubble too early.
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Moving forward together
Te Kahu o Taonui, Te Tai Tokerau Iwi Collective, has played a vital role in supporting local whānau and communities during the COVID-19 crisis. Its ongoing influence will be critical as Northland enters the recovery phase.
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Whānau and rangatahi in Ōtautahi show their strength
From helping a whānau to plan their mother’s tangi, to advocating for a solo Dad raising his teens, Te Ora Hou kaimahi are doing whatever it takes to make sure rangatahi and their whānau emerge from the COVID-19 crisis safe, well and supported.
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Piritahi Tātou – coming together for Waiheke Island whānau
When ten Waiheke Island residents suddenly found themselves homeless as Level 4 lockdown closed in, marae-based Piritahi Hau Ora was immediately by their sides.
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Lifting the morale of Waikato rangatahi Māori in uncertain times
Waikato rangatahi group Koroī wanted to support other young Māori through the isolation of COVID-19 so they put some of their own humble budget towards local initiatives.
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Lifeline provided to homeless and struggling whānau in lockdown
Homelessness, affording newborn baby supplies or struggling to pay for power are some of the issues keeping Ngāti Kahungunu Whānau Services flat out supporting Wellington’s most vulnerable during COVID-19.
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Time, team and tenderness in Tāmaki Makaurau
As Aotearoa ground to a halt in week one of lockdown, three Ngāpuhi women in Auckland were firing on all cylinders – co-ordinating kai packs, training volunteers, massaging networks and making phone call after phone call.
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The power of orange
You get the impression that Sheridan Waitai would do whatever it takes to protect her Muriwhenua Tika whānau from getting infected with Covid-19.
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Overcoming COVID-19 barriers to get food to Mōtītī Island hapū
When New Zealand went into COVID-19 shutdown the people living on Mōtītī Island, 10km’s off the Tauranga coast, were cut off from food and generator fuel supply.
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Reaching whānau on air and on the ground during the pandemic
Atiawa Toa FM staff never doubted their radio station should stay on-air to support their communities through COVID-19 when the nation went into lockdown.
