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Since 2017, Malakai Alatini Trust has been showing Pasifika and Maori youth that sport and a future career are not an ei...
12/06/2026

Since 2017, Malakai Alatini Trust has been showing Pasifika and Maori youth that sport and a future career are not an either/or.
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Working alongside coaches, teachers, and parents across schools, the trust builds what they call dual-career pathways, helping young people plan for life beyond the field as well as on it. The trust makes sure the young people they work with have a plan for what comes next.
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The people they work with include:
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- Students from years 9 to 13 across South Auckland schools
- Pasifika and Maori youth navigating pressure to choose sport over education
- Year 13 students accessing one-on-one mentoring to plan their futures
- Coaches and Pasifika liaison staff who need an external partner in school meetings
- Parents, reached through dedicated whanau outreach
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They connect through small group talanoas with coaches and teachers, lunchtime workshops with students, and direct outreach to parents. It is relationship-led work built on years of trust inside these communities.
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The programme is now expanding into Christchurch. To get started there, they need funding for a car subscription at $139 per week so their volunteer can travel between schools. Longer term, they are seeking $120,000 annually to fund two roles: a Project Coordinator to lead school relationships and a part-time Administrator to keep operations running.
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We are proud to be working with Malakai Alatini Trust to help open those doors.

Tucked into the hills of Colville in the northern Coromandel, the Mahamudra Centre for Universal Unity has been a place ...
29/05/2026

Tucked into the hills of Colville in the northern Coromandel, the Mahamudra Centre for Universal Unity has been a place of retreat, reflection, and connection since the 1970s.
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It was founded after two New Zealanders travelled through the Himalayas and studied at the Copan Monastery in Nepal. On the advice of their teacher, they came home and built something lasting, a space for people to step back from the noise of modern life. More than five decades on, it is still doing exactly that.
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The people who come through its doors include:
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- People working through burnout and stress, seeking shorter weekend retreats
- Elderly guests and those with disabilities attending teaching programmes
- International teachers leading retreats throughout the calendar
- Visitors to the northern Coromandel who find the centre through accommodation platforms
- The Kovville local area: multigenerational families, artists, and potters from one of New Zealand's most distinctive communities
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The centre runs seven retreats a calendar year and hosts international instructors, with accommodation ranging from $80 for a standard room to $130 for a premium cabin.
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It has not been a smooth stretch. Severe weather across the Coromandel hit the centre hard, with accommodation revenue dropping from $2,000 in April last season to $129 this April.
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Their current problem is that the terrain around the centre is difficult to navigate, especially in winter. That shuts the door on elderly guests and people with disabilities, the exact people the centre was built to welcome.
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They are seeking funding for two connected projects: restoring an overgrown pond and wetland to a Zen garden, and installing accessible pathways between the meditation hall and guest quarters. Together, these form a single environmental upgrade, opening the grounds to more visitors while creating a dedicated space for reflection and restoration.
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The pond restoration alone is estimated at around $50,000. The full project will be phased, with commercial quotes being gathered now.
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We are proud to be working with the Mahamudra Centre to restore this special place and make sure the doors are open to everyone who needs it.

Welcome to Gravy, Mahamudra Centre for Universal Unity!⠀ ⠀ In the hills of the northern Coromandel, there's a retreat ce...
27/05/2026

Welcome to Gravy, Mahamudra Centre for Universal Unity!
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In the hills of the northern Coromandel, there's a retreat centre that's been offering people a place to slow down since the 1970s, founded by two New Zealanders who came home from the Himalayas and built something that has lasted ever since.
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The Mahamudra Centre is more than a place to stay. It's a space for reflection, mental well-being, and community, and it's been welcoming guests, teachers, and locals for over fifty years.
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We're proud to have them on board and can't wait to help them restore their grounds and open them up to even more people!

Community Driver Licensing Workshop: Keeping Licences Free for Auckland's Pacific Communities⠀ ⠀ Since 2022, Community D...
22/05/2026

Community Driver Licensing Workshop: Keeping Licences Free for Auckland's Pacific Communities
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Since 2022, Community Driver Licensing Workshop Incorporated has been helping Auckland's Pacific communities sit their learner, restricted, and full licences, completely free of charge.
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Based at the Otara Library, they run weekly workshops for up to 40 participants at a time. The people coming through their doors include:
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- Pacific community members who've faced long waitlists and language barriers with mainstream providers
- Students from local schools are getting their licence before heading into tertiary education
- People of all ages need a licence to get to work or support their family
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Testing fees alone can hit $98 for a learner theory test, $167 for a restricted licence, and $85 for a pre-test assessment, and the organisation covers all of it. They've grown from a $25,000 Ministry of Social Development pilot to $116,000 in funding by 2025, but that support may not continue.
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This campaign is focused on finding new funding to keep the programme running and the service free for the communities who need it most.
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We're proud to be working with Community Driver Licensing Workshop to help make that happen.

Welcome to Gravy, Community Driver Licensing Workshop Incorporated!⠀ ⠀ For many in Auckland's communities, getting a dri...
21/05/2026

Welcome to Gravy, Community Driver Licensing Workshop Incorporated!
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For many in Auckland's communities, getting a driver's licence has never been straightforward. Long waitlists, high costs, and a lack of language support have kept licences out of reach for too long.
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Community Driver Licensing Workshop is changing that, running free weekly workshops out of Otara to help people sit their learner, restricted, and full licences.
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We're proud to have them on board and can't wait to help them secure the funding to keep this service free for the communities that need it most.
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https://www.facebook.com/groups/1478620709932610/

Bowls Palmerston North: Keeping the Green Alive Since 1889⠀ ⠀ Bowls Palmerston North has been part of the Palmerston Nor...
14/05/2026

Bowls Palmerston North: Keeping the Green Alive Since 1889
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Bowls Palmerston North has been part of the Palmerston North community for over 130 years, one of the 10 oldest bowling clubs in New Zealand and a community hub right in the heart of the city.
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Five minutes from the square, the club opens its doors to far more than its 180 members every week.
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The people they bring in include:
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- Correctional prison officers and army groups looking for team connection
- People living with Alzheimer's, who visit regularly through organised outings
- Students from North Intermediate Normal School are learning the sport through a growing school programme
- Local businesses and staff who use the club for events and functions
- New members discovering the sport through social bowls every second Saturday
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For 40 years, the club has run an annual fundraiser for the rescue helicopter, raising around $11,000 and putting every dollar back into the community.
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What makes all of this possible is keeping the club financially stable. Right now, the biggest pressure they face is the cost of just keeping the lights on. Insurance, rates, power, and affiliation fees add up to nearly $50,000 a year, and affiliation fees are jumping 20% this season.
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This campaign is focused on covering those core operating costs, so the club can keep the greens open, the doors open, and the community coming through them.
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We're proud to be working with Bowls Palmerston North to help make sure this piece of Palmerston North history is still here for the next 130 years.

Welcome to Gravy, Bowls Palmerston North!⠀ ⠀ Palmerston North has a bowling club that's been running since 1889, one of ...
13/05/2026

Welcome to Gravy, Bowls Palmerston North!
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Palmerston North has a bowling club that's been running since 1889, one of the oldest in the country, and it's still going strong.
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Bowls Palmerston North is more than a sports club. They open their doors to the whole community, and they've been raising money for the rescue helicopter for 40 years straight.
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We're proud to have them on board and can't wait to help them keep the greens open for the next 130 years.

Who Cares House: Keeping the Community Connected in Reefton⠀ ⠀ Who Cares House has been doing the hard work in Reefton f...
07/05/2026

Who Cares House: Keeping the Community Connected in Reefton
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Who Cares House has been doing the hard work in Reefton for years, running a grassroots, wraparound service for one of New Zealand's most isolated communities.
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Reefton is over an hour from the nearest town, and that distance means most mainstream services simply don't come here. Who Cares House fills that gap, supporting people who have nowhere else to turn.
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The people they help include:
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- Families and individuals facing housing insecurity
- Community members needing access to food through their food bank
- People dealing with mental health and addiction challenges, with no local services available
- Residents who rely on Who Cares House for transport to medical appointments and essential errands
- Vulnerable people who would otherwise fall through the cracks entirely
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One of the most invisible pressures they face right now is the cost of getting people where they need to go. With no public transport in Reefton, the team's vehicle is how people get where they need to go. Petrol prices have made that lifeline eye-wateringly expensive, running to around $1,000 a month just to keep people connected.
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This campaign is focused on keeping that lifeline running, so Who Cares House can keep doing what they do best: showing up for their community every day.
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We're proud to be working with Who Cares House to help make sure the people of Reefton don't have to face it alone.

Welcome to Gravy, Who Cares House!⠀ ⠀ Reefton is a small town, over an hour from the nearest city, with big community ne...
01/05/2026

Welcome to Gravy, Who Cares House!
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Reefton is a small town, over an hour from the nearest city, with big community needs and not many services to meet them.
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Who Cares House fills that gap. They run a grassroots, wraparound service for some of the most vulnerable people in the community, from housing support to food, transport, and everything in between.
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We're proud to have them on board and can't wait to help them get the funding they need to keep showing up for Reefton.

Back in 2020, children in Shannon who wanted to play rugby were being told they had to travel to Levin or Palmerston Nor...
01/05/2026

Back in 2020, children in Shannon who wanted to play rugby were being told they had to travel to Levin or Palmerston North, and a small group of locals set out to change that.
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Six seasons on, what started with two teams has grown to around 65 registered players across five age groups, from Year 1 and 2 all the way through to Year 7 and 8, competing in 15-a-side.
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The junior section serves a high proportion of Māori and Pasifika rangatahi, with strong pastoral care and a whanau-first environment that gives kids a place to belong. The girls' participation has grown fast, too, with grassroots rugby and league drawing more players each season.
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Now the club is ready for its next step, and the Shannon Rugby Club Juniors are seeking just under $8,000 for a full set of junior uniforms to be shared across rugby union, rugby league, and touch.
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Funding will go towards:
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- Uniforms for all five junior teams and approximately 65 players
- Supporting Māori and Pasifika rangatahi in a low-income community
- Growing girls' grassroots rugby and league
- Keeping sport local for families in an isolated small town
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We are proud to support Shannon Rugby Club Juniors as they continue to build something special for their community.

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