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Te Korowai Whetū Social Cohesion community fund
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On 27 October 2022, Associate Minister for Social Development and Employment Priyanca Radhakrishnan announced funding of $2 million for the Te Korowai Whetū Social Cohesion community fund to support local and community-based social cohesion initiatives.
Applicants were able to apply for a maximum of $10.000 in funding to support their initiative. Applications had to show how they would:
- strengthen social connections and respectful relationships
- celebrate diversity and cultural inclusion
- promote and apply Te Korowai Whetū Social Cohesion tools and resources
- support collaboration and coordination for community groups to strengthen social cohesion.
Applications now closed
Applications for the fund are now closed. MSD received a large number of high quality applications and communicated with all successful applicants. The Ministry would like to thank all those who applied. See below for a list of the funded applications.
List of successful fund recipients
Te Korowai Whetū Social Cohesion Community Fund – Successful Applicants
|
Organisation/Community Group |
Region |
Total Funding |
|---|---|---|
|
Aotearoa Latin American Community Incorporated |
Auckland Central |
$10,000.00 |
|
Auckland Somali Community Association Incorporated |
Auckland Central |
$10,000.00 |
|
Auckland Tamil Association Incorporated |
Auckland Central |
$10,000.00 |
|
Auckland Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) Incorporated |
Auckland Central |
$10,000.00 |
|
Big Song N Dance Limited |
Auckland Central |
$10,000.00 |
|
Charlotte Museum Trust |
Auckland Central |
$10,000.00 |
|
CNSST Foundation |
Auckland Central |
$10,000.00 |
|
Digital Frequencies Collective Limited |
Auckland Central |
$10,000.00 |
|
Fiji Girmit Foundation NZ |
Auckland Central |
$10,000.00 |
|
Indian Origin Pride New Zealand |
Auckland Central |
$5,000.00 |
|
Iranian Women In NZ (IWIN) |
Auckland Central |
$9,950.00 |
|
Islamic Womens Council of New Zealand Incorporated |
Auckland Central |
$10,000.00 |
|
Leadership New Zealand Trust Board |
Auckland Central |
$10,000.00 |
|
New Zealand Islamic Cultural Trust |
Auckland Central |
$10,000.00 |
|
New Zealand Nejashi Trust Incorporated |
Auckland Central |
$10,000.00 |
|
New Zealand Nepal Society Incorporated |
Auckland Central |
$7,500.00 |
|
Panacea Arts Charitable Trust |
Auckland Central |
$10,000.00 |
|
Rangahua Action Group |
Auckland Central |
$10,000.00 |
|
Recreate NZ |
Auckland Central |
$10,000.00 |
|
Shama, Ethnic Women's Centre Trust |
Auckland Central |
$10,000.00 |
|
The Rainbow New Zealand Charitable Trust |
Auckland Central |
$10,000.00 |
|
UMMA Trust |
Auckland Central |
$10,000.00 |
|
Wellbeing Charitable Trust Board |
Auckland Central |
$10,000.00 |
|
youth activating youth |
Auckland Central |
$8,625.00 |
|
Aoteaora Muslim Youth Trust |
Auckland South |
$10,000.00 |
|
Auckland United Oromo Community Incorporated |
Auckland South |
$8,500.00 |
|
Carers New Zealand |
Auckland South |
$10,000.00 |
|
Child Abuse Prevention Foundation |
Auckland South |
$10,000.00 |
|
Falelalaga Limited |
Auckland South |
$10,000.00 |
|
Korean Positive Ageing Charitable Trust |
Auckland South |
$10,000.00 |
|
Kura Cares Charity |
Auckland South |
$10,000.00 |
|
Lea-ki-Moana Incorporated |
Auckland South |
$10,000.00 |
|
Life Vision Society Incorporated |
Auckland South |
$10,000.00 |
|
National Spiritual Assembly of The Baha'is of New Zealand |
Auckland South |
$10,000.00 |
|
New Zealand Choral Federation Incorporated |
Auckland South |
$10,000.00 |
|
Rape Prevention Education Whakatu Mauri Trust |
Auckland South |
$10,000.00 |
|
Refugees As Survivors New Zealand Trust |
Auckland South |
$5,000.00 |
|
The Fatimah Foundation |
Auckland South |
$10,000.00 |
|
The Potters House Christian Fellowship Manukau |
Auckland South |
$10,000.00 |
|
Vitex Lucens Charitable Trust |
Auckland South |
$8,740.00 |
|
Anjuman-E-Saifee (New Zealand) |
Auckland West |
$10,000.00 |
|
Ethnic Rainbow Alliance |
Auckland West |
$5,000.00 |
|
Hope Worldwide-Pakistan |
Auckland West |
$10,000.00 |
|
I Love Avondale |
Auckland West |
$9,500.00 |
|
Manawaka Ao |
Auckland West |
$9,000.00 |
|
PIPANZ - Peoples Intersectional Project of Aotearoa New Zealand Trust |
Auckland West |
$10,000.00 |
|
The Gallery |
Auckland West |
$10,000.00 |
|
Tree of Humanity for All (TOHFA) |
Auckland West |
$10,000.00 |
|
Whau ACE Adult & Community Education Centre |
Auckland West |
$10,000.00 |
|
English Language Partners New Zealand Trust |
Bay of Plenty |
$2,160.00 |
|
Hungahungatoroa Marae Incorporated |
Bay of Plenty |
$10,000.00 |
|
Ko Te Tuara Totara Of Fordlands Incorporated |
Bay of Plenty |
$10,000.00 |
|
Ngā Kaimahi Whenua o Ngāti Ira Charitable Trust |
Bay of Plenty |
$10,000.00 |
|
Rotorua Multicultural Council Inc |
Bay of Plenty |
$10,000.00 |
|
Tauranga Hockey Association Incorporated |
Bay of Plenty |
$10,000.00 |
|
Tokoroa & Districts Women's Support Centre Incorporated |
Bay of Plenty |
$10,000.00 |
|
Waihī Beach Community Led Development Society Incorporated |
Bay of Plenty |
$10,000.00 |
|
Asturlab Cultural Centre |
Canterbury |
$7,917.01 |
|
Birthright Canterbury Trust |
Canterbury |
$10,000.00 |
|
Canterbury Kia Ora Academy Trust |
Canterbury |
$10,000.00 |
|
Chatham Islands Music Club |
Canterbury |
$10,000.00 |
|
Everyone an Artist Trust |
Canterbury |
$10,000.00 |
|
Fale Pasifikia O Aoraki Trust Society Incorporated |
Canterbury |
$10,000.00 |
|
Hanmer Springs School |
Canterbury |
$10,000.00 |
|
IndianNZ Association of Christchurch Incorporated |
Canterbury |
$10,000.00 |
|
Ma'ufanga Canterbury Community Charitable Trust |
Canterbury |
$5,450.00 |
|
Otautahi Creative Spaces Trust |
Canterbury |
$5,000.00 |
|
Perinatal Wellbeing Canterbury Trust |
Canterbury |
$7,980.00 |
|
Philippine Culture and Migrants Services |
Canterbury |
$10,000.00 |
|
PledgeMe Limited |
Canterbury |
$10,000.00 |
|
Project Esther Trust |
Canterbury |
$10,000.00 |
|
Rowley Resource Centre Incorporated |
Canterbury |
$6,000.00 |
|
Seed the Change | He Kākano Hāpai |
Canterbury |
$6,675.00 |
|
Te Manawa Ora Trust |
Canterbury |
$10,000.00 |
|
The Women's Helping Hand Trust NZ |
Canterbury |
$10,000.00 |
|
University of Canterbury Muslims Students’ Association (UC MUSA) |
Canterbury |
$10,000.00 |
|
Age Concern (Horowhenua) Incorporated |
Central |
$10,000.00 |
|
Cambridge Life Skills Institute Trust |
Central |
$2,300.00 |
|
Community Arts Palmerston North Incorporated |
Central |
$9,855.00 |
|
Foxton Districts Budget Service |
Central |
$7,500.00 |
|
Hastings Group, Riding For The Disabled Association Incorporated |
Central |
$10,000.00 |
|
Manaaki i te Tāngata |
Central |
$10,000.00 |
|
Manawatu Lesbian & Gay Rights Association Incorporated |
Central |
$5,000.00 |
|
Manawatu Rural Support Service Incorporated |
Central |
$4,850.00 |
|
Pacifica (Pacific Allied Women's Council Inspires Faith In Ideals Concerning All) Incorporated |
Central |
$10,000.00 |
|
Palmerston North Theatre Trust |
Central |
$2,100.00 |
|
Te Manawa Family Services Charitable Trust |
Central |
$10,000.00 |
|
The Samoan Methodist Churches of Samoa (Palmerston North Parish) in New Zealand |
Central |
$8,000.00 |
|
WAI the Women's Art Initiative |
Central |
$10,000.00 |
|
Ahikaa Associates Limited |
East Coast |
$10,000.00 |
|
Between the Two Rivers and Rūnanga Marae |
East Coast |
$10,000.00 |
|
Bishopric of Aotearoa Ki Te Tairawhiti |
East Coast |
$10,000.00 |
|
Citizens Advice Bureau Napier Incorporated |
East Coast |
$5,215.00 |
|
Eastern Whio Link |
East Coast |
$5,000.00 |
|
Gurudwara Sahib Gisborne Trust |
East Coast |
$7,480.00 |
|
Hawkes Bay Rainbow Hub |
East Coast |
$10,000.00 |
|
Manaaki Matakāoa |
East Coast |
$10,000.00 |
|
Māori Women's Welfare League Inc |
East Coast |
$10,000.00 |
|
Napier Family Centre Incorporated |
East Coast |
$10,000.00 |
|
New Zealand Punjabi Multimedia Trust Board |
East Coast |
$7,700.00 |
|
Pakistan and Friends Hawkes Bay Association Incorporated |
East Coast |
$8,235.00 |
|
Singh Sports and Cultural Club Incorporated |
East Coast |
$10,000.00 |
|
Tairawhiti Community Pathways |
East Coast |
$10,000.00 |
|
Tairawhiti Fijian Community Incorporated |
East Coast |
$10,000.00 |
|
Tairawhiti Multicultural Council Incorporated |
East Coast |
$9,500.00 |
|
Te Kaha O Toku Wairua Charitable Trust |
East Coast |
$10,000.00 |
|
Te Riu O Waiapu Trust |
East Coast |
$10,000.00 |
|
Waimatā Catchment Group Incorporated |
East Coast |
$10,000.00 |
|
Adhikaar Aotearoa |
National |
$10,000.00 |
|
Aotearoa Football Charitable Trust |
National |
$10,000.00 |
|
Federation of Islamic Associations of New Zealand Incorporated |
National |
$10,000.00 |
|
Federation of Islamic Associations of New Zealand Incorporated |
National |
$10,000.00 |
|
Federation of Islamic Associations of New Zealand Incorporated |
National |
$10,000.00 |
|
InsideOUT Kōaro |
National |
$10,000.00 |
|
Parent to Parent New Zealand Incorporated |
National |
$10,000.00 |
|
Bhutanese Society of Nelson New Zealand Incorporated |
Nelson, Marlborough, West Coast |
$8,000.00 |
|
Cultural Conversations |
Nelson, Marlborough, West Coast |
$10,000.00 |
|
Gleam Team Charitable Trust |
Nelson, Marlborough, West Coast |
$10,000.00 |
|
Grey District Waitangi Day Community Picnic |
Nelson, Marlborough, West Coast |
$5,779.66 |
|
Kekerengu Community Centre Incorporated |
Nelson, Marlborough, West Coast |
$10,000.00 |
|
Lake Kaniere Scenic Triathlon Incorporated |
Nelson, Marlborough, West Coast |
$10,000.00 |
|
Lions Club of Hokitika Charitable Trust |
Nelson, Marlborough, West Coast |
$10,000.00 |
|
Multicultural Nelson Tasman Incorporated |
Nelson, Marlborough, West Coast |
$9,700.00 |
|
Ross Community Society Incorporated |
Nelson, Marlborough, West Coast |
$978.10 |
|
Te Reo a Te Taiohi |
Nelson, Marlborough, West Coast |
$10,000.00 |
|
Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Waewae Incorporated |
Nelson, Marlborough, West Coast |
$10,000.00 |
|
The Nelson School of Music Trust Board |
Nelson, Marlborough, West Coast |
$10,000.00 |
|
Youth Health and Wellbeing Trust |
Nelson, Marlborough, West Coast |
$10,000.00 |
|
He Whanāu Marama Charitable Trust |
Northland |
$10,000.00 |
|
Kaikohe Senior Citizens Hall |
Northland |
$6,296.00 |
|
Maui Ora Culture Sports & Recreation ki Ngāti Whātua Charitable Trust |
Northland |
$10,000.00 |
|
Multicultural Whangārei Incorporated |
Northland |
$6,100.00 |
|
Network for Women in Dairying |
Northland |
$10,000.00 |
|
Ngā Otinga |
Northland |
$10,000.00 |
|
Parihaka Waka Ama Club Incorporated |
Northland |
$10,000.00 |
|
Project Boundless Charitable Trust |
Northland |
$10,000.00 |
|
Rural Support Trust - Northland |
Northland |
$10,000.00 |
|
Taimahi Trust |
Northland |
$10,000.00 |
|
Te Aroha Marae |
Northland |
$10,000.00 |
|
The Bubz Whānau Incorporated |
Northland |
$10,000.00 |
|
Touch New Zealand Incorporated |
Northland |
$10,000.00 |
|
Umbrellaed by Te Reo o Ngāti Charitable Trust |
Northland |
$10,000.00 |
|
Vai Wise |
Northland |
$10,000.00 |
|
Volunteering Northland |
Northland |
$5,950.00 |
|
Bellyful New Zealand Trust |
Southern |
$10,000.00 |
|
Enabling NZ |
Southern |
$4,500.00 |
|
First Presbyterian Church of Otago |
Southern |
$10,000.00 |
|
H2R Research and Consulting Limited |
Southern |
$10,000.00 |
|
Hakataramea Sustainability Collective Incorporated |
Southern |
$7,868.00 |
|
Head Light Trust |
Southern |
$10,000.00 |
|
Learn2Earn |
Southern |
$10,000.00 |
|
Mīharo Murihiku Trust |
Southern |
$10,000.00 |
|
Otago Museum Trust Board |
Southern |
$10,000.00 |
|
Southland Migrant Walking Together Organisation and Multilingual and Activity Centre Charitable Trust |
Southern |
$8,800.00 |
|
Southland Multicultural Trust |
Southern |
$10,000.00 |
|
Southland Sri Lankan Society Incorporated |
Southern |
$8,500.00 |
|
Te Oriori Trust |
Southern |
$10,000.00 |
|
The Aoraki Multicultural Council Incorporated |
Southern |
$10,000.00 |
|
The Brain Injury Association (Otago) Incorporated |
Southern |
$8,000.00 |
|
Wanaka Catchment Group Incorporated |
Southern |
$7,365.00 |
|
Grace Foundation Charitable Trust Whanganui |
Taranaki, King Country, Whanganui |
$10,000.00 |
|
Hawera Assembly of God Property Trust Board |
Taranaki, King Country, Whanganui |
$3,000.00 |
|
Hearing Dogs for Deaf People New Zealand |
Taranaki, King Country, Whanganui |
$10,000.00 |
|
Java Dance Company Limited |
Taranaki, King Country, Whanganui |
$5,750.00 |
|
Migrant Connections Taranaki (MCT) Charitable Trust |
Taranaki, King Country, Whanganui |
$10,000.00 |
|
Multi Cultural Council of Rangitikei/Whanganui Incorporated |
Taranaki, King Country, Whanganui |
$7,500.00 |
|
Pregnancy Help Incorporated |
Taranaki, King Country, Whanganui |
$3,000.00 |
|
Pride Whanganui Trust |
Taranaki, King Country, Whanganui |
$10,000.00 |
|
Roderique Hope Trust |
Taranaki, King Country, Whanganui |
$10,000.00 |
|
Society of St Vincent De Paul in New Zealand |
Taranaki, King Country, Whanganui |
$10,000.00 |
|
Taranaki Catchment Communities Incorporated |
Taranaki, King Country, Whanganui |
$5,000.00 |
|
Taranaki Retreat Trust |
Taranaki, King Country, Whanganui |
$10,000.00 |
|
Te Awanui a Rua Charitable Trust |
Taranaki, King Country, Whanganui |
$10,000.00 |
|
Te Kawa o Rongo |
Taranaki, King Country, Whanganui |
$10,000.00 |
|
Te Whāriki Manāki o Tātou |
Taranaki, King Country, Whanganui |
$10,000.00 |
|
The Ratana Established Church of New Zealand |
Taranaki, King Country, Whanganui |
$10,000.00 |
|
Volunteering New Plymouth Trust |
Taranaki, King Country, Whanganui |
$10,000.00 |
|
Waipu ki Runga |
Taranaki, King Country, Whanganui |
$10,000.00 |
|
Waitomo Christian Fellowship Trust Board |
Taranaki, King Country, Whanganui |
$7,000.00 |
|
Women's Centre New Plymouth Incorporated |
Taranaki, King Country, Whanganui |
$8,000.00 |
|
Woven Rivers Trust |
Taranaki, King Country, Whanganui |
$10,000.00 |
|
Zeal Education Trust |
Taranaki, King Country, Whanganui |
$10,000.00 |
|
Community Living Limited |
Waikato |
$10,000.00 |
|
Eastern Coromandel Community Services Trust |
Waikato |
$5,000.00 |
|
Hamilton Multicultural Services Trust |
Waikato |
$10,000.00 |
|
Link House Birthright Waikato Trust t/a Single Parent Services Waikato |
Waikato |
$6,800.00 |
|
Matawhaanui Trust |
Waikato |
$10,000.00 |
|
Ngāti Maru ki Hauraki Inc trading as Ngāti Maru Runanga |
Waikato |
$10,000.00 |
|
Oceans Before Me Charitable Trust |
Waikato |
$10,000.00 |
|
Rainbow Chinese Community Centre Charitable Trust |
Waikato |
$5,500.00 |
|
Rainbow Hub Waikato |
Waikato |
$10,000.00 |
|
Thames Community Centre Trust |
Waikato |
$10,000.00 |
|
The Kids in Need Waikato Charitable Trust |
Waikato |
$10,000.00 |
|
The Lucy Foundation |
Waikato |
$10,000.00 |
|
The Refugee Orientation Centre Trust |
Waikato |
$10,000.00 |
|
The Serve |
Waikato |
$10,000.00 |
|
The Te Kauwhata & Districts Information & Support Centre Incorporated t/a Te Kauwhata Community House |
Waikato |
$2,875.00 |
|
Waikato Community Broadcasting Charitable Trust t/a Free FM |
Waikato |
$4,000.00 |
|
Waikato Refugee Forum Incorporated |
Waikato |
$10,000.00 |
|
Age Concern Kāpiti Coast Incorporated |
Wellington |
$7,100.00 |
|
Age Concern Wellington Region Incorporated |
Wellington |
$5,168.00 |
|
Ara Taiohi Incorporated |
Wellington |
$10,000.00 |
|
Arabic Biblical Church |
Wellington |
$10,000.00 |
|
ChangeMakers Resettlement Forum Incorporated |
Wellington |
$10,000.00 |
|
Greater Wellington Neighbourhood Support |
Wellington |
$3,976.40 |
|
Hala (Open Collective NZ) |
Wellington |
$10,000.00 |
|
Inspiring Stories Trust |
Wellington |
$10,000.00 |
|
Intersex Trust of Aotearoa New Zealand |
Wellington |
$10,000.00 |
|
Islamic Womens Council of New Zealand Incorporated |
Wellington |
$10,000.00 |
|
Kāpiti Crop Swap |
Wellington |
$2,000.00 |
|
New Zealand Eid Day Trust Board |
Wellington |
$10,000.00 |
|
Pablos Art Studios Incorporated |
Wellington |
$8,977.00 |
|
Parents of Vision Impaired (NZ) Incorporated |
Wellington |
$10,000.00 |
|
Reach Out Counselling Charitable Trust |
Wellington |
$10,000.00 |
|
Read NZ Te Pou Muramura Incorporated |
Wellington |
$5,000.00 |
|
Shama, Ethnic Women's Centre Trust |
Wellington |
$10,000.00 |
|
Strathmore Park Community Centre Trust |
Wellington |
$4,925.00 |
|
Tafari Creations |
Wellington |
$7,000.00 |
|
Taiohi Morehu |
Wellington |
$6,000.00 |
|
The National Council of Women of New Zealand Incorporated- Te Kaunihera Wāhine o Aotearoa |
Wellington |
$10,000.00 |
|
The Upper Hutt Multicultural Council Incorporated |
Wellington |
$10,000.00 |
|
Voice Arts |
Wellington |
$6,500.00 |
|
Voice of Aroha |
Wellington |
$10,000.00 |
|
Wellington Pride Festival Incorporated |
Wellington |
$2,000.00 |
|
Wellington Women's Health Collective Incorporated |
Wellington |
$5,000.00 |
|
Wellington Young Chinese Association Incorporated |
Wellington |
$7,560.00 |
|
Zeal Education Trust - Kāpiti |
Wellington |
$10,000.00 |