Te Pūaha o te Ako
Knowledge Hub
Te Pūaha o te Ako is our knowledge and practice hub, our platform for sharing what we are seeing and learning as we support funders, community organisations and changemakers on their social impact journey. Through Te Pūaha o te Ako we aim to support effective social change with information and engagement to build effective and impactful practice.
You can use the search filters below to identify all the content we have on a topic such as evaluation or housing, or specific types of resources, such as toolkits or reports.
Te Pūaha o te Ako is our knowledge and practice hub, our platform for sharing what we are seeing and learning as we support funders, community organisations and changemakers on their social impact journey. Through Te Pūaha o te Ako we aim to support effective social change with information and engagement to build effective and impactful practice.
You can use the search filters below to identify all the content we have on a topic such as evaluation or housing, or specific types of resources, such as toolkits or reports.
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Kia Whiti Tonu - online capability and capacity building resourcesThe Kia Whiti Tonu free online workshops provide information and insights to support capability and capacity building in community organisations.→
22 Feb 2022
Long read/watch
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Harnessing our collective energies for what happens next… read National Survey resultsThe COVID-19 lockdown in March has ignited our imaginations and opened up our potential. There is a huge appetite to harness what was activated during lockdown. Those are sentiments that came out of the recently released national COVID-19 impact survey of the tangata whenua, community and voluntary sector.→
20 Aug 2020
3 min read
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Survey highlights impact of COVID-19 on the community and voluntary sectorNational COVID-19 impact survey reveals the impact on the community sector.→
04 Aug 2020
2 min read
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COVID-19 and the social impact sector... hear from thought leadersThe Centre for Social Impact is drawing on the experience of its network and community to understand the impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on the philanthropic sector, the long-term implications of this event, and to identify possible social impact responses.→
03 Aug 2020
3 min read
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The Housing Landscape in Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland) and Te Tai Tokerau (Northland)→
30 May 2020
Long read
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Advocacy and Systems Change - presentations and reportThis event, co-convened with JR McKenzie Trust and Philanthropy NZ, explored advocacy to drive change.→
21 Apr 2020
90 min watch
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Mapping the philanthropic landscape - A review of trends and contemporary practicesInsights to support the JR McKenzie Trust to harvest emerging ideas and practices relevant to New Zealand’s bi-cultural context.→
25 Jul 2019
Long read
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Global trends in social enterprise, social impact and their relevance for New ZealandThis presentation by MJ Kaplan considers global trends in social enterprise, social impact and their relevance for New Zealand.→
21 Nov 2018
30 min watch
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Social Impact Series - Part 1: Fit for purpose strategy - using evidence to inform practiceOur Social Impact hui provide space for conversations about strategies and practices for funders looking to strengthen social impact.→
14 Sep 2018
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Evidence to inform a half billion dollar strategy for investmentA solid evidence base supported the development of Foundation North’s 2018 Strategic Plan.→
05 Sep 2018
3 min read
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Impact Investment to deliver social or environmental benefitsThis two part report commissioned by Foundation North, from the Centre for Social Impact and Ākina Foundation, looks at how impact investment could help the foundation, other philanthropic funders, and investors achieve both financial returns, and measurable, beneficial social or environmental impacts.→
21 Aug 2018
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Research to inform Foundation North strategiesThe development of Foundation North’s fifteen year strategies has been informed by a solid research base. The Centre for Social Impact helped create this foundation of information and evidence for strategies which will guide the grantmaking of New Zealand’s largest philanthropic grantmaker through to 2033.→
20 Aug 2018
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As philanthropic funding grows in value and complexity, evaluation keeps paceA brief explanation of how evaluation changes to support investment across the CSI grantmaking dial.→
23 Jul 2018
2 min read
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Kōtuitui interweaving conversations: Social Enterprise in New Zealand'Kōtuitui - interweaving conversations' is the idea of Foundation North and its social business, the Centre for Social Impact. The short, after-work events, focused around a theme, will provide a platform for attendees to meet and learn from thought-leaders in the sector, such as the speaker at the inaugural Kōtuitui on social enterprise (21 Sept), Mary Jo 'MJ' Kaplan.→
26 Sep 2017
26 min watch
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Social Impact Report - August 2017Our 2017 Social Impact Report provides an overview of the leadership of strategic change for philanthropic funders and grantmakers.→
16 Aug 2017
Long read
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The rangatahi challenge – the philanthropic responseChanging expectations and outcomes for rangatahi was the focus of our annual learning event this year. For insight and inspiration, the presentations from Dr Terryann Clark, Dr Hana O’Regan, Lani Evans, and Maria Ramsay are now online.→
15 Aug 2017
40 min watch
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Insights into corporate and philanthropic investmentThe 2016 learning event presentations from Antony Welton, Chair of the Vodafone NZ Foundation, and Jennifer Gill, CEO of Foundation North.→
28 Sep 2016
20 min watch
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Dorothy Adams on social investmentA video of Dorothy’s presentation at our 2016 learning event.→
24 Aug 2016
12 min watch
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Social Impact Report - August 2016We’ve just completed our Social Impact Report for 2016. Check out what we’re doing and learning.→
02 Aug 2016
Long read
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A Strategic Review of Early Years InvestmentThe Centre for Social Impact has recently completed a review of effective ‘early years’ interventions based on national and international evidence.→
01 Dec 2015
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Social Impact Report - August 2015Our Social Impact Report explores what has been achieved and what we’ve learnt in our first 12 months. The report shares the Centre’s learnings to support social impact and encourage social innovation in New Zealand communities.→
05 Aug 2015
Long read
