Impact

Our Purpose

All of our work takes place only with these three pou – owned by the community, community have to want us there, there has to be enough resources to do the work.

We also aspire to strengthen community members to be the best tuakana they can be within the relationships that they develop and grow.

tuakana

1. (noun) tuakana-teina relationship is an integral part of Te Ao Māori, providing a model for ongoing learning. An older or more expert tuakana (originally a brother, sister or cousin) helps and guides a younger or less expert teina (originally a younger sibling or cousin of the same gender).

In a community environment that recognises the value of ako (learning) and tautoko (support), the tuakana–teina roles may be reversed at any time. For example, the student who yesterday was the expert on co-design and explained the process may need to learn from her fellow community member today about how the local community groups connect and engage with each other.

Annual Reports

We are proud of our annual reports and make them easily accessible and readable for our community. Please see them below.

See our financial reports for each year at the bottom of this page.

Our Impact

Over  2023/2024;

  • Rākau Tautoko supported 8 x Community Development Practitioners in their practice and worked alongside approximately 50 volunteers through our Kai Sovereignty and HEART Movement work. We are so grateful for the support and hard work each and every one of them gave to help our most in need whānau over this year.

Rākau Tautoko connected with and supported 12 x Auckland Geographical Communities in depth;

  • Glen Innes
  • Mt Wellington
  • Oranga
  • Onehunga
  • Panmure
  • Point England
  • Riverside
  • Manurewa
  • Weymouth
  • Hillpark
  • Totara Heights
  • Homai

Rākau Tautoko worked alongside 4 x Communities of Interest;

  • Family Violence Prevention
  • Food Security and Sovereignty
  • Waste Reduction and Climate Change
  • Women and Youth Empowerment

Rākau Tautoko created or maintained 19 x Collaborations with key entities to further strengthen our community initiatives.

  • Auckland Council
  • Faith Family Connect / Te Pera Mahi
  • Oranga Trust
  • The HEART movement
  • Matapuna Consultants
  • Mowmahi Limited
  • Pacific Vision Aotearoa
  • St Mary’s Church
  • Synergy Trust / Beat St
  • Tāmaki Community Development
  • Trust
  • Tāmaki Regeneration Company
  • Tāmaki WRAP
  • Tāmaki Youth Council
  • The Patchwork Gardens
  • Te Kaitohutohu o Rongo
  • Te Waipuna Puawai
  • Te Taumata o HEART
  • Whenua Warrior

Over our three Project Areas, we have worked on:

3 x Community Initiative Projects

  • Kai Sovereignty
  • Food Scraps – Kūmara Vine
  • Ope

1 x Research Projects

  • Māori Responsiveness

4 x Capability Building Projects

  • The HEART movement
  • Magazine Delivery’s
  • Mana Motuhake
  • Pacific Peoples Climate Action Project

Measuring our Impact

Our impact is measured short term and long term. When we work with individuals, organisations, and the whole community – every engagement we have, we see small results. As we go, we gather numbers and thoughts from each engagement. This helps us to figure out how to measure our impact overall, we will share this information annually.

Financial Accounts

We are proud of our annual financial accounts and make them easily accessible to our community. Please see them below.