Acorn Neurodiversity offers multidisciplinary support for neurodivergent children and young people. Ākina has helped Acorn refine its impact measurement tools to better gauge the long-term benefits of its interventions.
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Environment Hubs Aotearoa (EHA) operates a network of hubs - empowering community resilience and connection to te taiao. The hubs lead regeneration, conservation, and education programmes that result in significant environmental outcomes and promote strong community engagement and environmental awareness.
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Discover how Waka Aronui, a social leasing scheme, is transforming the lives of low-income whānau in South Auckland. By providing access to low-emission vehicles, the programme has demonstrated significant improvements in financial wellbeing, mental health, and community resilience.
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Ākina provided insights and evaluated the KickStart Breakfast programme impact over the past 15 years on key stakeholders: tamariki and rangatahi, their whānau/families, and wider communities.
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Read Ākina’s social investment white paper, designed to inform political leadership, policymakers, investors, nonprofit organisations, and other stakeholders about the critical role social investment can play in driving sustainable social and economic development.
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Driven by a shared vision of a more equitable, socially inclusive, and environmentally regenerative New Zealand, Foundation North and Ākina have now worked in partnership for a decade!
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As part of its role in the Impact Enterprise Fund (IEF), Ākina, in partnership with New Ground Capital and Impact Ventures NZ, is excited to share the fourth annual impact report.
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Freshdesk is a purpose-driven cleaning company committed to enhancing health, wellbeing and professional development of works in the cleaning industry, another of our partnerships highlighted in Ākina’s 2023 Impact Report.
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The FY23 Ākina Impact Report, highlights the dynamic partnership between Ākina with Canon, a company providing hardware, software, and tailored document management solutions. Explore the details of this impactful collaboration.
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Learn about our collaboration with the Ministry for the Environment (MfE) Community Investments Team, Whakamanahia te Hapori, overseeing over $400 million in Jobs for Nature funding programs.
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Ākina collaborated with Te Puni Kōkiri, to champion government supplier diversity for Māori businesses. Ākina contributed to progressive procurement, focusing on the Dunedin Hospital Extension in Te Waipounamu.
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Critical, a Māori-owned company based in Aotearoa, New Zealand, is dedicated to addressing the urgent issues of climate change and plastic pollution had previously missed out on funding, applied for the 2022 Ākina Impact Investment Readiness Programme (IIRP) and secured a spot in this programme for the first time.
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The Westpac Government Innovation Fund (WGIF), established eight years ago with a total investment of $10 million, selected Ākina to measure the effectiveness of its funding. With 18 months remaining, the aim was to provide an independent view, share insights with stakeholders, and communicate the value created.
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Bloom Pukekohe offers a transformative horticultural and craft-based programme for adults with intellectual disabilities. This innovative initiative not only enriches the lives of its participants but also serves as an invaluable educational platform. However, the path to success has been marked by challenges, and this is where Ākina’s capability building services have played a pivotal role
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Every year, Ākina looks back at the work that’s been delivered and the change Ākina helped its clients and partners to create. This report is a story of their successes as much as our own.
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Case study: How Ākina supported Kāinga Ora to help them identify the social and environmental impact they were achieving through their progressive procurement activities, and map this to their organisational purpose.
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Case study: Creating a Just Transition for Whānau through Waka Aronui with The Manukau Urban Māori Authority (MUMA), Toyota, supported by The Tindall Foundation, Auckland Council and Waka Kotahi.
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Case study: Growing Indigenous Entrepreneurs Ministry of Social Development (Auckland region).
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Working with Ākina, the Ministry for the Environment (MfE) has adopted an impact management approach with their Community Investment Funds.
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Ākina is the official impact partner of Chapter Zero New Zealand (hosted by the Institute of Directors). Ākina CEO Nicola Nation was interviewed by the IoD for the winter print edition of Boardroom magazine.
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