Ākina Board Chair interviewed by Waatea News: Social Investment
Ākina Board Chair, Te Pūoho Katene was interviewed by Waatea News, on the release of Ākina’s Social Investment white paper.
Originally posted by Waatea news.
Social enterprise consultancy Ākina believes there is bipartisan support for using a social investment approach to address Māori inequality.
“We cannot hope to create lasting change if the investment horizon of the social investment only runs from election to election”
Ākina has produced a white paper showing how social outcomes can be at the heart of financial decision making using unique Aotearoa values rather than just adopting overseas approaches.
Foundation chair Te Pūoho Katene says social investment was part of the last Government’s policy, and he pleased to see Finance Minister Nicola Willis also included references in her Budget.
“We cannot hope to create lasting change if the investment horizon of the social investment only runs from election to election. We’re encouraging a bipartisan approach that ensures the mindset shift is going to be long lived and the certainty that comes with that long-lived decision making can really drive social delivery of these kaupapa,” he says.
Read Ākina’s Social Investment White Paper:
Tēnā rawa atu koutou to the expert voices that contributed to the white paper, Jonathan Boston Emeritus Professor of Public Policy, School of Government, Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, Helmut Modlik, Tumu Whakarae CEO and Executive Director Te Rūnanga O Toa Rangatira, Jamie Newth, CEO Soul Capital, Alastair Rhodes, Chair Impact Investing Network as well as Ākina Board chair, Te Pūoho Katene for his foreword to the paper.
Thank you to the social investment in action case studies, Acorn Neurodiversity, Manukau Urban Māori Authority (MUMA) for Waka Aronui, the Westpac Government Innovation Fund, The Ministry for the Environment for the Jobs for Nature funding programme.
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