First Foundation Competitors

Te Puni Kokiri leads policy advice to the Government on Māori development, and Iwi, Māori relations with the Crown. We draw strength from our past to build an Aotearoa New Zealand where whānau can all stand, thrive and belong.

The South Island's most significant community investment fund, Rātā manages a pūtea (fund) of around $730 million , enabling an investment of around $25 million per annum into its funding regions of Canterbury, Nelson/Tasman, Marlborough and the Chatham Islands. Since its inception in 1988, Rātā has invested over $630 million through community investment programmes to empower people to thrive.

With a vision to enhance lives, Foundation North holds in trust for the communities of Auckland and Northland an endowment, or pūtea, of around two billion dollars. This comes from the sale of the community’s shares in what was previously the Auckland Savings Bank. That perpetual endowment allows it to make around $50-60 million in grants each year to not-for-profit groups and community initiatives in Auckland and Northland. Since it was founded as the community trust for Auckland and Northland in 1988, the Foundation has returned over $1.4 billion dollars in grants to the region.