Investment Management Program – New Zealand

Deadline: 31-Jan-23

Do you have a Māori language revitalisation project that needs investment? If yes, then apply for the Te Mātāwai Investment Management Program.

Each year Te Mātāwai invites families, communities and tribes from around New Zealand to revitalize te reo Māori through their investment program.

They are committed to the revitalization of te reo Māori and they are invested in their relationship with you as they work together to achieve Kia ūkaipō anō te Reo.

Focus Areas

• The motivation, inspiration and desperation that is felt by Māori to confidently be Māori, to function as Māori and to speak Māori is felt on a daily basis. The valuable and necessary micro-shifts that take place every day are those that happen in their kāinga, across their hapori and within their iwi. For that reason, the significant proportion of Te Mātāwai resources and effort are focused squarely on the changes that take place in kāinga, hapori and iwi. These focus areas aim to:
  • Get to the very heart of intergenerational transmission so that parents and grandparents, either current or future, know and value that they are the first and most important teachers of the Māori language for their whānau, tamariki and mokopuna.
  • Support initiatives in which kāinga, hapori and iwi are directly involved. They want to see their whānau not simply as recipients of language services but playing an equal part in identifying, designing and developing solutions that meet their own Māori language objectives.
  • Lift Te Mātāwai capability so that the provision of Te Mātāwai information, guidance, investment and leadership is more visible, accessible and relevant. Their systems and intel can be further improved so that they are more strategic and deliberate in where they apply their resources for maximum return for Māori language and whānau.
  • Improve strategic influence and leadership at the national policy level whereby Maihi Karauna activities align and support the Maihi Māori goals.
  • Improve alignment and collective aims across Te Whare o te Reo Mauriora, the shared space between the Maihi Karauna and the Maihi Māori.

Outcomes

• Investment plans and priorities are set by the eight Kāhui and contribute towards achieving their five outcome areas:
  • Whānau wellbeing / oranga o te whānau: more whānau feeling confident in navigating their own Māori language journey
  • Immersion domains / rumaki: whānau have increased access to bilingual and immersion domains throughout Aotearoa
  • Intergenerational transmission / traditional language: more whānau have increased their daily use of Māori language across generations
  • Reo movements / kōkiritanga reo:  increased number of whānau connected to movements where Māori language and identity is promoted and enhanced
  • Iwi identity / tuakiri: whānau have an improved sense of iwi identity when Māori language is visible and valued at a local and national level
• Pae Motuhake, representing iwi and Māori interests, develop the investment plan and key priorities for each Kāhui and make recommendations to the Board of Te Mātāwai for approval.

Eligibility criteria

• New Zealand citizens who are living in New Zealand
• New Zealand-based organisations
• Individuals and organisations should affiliate to:
  • iwi and hapū, and/or
  • a sector cluster: community, media, education or urban Māori.

For more information, visit Te Mātāwai.