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May 19, 2025 | Featured News
#budget2025 What Is Social Investment?
#budget2025 What Is Social Investment? In recent years, the term social investment has become increasingly prominent in policy discussions, government […]
March 16, 2026
March 12, 2025 | News
Iwi Shareholders Condemn Whānau Ora Overhaul
An iwi shareholder representative from the South Island Whānau Ora Commissioning Agency has raised alarms over the Government's procurement process, claiming it undermines this Māori-led initiative.
March 12, 2025 | News
Dave Samuels Defends Whānau Ora Changes
Te Puni Kōkiri Secretary for Māori Development Dave Samuels says commissioning changes were made to strengthen Whānau Ora and inline with procurement process delayed by the 2020 pandemic
November 14, 2024 | Paakiwaha
Helen Leahy | Chief Executive of Ngā Waihua o Paerangi of Ngāti Rangi
Helen Leahy is one of nine appointees to the newly established Social Investment Board, set to drive change in the way public agencies deliver social services.
September 24, 2024 | News
Coster good fit for Social Investment role
Labour deputy leader Carmel Sepuloni says Police Commissioner Andrew Coster will be a good fit for the new Social Investment Agency.
July 30, 2024 | News
Social Investment lens on Whānau Ora
Whānau Ora Minister Tama Potaka says he wants to see how the programme aligns with the Government's social investment approach.
July 8, 2024 | News
Social investment needing cross-party support
Social enterprise consultancy Ākina believes there is bipartisan support for using a social investment approach to address Māori inequality.
May 17, 2024 | News
Social investment extension of whānau model
A former head of the South Island Whānau Ora commissioning agency is welcoming the coalition Government's embrace of social investment.
May 17, 2024 | Paakiwaha
Helen Leahy | Pou Ārahi for Ngāti Rangi entities
Her experience with Te Putahitanga regarding the Social Investment Agency – coming at it from a delivery perspective.
May 16, 2024 | News
Social investment works for youth trust
An organisation working with mainly young Māori and Pacifika offenders has given a thumbs to the proposed new Social Investment Agency.
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