National kai impact report- food system transformation in aotearoa

Our Healthy Families South Auckland team, along with its Healthy Families NZ whānau, have been pretty busy working with our communities to understand and impact the kai space throughout the country.

The "National Kai Impact Report - Food System Transformation in Aotearoa" shows some of that impact, and highlights initiatives that have helped achieve these outcomes.

He Karapa Raraunga: Ōhanga Māori i Tāmaki Makaurau - Auckland’s Māori Economy Data Shapshot

Discussions about the Māori economy in these uncertain times need to pay particular attention to Tāmaki Makaurau. More Māori live here than any other place in the world, and we know that Māori have borne the brunt of every recession in Aotearoa’s modern economy. Meanwhile, Tāmaki Makaurau is considered the economic powerhouse of Aotearoa, but has been most heavily impacted by Covid-19 over the past two years.

This Data Snapshot provides some of the latest Māori business data available, so we can begin to piece together how Covid-19 has impacted Māori in Tāmaki Makaurau.

Te Ōhanga Māori i Tāmaki Makaurau – Auckland's Māori Economy report

With the city emerging from 107 days of the Delta lockdown, the road to economic recovery will be long and difficult, particularly for our Māori communities, but there is an opportunity to create a more equitable reality for all, and it starts with backing our Māori businesses.

The call for support comes with the release of Te Ōhanga Māori i Tāmaki Makaurau – Auckland's Māori Economy report prepared by Business and Economics Research (BERL), which reveals the vastly untapped potential of the Māori economy.

CREATING SHARED PROSPERITY THROUGH THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY

This proposal is suitably ambitious to meet the scale of our challenges; an initiative of this calibre has never been done elsewehere in the world. TSI has got a solid, future-focused, commercially viable three-point plan that will shape markets and tackle productivity. It will distribute economic benefit directly to our whānau and ‘aiga who need it most, accelerate Māori and Pasifika entrepreneurship and create hundreds of decent, dignified jobs that are also good for our natural world.

This is a call to rally the troops to this audacious mission because our businesses can’t do this on their own. They need connections, resources, expertise and influence.

KIDSCOIN - CREATING FUTURES FOR MāORI AND PASIFIKA YOUTH

Established in 2016, KidsCoin creates learning opportunities that grow curiosity, passion, understanding and confidence in relation to financial literacy and digital technologies. This inspiring Māori and Pasifika-led social enterprise delivers tangible social, cultural and economic benefits for Māori and Pasifika youth, their whānau and communities.

YOUTH IN THE SOUTH - A DATA OVERVIEW OF RANGATAHI IN FOUR SOUTH AUCKLAND LOCAL BOARD AREAS

The project is a collaboration between Business and Economic Research Ltd (BERL), The Southern Initiative (TSI), Hugh Green Foundation, Manurewa Local Board, Māngere – Ōtāhuhu Local Board and Ōtara – Papatoetoe Local Board. The insights gathered in this report enables deeper understanding of the young people in specific areas in South Auckland, which assists in better design and delivery of youth employment initiatives in the region.

rEVIEW OF tsi 2020: sTRENGTHS & oPPORTUNITIES

This review has been completed by Professor Ingrid Burkett and Cathy Boorman from The Yunus Centre at Griffith University. It is a developmental review of TSI’s work and follows on from the 2017 review. It serves as a globally informed, academic review of TSI’s approach, impact, ways of learning and recommendations for the next stage of their work.

He Awa Ara Rau - A Journey of Many Paths

The project is a collaboration between Business and Economic Research Ltd (BERL), Waikato-Tainui, The Southern Initiative and Tokona te Raki: Māori Futures Collective of Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu. It provides an insight into the journey of rangatahi Māori through our current education system.

The South advantage collective report

The South Advantage Collective is growing the innovation ecosystem in South Auckland. This report outlines how the Collective has been spearheading this for the past two years and lays out a bold vision for South Auckland’s digital future post-COVID-19 world.

YEAR IN REVIEW 2019

This report provides an overview of TSI’s work during 2019. As we start to build an equitable recovery from COVID-19, the three key themes presented here are more relevant and urgent than ever before.

YEAR IN REVIEW 2017

This report provides an overview of TSI’s work during 2017

The Southern Initiative: Reviewing Strengths & Opportunities

Dr Ingrid Burkett is Director of Learning and Systems Innovation at The Australian Centre for Social Innovation. Dr Burkett was invited by TSI’s Director of Community and Social Innovation, Gael Surgenor to give feedback on its community and social innovation approach – identifying the strengths and opportunities for development and improvement.

Manurewa High School Makerspace - A case study

TSI introduced the Business Academy at Manurewa High School to the Maker Movement and a vision of South Auckland as a Maker City. This case study outlines how this initiative developed and how it’s currently operating.

Changing Lives one home at a time - The Story of Ko Huiamano

- a CASE STUDY

Established in 2015, Kootuitui ki Papakura weaves Education, Health and Homes Strands to support lifelong outcomes for tamariki. The Kootuitui ki Papakura partnership with Auckland Council through The Southern Initiative (TSI) led to this case story. TSI worked closely with Kootuitui Whaanau and our Whaanau Engagement Facilitator for more than two and a half years to spearhead a co-designed, whaanau-led, outcomes-focused kaupapa in our Homes Strand. The Ministry of Health supported TSI involvement in the Homes Strand, recognising it as an opportunity to link with whaanau who were not connecting with existing services. This case story tracks the development of Ko Huiamano − Warm, Dry, Healthy Homes in Papakura, where it is improving the housing conditions of whaanau and their understanding of what makes a warm, dry, healthy home.

MĀNGERE EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION PROJECT

The project adopted a place based lens on early childhood education in Māngere, South Auckland. Through collaboration with the South Auckland Social Investment Board, it explored participation, parental engagement and school readiness from the perspective of ECE staff and parents.

PACIFIC PEOPLES’ WORKFORCE CHALLENGE

A summary report of work exploring how the advancement of Pacific people in the workforce can be accelerated. Led by MBIE and TSI, with input from the Co-design Lab, it sets out key insights, personas and principles that will be valuable for policy makers, providers and employers.