Māori in the Eastern and Central regions are supported in their aspirations and enabled to empower their whānau and wider community to create an abundant future for themselves, te taiao (natural world) and Te Ao Māori.

We will support projects or programmes that:

• Promote a strong Māori cultural identity.
• Enhance cultural knowledge and understanding through wānanga / workshops on local Māori histories.
• Contribute towards Marae as part of a works programme.
• Te Reo and Te Ao Māori flourish.
• Matauranga Māori and Kaitiakitanga are considered in all key decisions.
• Put Māori well-being and Te Ao Māori perspectives to the forefront.
• Support Māori housing aspirations with the goal of intergenerational benefit.
• Enable Māori to have equal access to opportunities and Māori aspirations are supported.
• Lead to tamariki, rangatahi and whānau thriving.
• Lead to improved overall equity and well-being.

Ngā Hua | Outcomes
Māori aspirations supported.

We commit to practicing Kaitiakitanga to protect and improve our natural environment for future generations.

This means we will support:

• Programmes or initiatives that seek to address climate change implications, including cultural change, leadership and awareness.
• Community-led environmental initiatives.
• Activities that support communities to sustainably manage their natural resources.

Furthermore, we will: -

•  Aim to understand the impact that grants make to reduce climate change and to provide support to communities to understand and reduce their own emissions.
• Develop transparent, measurable actions and reporting to reduce climate change emissions that result from ECCT’s operational activity.
• Assess the impacts of ECCT’s investments to reduce the climate change emissions of ECCT’s investment portfolio.

Ngā Hua | Outcomes

• Increased biodiversity.
• GHG reduction in ECCT region and beyond.
• Improved water quality.

We value healthy, secure and affordable housing as a fundamental human right. We believe everybody in the ECCT region should be housed in suitable, adequate, and affordable accommodation that fits their whānau and cultural requirements.

We support programmes that take a community approach to address sub-standard housing and the impacts of a lack of affordable housing.

Ngā Hua | Outcomes

Increased housing affordability.
Decrease in homelessness.
Sufficient housing stock that meets needs.
Better housing outcomes for Māori and Pasifika.

Equity is an approach that ensures everyone has access to the same opportunities. Equity recognises that advantages and barriers exist and that, as a result, we all don’t start from the same place; we all come from diverse backgrounds. Equity is a process that begins by acknowledging that unequal starting place and makes a commitment to correct and address the imbalance.

This means we support Strong Communities via programmes that:-

• Promote equity and enable access to opportunities that work to affect positive change for the communities we serve.
• Address the needs of parents, whānau and rangatahi, who are vulnerable, at risk and/or with high needs.
• Support and promote inclusivity.

Ngā Hua | Outcomes

Supported communities enabled to deliver local benefits.
Engaged and supported rangatahi.

ECCT will collaborate with other funders and partners to enhance our impact and to sustainably grow philanthropic funding capacity in our communities.

We will partner and provide support for: -

• TiraRangatahi
• Iwi
• Existing philanthropic funders
• New funders e.g. Endowment funds with strong community support
• Local and central government

We will support groups in developing a collaborative community approach that will accelerate courageous transformational change.

Ngā Hua | Outcomes

Coordinated and integrated funding delivery and support.