Round Two
Waka Hourua
Community Fund
Recipients
1
Ahipene Takuta Wera
Hiko Whānau Trust
Funding
Stream
Māori
Bay of Plenty
2
ASK (Awareness of
Suicide in the Kaipara)
Māori
Northland
3
Atene Marae
Māori
Whanganui
4
Best Care (Whakapai
Hauora) Charitable
Trust
Māori
Midcentral
Pacific
5
Bianca Fallon ||
Media Makeup
6
Cook Islands Health
Network Association
New Zealand
Incorporated
Counties
Manukau
Auckland
Pacific
(National)
7
Eddie Harawira
Whānau Trust
Māori
Bay of Plenty
8
Innov8 Group
Māori
Hawkes Bay
9
Kahungunu Wairarapa
Māori
Wairarapa
10
Live More Awesome,
Speaker Box – It’s
Time to Talk
Māori
National
Project Description
A project to create, implement and record a whānaucentred suicide pre and post-vention approaches based
on developing and fostering resilience through stronger
connections with each other, to the whenua and through
leadership and skills development.
A project to raise the awareness of suicide in the Kaipara
communities to build the capacity of Māori whānau, hapū,
iwi, Pacific families and communities to prevent suicide
and respond effectively if and when a suicide occurs.
Safe - Talk and art wānanga using art as a tool for activism
and education and suicide prevention resources.
The delivery of the campaign Talk Tu and the
establishment of Rōpu Kōrero Haumaru Kaiāwhina (Safe
Talk Groups) catalysts for starting the discussions around
suicide in the communities of Dannevirke, Foxton,
Shannon and Levin.
Self Esteem for Life personal and professional learning
modules addressing personal appearance, self-care and
presentation.
A project to build capacity within diverse Cook Islands
communities to prevent and respond to suicide.
Wānanga and marae based interventions that include
hearing the stories of rangatahi and tamariki and PATH
planning to help them and their whānau achieve their
goals.
A project to develop and produce resources that promote
and encourage positive interactions and connections
within Flaxmere and restore hope in the community.
The development and implementation of the Wairarapa
Whānau Education and Awareness Action Plan 2014 –
2016 to address suicide prevention.
A story making tool and multi-media resource for Māori
and Pacific communities throughout New Zealand to
engage, inspire, inform, implement and support suicide
Round Two
Waka Hourua
Community Fund
Recipients
Funding
Stream
Project Description
prevention with the stories of young people.
Mahia Rangatahi Toa
Māori
Hawkes Bay
Mika Haka Foundation
Māori
National
13
New Zealand Rugby
League - Joe Harawira
Pacific
(National)
14
Ngā Iwi o Mokai Patea
Services Trust
Māori
Whanganui
11
12
15
Ngā Kakano
Foundation
Māori
Bay of Plenty
16
Nga Kete Matauranga
Pounamu Charitable
Trust with Kimiora
Trust and He Waka
Tapu
Māori
(Southern &
South
Canterbury)
17
Ngāti Hine Health
Trust
18
Ngāti Tahu Ngāti
Whaoa Runanga Trust
Māori
Northland
Māori
Lakes
Pacific
19
Off the Couch Trust
Auckland
Building a self sustaining group of rangatahi sharing
challenges, friendship and mutual respect to build
confidence and self esteem.
The Aroha Project is a response to bullying, alienation and
suicide risk among Māori and Pacific youth, with a special
focus on LGBTQI young people and communities.
Capitalising on a platform for engagement about suicide
prevention, reducing suicide risks, bringing people
together, and resourcing them to prevent suicide and
support those bereaved by suicide.
A project that involves young people in a theatrical
production that speaks of guidance out of the realms of
darkness into light of day.
Meeting the community's cultural needs and drawing on
cultural protective factors in order to reduce the levels of
whakamomori (suicide) and raweke whānau (family
violence).
Enabling people at risk of suicide to be supported through
the identification of risk factors, the creation of safe plans,
access to networks that can support whānau and
emphasis on the importance of whānau ora.
The creation of a Parent Branch of The Raid Movement,
the highly acclaimed youth initiative seeking to prevent
suicide in Tai Tokerau/Northland.
The design and implementation of the Ngāti Tahu Ngāti
Whaoa Iwi Health Plan that has a particular focus on
mental health and suicide pre -and post - vention
strategies.
A programme for people with addiction and morbid
obesity issues, that explores values, addiction, depression
and life changes and seeks to build whānau and family
resilience, in the context of physical fitness.
Round Two
Waka Hourua
Community Fund
Recipients
20
21
22
23
Pacific Trust
Canterbury
Pacific Psychology
Fono
Phoenix New Zealand
Performing Arts
Puna'oa ole Soifua
Manuia - Sinoti Samoa
Methodist Mission
Funding
Stream
Pacific
Canterbury
Pacific
(National)
Pacific
(Waitemata)
Pacific
(National)
24
Raglan Community
House
Māori
Waikato
25
Richmond Rovers
Rugby League &
Sports Club
Incorporated
Pacific
(Auckland)
26
Ringa Atawhai Trust
27
Spirit of Rangatahi
Charitable Trust
28
Taikura Trust
Māori
Northland
Project Description
Developing a Pacific Youth Suicide Prevention Programme
for Canterbury.
A project designed to assess indigenous Pacific
conceptualisations of wellbeing, and their alignment and
use with Pacific peoples in suicide post-vention response,
based on the research of Dr Karlo Mila-Schaf and Dr
Evangelene Daniela into healing in the context of Pacific
mental health.
A performing arts project engaging young people in
positive, creative interactions, including workshops and
mentoring and the creation of digital resources which
promote safety and wellbeing, suicide prevention, mental
health and wellness, resiliency, team building and conflict
resolution.
The extension and enhancement of a presentation that
raises awareness and understanding of the key issues that
individuals, groups and families are facing, linking to the
necessary services and provisions for communities to deal
with these issues and generate Pacific – friendly solutions.
Extending community awareness, reach and capacity in
suicide prevention through a two day ASIST (Applied
Suicide Interventions Skills Techniques) workshop
specifically for the Māori community in Whāingaroa.
A project to raise awareness of suicide, understanding
around the risk factors and information about appropriate
support and services.
A project seeking to address the underlying social and
economic determinants of Māori health, and the complex
issues of health literacy as it applies to understanding and
resourcing for suicide prevention and post-vention
planning.
Extending a proven Youth Development Programme to
build Pacific youth resilience assisting, helping them
Pacific
remain present, engaged and contributing in their families,
(Capital Coast)
churches and communities.
Māori
Counties,
A collaborative project between Taikura Trust, Phab, The
Cube and Phab Pasifika, exploring suicide prevention with
Round Two
Waka Hourua
Community Fund
Recipients
Funding
Stream
Manukau
Auckland
Waitemata
29
30
Te Hau Ora O Kaikohe
Charitable Trust
Te Hauora o Ngāti
Haua Trust
31
Te Hau Ora Whānau
Services
32
Te Hurihanga Trust (in
collaboration with
Kura Productions and
KTR Consultancy)
33
Te Manu Toroa
34
Te Roopu Tautoko ki
te Tonga
35
36
Te Runanga o
Kirikiriroa
Te Waiariki Purea
Trust
Māori
Northland
Māori
Waikato
Māori
Southern
Māori
National
Māori
Bay of Plenty
Maori
Southern
Maori
(Waikato)
Project Description
disabled Rangatahi and Pacific young people.
Building leadership and resilience and supporting the
admission of services that can help whānau with issues
relating to mental health, education, sexual health, drug
and alcohol and healthy lifestyles in a remote settlement.
A programme designed to build the capacity of Ngāti Haua
and their marae to improve knowledge, skills, behaviours
and attitudes that will contribute to suicide prevention.
The establishment of an Interagency Cluster Group and a
series of Noho Marae to raise at risk and suicide
awareness and to initiate positive activity and response to
“help kids live life”.
A project combining a wide variety of print, film and online
resources, produced to support culturally appropriate
suicide prevention and post-vention education and
training through wānanga in communities throughout
Aotearoa.
Young Māori and Pacific people in Tauranga and Te Puke
areas using music and martial arts to help cope with
difficult situations they experience in life, helping them to
be resilient and better prepared for the transition to
adulthood.
A community response plan including an electronic
referral system, embedded in General Practitioner
community sites.
Supporting at risk youth through creative expression with
music and musical performance as part of its larger project
addressing substance misuse among young people and
raising awareness about support available.
A whānau response to suicide that is growing into an
Maori
extensive, informed response to suicide prevention and
(Bay of Plenty) postvention.
Round Two
Waka Hourua
Community Fund
Recipients
37
Te Waimana Kaaku
Trust
38
The Fono Health &
Social Services
39
Tu Tama Wahine o
Taranaki
40
Tuilaepa Youth
Mentoring Service
41
Tuwharetoa Ki
Kawerau Hauora
42
Vakaloa Pacific
Community Health
Funding
Stream
Project Description
Five locally run, culturally relevant and appropriately
delivered wānanga providing information, education and
Māori
tools to help develop problem solving and conflict
(Bay of Plenty) resolution skills amongst the participants and wider
whānau.
Pacific
Waitemata
Māori
Taranaki
Pacific
(Waitemata)
Māori
(Bay of Plenty)
A multi-faceted approach to suicide prevention designed
and implemented as the Pacific Suicide Prevention Plan
A collaborative project between Tu Tama Wahine o
Taranaki, the Taranaki Pasifika Services Trust and Te
Kotahi Research Institute (collectively referred to as
Tautoru) to address the complex and serious issue of
whakamomori amongst Taranaki Māori and Pacific
whānau.
A project building on innovative ways of working with
young people, helping them to learn life skills, literacy and
numeracy, health and physical wellbeing and become
connected to their communities and secure in their
cultural identity.
A four part project incorporating suicide prevention and postvention support and training, a youth programme, resource
production and the making of a documentary.
Building sustainable, resilient Pacific families and
Pacific
communities who have the capacity, capability and
(Capital Coast, support to prevent suicide, and reduce the impacts of
Hutt Valley) suicide.