News and events
Our team is getting bigger!
We may not have an office at the moment thanks to Wellington’s recent earthquake, but that hasn’t stopped us from growing our team! We’re delighted to welcome Rachel Glasier and Rowan Yeoman, both based in Auckland, who will be working with Hikurangi to expand our reach and capacity. Rachel has recently returned to New Zealand …Continue Reading
Welcome to the fold Kiwibank!
We’re pleased to announce our new partnership agreement with Kiwibank! We’re delighted that Kiwibank are partnering with us to help us grow the social enterprise sector and support Kiwis who are working hard to build their ideas into viable social businesses. We’re particularly excited that Kiwibank are willing to share their expertise to support social …Continue Reading
Clearwater talks Focus, Form and Fit
David Clearwater manages ventures for Hikurangi. At Hikurangi, we hear from lots of different people and organisations looking for support. One of the first conversations we like to have is what we are and what we look to invest in. In this post I’d like to talk a little bit about how we decide on …Continue Reading
Funding boost for SkyPath announced
The quest to enable walking and cycling on the Auckland Harbour Bridge continues, with the Ministry for the Environment announcing funding of $193,000 this week towards the development of the SkyPath project. We’re supporting Bevan Woodward and the SkyPath team via our Compass Network - with KPMG and Russell McVeagh providing expert advice to the …Continue Reading
Vodafone and Martelli McKegg join the Compass Network
A warm welcome to our latest Compass Network partner organisations - Vodafone and Martelli McKegg. Vodafone have already supported one of our ventures - the Kowhai Connection - working with them to identify appropriate tracking software for their pilot, which is now up and running in Matakana, and we’re looking forward to matching their expertise …Continue Reading
Engineering energy in the Bay of Plenty
Engineering students from Auckland and Christchurch have spent the weekend with the Kaitiakitanga Energy Project team and the wider hapu in the Bay of Plenty - finding out more about the community and environment that they will be designing community-owned energy solutions for as their entries for the 2013 Odyssey Design Challenge. Hikurangi has partnered …Continue Reading
Social Lean Canvas in action
This week, we put the social lean canvas to the test! Hikurangi brought together participants from NZ Post Group and our Compass Network to work through a practical exercise of applying the social lean canvas model to one of our ventures, Bikes in Schools, to help social entreprenuer, Paul McArdle, develop his plans for scaling …Continue Reading
The Social Role of Business
The Sustainable Business Council (SBC) has recently launched their 2013 Future Leaders’ Programme, The Social Role of Business. Hikurangi is working with SBC to deliver the programme, focusing on exploring social enterprise in action and identifying how these business models might bring about improved social outcomes in ways that traditional business models might not and …Continue Reading
Hikurangi signs an MOU with Kaitiakitanga and Engineers without Borders
We’ve signed an MOU with two new partners - the Kaitiakitangi energy project team and Engineers without Borders. We’re working together to support Te Whanau-a-Apanui to develop their own renewable energy project in the Bay of Plenty. As part of the project, the three partners are working together to host this year’s Odyssey Design Challenge, …Continue Reading
Hikurangi acknowledges the New Zealand Centre for Social Innovation
The NZ Centre for Social Innovation closed last week due to lack of funds. NZCSI were an Auckland-based organisation that facilitated the early introduction of new thinking and international expertise on social innovation process, policy, and models. They imported and piloted the School for Social Entrepreneurs programme and consistently sought to bring about greater collaboration …Continue Reading
