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Aotearoa's First Purpose-built Youth Hub Gets Significant Funding Boost
Monday, 22 May 2023, 9:11 am | Rata Foundation
The stage one construction of Aotearoa's first purpose-built Youth Hub has been significantly boosted with a $500,000 grant from the Rātā Foundation. Located on Salisbury Street in central Christchurch, the Hub will provide a ‘one-stop shop’ ... More >>
Largest Collaborative Team Working In Conservation In Aotearoa Receives Strategic Support Grant From Rātā Foundation
Tuesday, 6 September 2022, 10:56 am | Rata Foundation
South Island’s largest funder Rātā Foundation has granted global conservation organisation The Nature Conservancy (TNC) $754,007 to support the delivery of the Kotahitanga mō te Taiao Alliance (KMTT) strategy. The grant will support the strategy ... More >>
Getting Whānau Kura-ready For Tamariki To Thrive
Tuesday, 31 May 2022, 5:37 pm | Rata Foundation
Demand for te reo Māori education continues to grow across Aotearoa New Zealand. More and more whānau are enrolling their tamariki in kōhanga reo to give them an immersive, kaupapa Māori education. National education outcomes show that students ... More >>
Are Schools Ready For Our Tamariki?
Thursday, 10 February 2022, 11:40 am | Rata Foundation
What if we've been asking ourselves the wrong question about our tamariki starting school for the first time? What if it isn't so much a case of are they ready for school – but is school ready for them? Do our schools do enough to prepare themselves ... More >>
Bringing Back The Iconic Whio (blue Duck) To The Nelson Lakes
Friday, 10 December 2021, 12:33 pm | Rata Foundation
A community-led project aimed at supporting the growth of the iconic whio or blue duck population in the Nelson Lakes and further protecting the area around the Rotoiti Nature Recovery project, which has kaka, kea, and kiwi populations, has been given ... More >>
Rātā Foundation’s Investment Portfolio Shows Best Ever Return In FY 2021
Monday, 20 September 2021, 6:02 pm | Rata Foundation
Some of the strongest global market returns in history led to a record gross return of 17.7% or $98 million for Rātā Foundation’s investment portfolio in the financial year ending March 31, 2021. "The strong return has been supported by the recovery ... More >>