Category Archives: Newsletters
Spring Edition – September 2021
Kia ora friend of NEXT, With Aotearoa New Zealand in another lockdown it seems apt that this newsletter features a story from former PFNZ 2050 Ltd CEO Abbie Reynolds on conservation as a catalyst f... NEXT June Newsletter – Fight for the Wild
In this special edition newsletter we share all the links to Fight for the Wild - the four part documentary series on New Zealand’s audacious goal to become Predator Free by 2050. Documentary maker Pe... NEXT Newsletter – October 2020
In this edition of the NEXT newsletter, Wellington welcomes some new rare residents, we introduce you to the second cohort of NEXT fellows, the Ministry of Eduction collaborates more closely with phil... NEXT Newsletter – August 2020
Kia ora friend of NEXT He rangi tā matawhāiti, he rangi tā matawhānui A person with narrow vision has a restricted horizon, a person with wide vision has plenty of opportunities. Looking for... NEXT Newsletter – April 2020
Kia ora friend of NEXT. Welcome to the NEXT newsletter “Lockdown edition” - we hope you and your families are safe and well during these challenging times. Just as Aotearoa New Zealand was enter... NEXT Newsletter – December 2019
Kia ora friend of NEXT. 2019 has been a significant year for NEXT - fifth birthday celebrations and our investments in education and the environment progressing well. One of those environmental ... NEXT Newsletter – November 2019
Kia ora friend of NEXT. By investing in education - NEXT aims to empower the young people of today and the leaders of tomorrow. Ako Mātātupu: Teach First NZ ticks both of those boxes. It’s a pro... Newsletter – July 2019
Kia ora friend of NEXT For New Zealand to become Predator Free by 2050, we need to develop a plan for not only our large rural landscapes of New Zealand, but also our cities. One of NEXT’s environm... NEXT Special Edition Newsletter – Celebrating our First Five Years
Kia ora friend of NEXT NEXT has reached it’s halfway milestone – we are five years into our ten year journey. In that time we have been privileged to meet and work with some of the most inspirational... December 2018
Kia ora friend of NEXT NEXT’s vision is for New Zealand to be a better country, for our land and our people – and the stories in this end of year newsletter showcase some of the organisations we supp... NEXT Stories Special Edition Newsletter
I am often asked how NEXT decides what organisations and areas it wants to support, how we think about philanthropy, and what we’ve been learning, among other things. NEXT Stories – which we bring ... August 2018 Update
New Zealand’s goal of becoming Predator Free by 2050 is an audacious one. To succeed we need to build the tools and techniques that have worked so well for us on islands to achieve the same outcomes o... NEXT Newsletter – Special Edition
It is my great pleasure to bring you this Special Edition NEXT Newsletter honouring our founders Neal and Annette Plowman, who were last night announced joint winners of the Kea World Class New Zealan... June 2018 Update
When NEXT was launched four years ago the very first initiative to receive funding was Zero Invasive Predators. ZIP is a collaboration between the Department of Conservation and NEXT to develop tools ... April 2018 Update
It is already four years since NEXT was launched. We have invested in 13 initiatives in education and the environment – the latest announced last month, The Education Hub. The Education Hub is brid... February 2018
A very happy 2018 to you all! Schools are back – and some students are starting the school year more academically match fit than others. More than 500 Manaiakalani children have been blogging throu... December 2017
For our final newsletter of 2017, we bring you the wisdom of the wonderful leaders in education and the environment that NEXT supports. We asked them for a short quote or anecdotal story that resonate... November 2017
As a small nation, New Zealanders understand the value of being a team player. Together everyone achieves more. It’s helped us punch above our weight on the world stage – rugby is the obvious and easy... September 2017
In the NEXT September Newsletter we highlight our education investment in the First 1000 days
with an opinion piece from the Children’s Commissioner; and some technology trials in Talking Matters.
We also bring you an environmental update from Project Janszoon and introduce some young Canterbury songwriters
in our Meet the Musicians series.
NEXT July Update
In the NEXT July update … we bring you a new sixty second video This is NEXT ; news on an investment in The Cacophony Project; a story on the return of absent residents on Taranaki Mounga; and a profile on one of our musician friends from Play it Strange.