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Ako Mātātupu:Teach First NZ
Tackling education inequity Ako Mātātupu: Teach First NZ is focused on addressing education inequity through accelerated teacher training for outstanding graduates and people changing career. Duri...
The Education Hub
Bridging the research gap The Education Hub is improving opportunities and outcomes for young people by bridging the gap between research and practice in education. NEXT backed this impressive sta...
Manaiakalani
Scaling Manaiakalani to 120 schools Manaiakalani works in partnership with Māori, Pasifika and low income communities to address educational inequity in primary schools. It leads to better educatio...
The Mind Lab
Empowering teachers for digital change The Mind Lab believes teacher education is critical to making the most of advances in technology, and has developed a Postgraduate Certificate in Digital and Co...
Springboard Trust
Growing strategic leadership skills in education Springboard Trust works with the New Zealand education sector to help school principals and other school leaders develop strategic leadership skills...
Talking Matters
Backing start-up Talking Matters Talking Matters’ aims to improve quality of life outcomes through building language-rich environments for babies in the first thousand days - through evidence-base...
SPACE
Parental support in a baby’s first year Space for you and your baby, is the Parenting Place’s post- natal programme, supporting new parents and their babies over their first critical year together. S...
Tamariki Wellbeing
Early years innovation Tamariki Wellbeing was established as part of The Southern Initiative (an innovation unit within Auckland Council) and looked for new ways to support and improve the outcome...
Humanitix
NEXT invested in Humanitix from 2019- 2021, while it established a sustainable business model in New Zealand. As a not-for-profit organisation, it now operates as one of the leading event ticketing pl...
Ngā Pūmanawa e Waru
Rotorua – a great place to learn Ngā Pūmanawa e Waru is an innovative, community-driven initiative that supports schools, learners, iwi, communities and whānau/families to make Rotorua “a great pl...