Whāngaitia matua te tuakiri Māori
Promoting the sustenance of Māori identity
Tapuwae Roa (formerly Te Pūtea Whakatupu Trust) is a leading Māori social impact organisation with a focus on funding, investment, and advocacy of targeted social change within a tikanga-based framework.
Tapuwae Roa is a product of the Māori Fisheries Deed of Settlement 1992 and an entity of Te Kāhui o Te Ohu Kai Moana.
Ngā pou whakaaweawe | Our impact outcomes
Kawepūrongo | News
He Tukutuku Koiora Launches Search for Host Boards
We are pleased to announce we are now inviting expressions of interest from organisations across Aotearoa who are interested in becoming board hosts for our talented cohort of Amonuku (Associate Directors) With our Amonuku [...]
Nau mai ngā toki!
For the third year running. Tapuwae Roa is proud to be empowering rangatahi and promoting kaupapa-Māori with our annual Tukuoha funding round. This year's Tukuoha funding round featured the return of two of the Pou [...]
Introducing Tapuwae Roa
Ka hikimata te tapuwae o Tangaroa, ka whaimata te Tapuwae o Tangaroa, ko te Tapuwae Roa e tū nei! Yesterday was a special day for us as we marked the end of our chapter as [...]
New identity for Te Pūtea Whakatupu
Leading Māori social impact organisation and entity of Te Ohu Kaimoana, Te Pūtea Whakatupu Trust, is proud to announce today the launch of their new identity, Tapuwae Roa. The rebrand comes as part of the [...]
Tonganui Scholar helps to battle Rarotonga Taramea outbreak
Harina is utilising her scholarship to progress Te Arawa Taiohi Toa’s vision of “Arawa Ahu Hawaiki” through a cultural exchange that assists Rarotonga with addressing their outbreak of crown-of-thorns-starfish (taramea, acanthaster planci) that is currently [...]
Kia hiwa rā! Our annual funding round is now open!
He taonga tuku noa, he tukuoha ki te ao. Te Pūtea Whakatupu Trust is pleased to announce the opening of its annual Tukuoha funding round. Te Pūtea Whakatupu Trust offers various philanthropic funds each year [...]
E rua e rua te kūmara me te pūtea, kāore he hua ōna ki tua atu i te whāngai tangata
Money is like a kūmara, it has no value outside of its ability to sustain people.
Ao Pāpāho | In the media
Mā ngā ‘Amonuku’ e whakatō nei i ngā mātāpono māori ki ngā kamupene o te motu
Kua puta te karanga i ‘He tukutuku koiora’ kia whai I ētahi kamupene whakahaere I te rāngai e ahu mai nei I te kaupapa o ‘Amonuku’ mō te [...]
Tapuwaeroa: Tonganui Scholarship Recipient
In this interview on our Te Reo o Te Rangatira show with host Girlie Clarke, Masters of Environmental Studies student Hikawai Te Nahu shares his work and studies [...]
Te Pūtea Whakatupu Trust rebrands itself Tapuwae Roa
Leading Māori social impact organisation Te Ohu Kaimoana, Te Pūtea Whakatupu Trust has a new identity, Tapuwae Roa. The rebrand comes as the trust’s commitment to better reflect [...]
Climate Change Curriculum For Kura Kaupapa Māori
Te Pūohu Kātene (Ngāti Whātua, Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Toa) speaks about the renaming of Tapuwae Trust from Te Pūtea Whakatupu Trust and the projects they are funding. The Trust [...]
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