Investment Criteria

Te Pae Motuhake o Te Tai Tokerau:

• Only invest in activities delivered within, and by those who reside in Te Kāhui o Te Tai Tokerau.
• Do not fund travel costs for kaiako, key personnel or participants who live outside of the Kāhui.
• Will only invest in projects up to $80,000.00

Kaitono:

• If you’re an entity you must cover the administrative functions for your kaupapa.
• If you are developing a rauemi you must provide a Business Case and the rauemi must be offered at no cost. 
   

Te Pae Motuhake o Tainui:

• Only invest in activities delivered within Te Kāhui o Tainui.
• Will only invest in projects up to $50,000.00

Kaitono:

• Kaitono must only submit one application per investment round.
• You must identify the long-term strategy spanning over three years of the project
• If you select Pou Tokomanawa and Pou Tuarongo, your application must be entirely in te reo Māori.

Te Pae Motuhake o Mātaatua: 

• Only invest in activities delivered within Te Kāhui o Mātaatua.
• Marae can submit an application as an entity. However, if you are an individual applying on behalf of the Marae, you must seek an endorsement letter from the Marae trust/committee.
• Do not invest in Kapa Haka initiatives. However, kaupapa where reo is a medium used to learn waiata/moteatea/mātauranga at a whānau and hapu level are considered.  

Kaitono:

• Must whakapapa to iwi of Te Kāhui o Mātaatua.
• If you are applying to deliver a Kura Reo, the facilitators must be ahikā of the iwi running the Kura Reo. Furthermore, all participants must whakapapa to that iwi. In addition, you must provide a letter of endorsement from a kaumātua or pakeke of that iwi.
• If you are applying under Piki Ake, your tono must be bilingual.
• If you are applying under Kake Ake, Kura Nui or Kura Roa, me reo rangatira te katoa o to tono. 
   

Te Pae Motuhake o Te Arawa:

• Prioritise investment in activities delivered within Te Kāhui o Te Arawa.
• May consider applications from uri living outside of the Kāhui, if the activity benefits Te Arawa uri.
• Only invest in projects up to $100,000. 

Kaitono:

• Require all in-kind contributions to be outlined in the budget section of your application.
• Must provide a business case for requests of $80,000 or more.
• Must submit their application in te reo Māori.
• Must declare all key personnel, outline their involvement and provide a signed letter confirming their inolvement
• Must provide a letter of endorsement from the relevant hapū, marae, or iwi of the kaupapa. 
   

Te Pae Motuhake o Te Tai Rāwhiti:

• Only invest in activities delivered within, and by those who reside in Te Kāhui o Te Tairāwhiti.
• An $80,000 cap on investment.
• Do not invest in resource development (except workbooks directly supporting the kaupapa).
• Prioritise ahikā focused kaupapa delivered by ahikā. 

Kaitono:

• All applications aligned to Pou Kaiāwha must have a Language Plan
• All applications aligned to Pou Tokomanawa must have a Language Plan or explain alignment to an Iwi Strategy
• All applications aligned to Pou Tuarongo require alignment to an Iwi Strategy
• Only one application per kaitono, unless applying for a Kura Reo
• Applications that are $60,000 or above require co-investors for your kaupapa
• All applications aligned to Pou Tuarongo must show co-investment. Co-investment could include financial and/or In-Kind contribution. 
   

Te Pae Motuhake o Te Tai Hau-ā-uru:

• Only invest in activities delivered within, Te Kāhui o Te Tai Hau-ā-uru.  
• Prioritise investment in activities that strongly align to the following priorities:  
  - Mārama Pū  
  - Whāinga Roa 
  - Tuku Ihotanga 

Kaitono:

• Must provide a business case for requests of $100,000 or more.

Te Pae Motuhake o Te Tai Tonga:

• Only invest in activities delivered within Te Kāhui o Te Tai Tonga.
• Support the travel costs for kaiako and key personnel who live outside of the Kāhui, but not for whānau or tauira who live outside of the Kāhui.
• Do not invest in merchandise, or resource/service development intended for commercial purposes. 

Kaitono:

• Must provide a business case for requests of $100,000 or more.
• Must provide a letter of endorsement from the hapū, marae, iwi, or imi. 

Te Pae Motuhake o Te Reo Tukutuku:

• Prioritise applications connected to a legacy group.
• Advise Kaitono not to apply for the same activity in another Kāhui. 

Kaitono:

• Must provide a business case for requests of $95,000 or more.
• Must provide a letter of endorsement from all key personnel.
• Must provide written confirmation from the original publisher when translating an already-published resource (e.g. confirming IP content and publishing rights).

Legacy groups are listed on the Te Reo Tukutuku webpage.