Manaiakalani Education Trust

The Manaiakalani Education Trust (MET) is the governance body in service of the Manaiakalani Schools and the Programme.

The Manaiakalani Education Trust (MET) began in 2011 to form a governance body in service of The Manaiakalani Programme (TMP) and in service of the schools.

MET has been the vehicle that has enabled the group to afford on-going education research. This means that the activities resourced by our Public Good Partnership are evidence based, clearly linked to Achievement Challenges, and subject to external scrutiny at all times. MET also enables the micro financing of over 2000 learner owned devices across Manaiakalani schools.

Pat Snedden

Founding Chair of the Manaiakalani Education Trust

"We are fundamentally challenging the notion in New Zealand that just because you’re living in a low socio economic community you can’t do well at school."

Founding Chair of The Manaiakalani Education Trust, Pat Snedden, believes living in a low socio economic community should not determine your education outcomes nor your opportunities.

Partners

From the beginning we have reached out to potential allies and welcomed wide-ranging commitments.

Our partners are essential to helping us achieve our vision of creating 21st century citizens who are ‘at home in a digital world’.

Their contributions – financial, services, resources, ideas, encouragement and credibility – are enabling the lives of every young person and every whānau across our network. The success of this Programme has come in large measure from our collective ability to coalesce a new kind of partnership around the aspirations for success for our children. This partnership includes schools, philanthropy, government, business, community, parents, whānau, tertiary institutions and volunteers, all of whom buy in to the vision and intent for improved student outcomes.

Over time we developed a different kind of partnership with diverse groups: our growing school networks (including children and their families, teachers, principals and Boards of Trustees), philanthropic organisations, individual and corporate donors, educational academics and consultants, commercial partners, government agencies, technologists and volunteers.

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Whānau are our principal partners,

Making major investments through the purchasing of their children's learning devices.

Foundation North

Foundation North (formerly ASB Community Trust) was our initial funding sponsor, injecting $1.2 million in 2011 to enable our staffing of the Manaiakalani Education Trust, develop infrastructure and bulk purchase digital devices, giving us the resource to develop dedicated administrative systems to run the programme. In 2015, the Foundation went on to support the first stage of Manaiakalani Outreach with a grant to help 4 other school clusters in Auckland and Northland to develop their own digital learning programmes based on the Manaiakalani model. We are grateful that Foundation North continues to make a significant fundng commitment that is supporting the Programme into the future.

Toi Foundation

Toi Foundation has been supporting schools in Taranaki since 2021, though an annual grant towards PLD facilitation, IT infrastructure, research and teacher PLD activities. This partnership recognises our mutual commitment towards improving outcomes for children in Waitara, New Plymouth and the wider Taranaki area.

Vincent Capital

Vincent Capital became a funding partner in 2022, reflecting its desire to contribute to the social and economic uplift of disadvantaged children in New Zealand, and specifically the improvement of educational outcomes. With its three-year commitment, Vincent Capital's funding is helping to sustain the successful delivery of the Manaiakalani programme of school transformation.

Google

Google NZ has been a significant supporter for over 8 years, and has helped fund the Manaiakalani Digital Teacher Academy and the Manaiakalani Digital Fluency Intensive programmes

Next Foundation

The Next Foundation announced a major grant in July 2015 to enable Manaiakalani to work with many more school communities across New Zealand, helping them to develop their own digital learning programme based on the Manaiakalani model, and has been a major funding partner since. View the NEXT Foundation video clip about Manaiakalani here

The Ministry of Education

Ministry of Education has supported research and PLD over many years, and this funding has enabled the programme to expand now to 15 school communities across New Zealand.

Humanitix

Humanitix is the ticketing platform that dedicates 100% of profits to charity. By rewriting the rules of business to put humanity first, they offer the most sophisticated event ticketing platform for schools with lower fees, access to real human support, and dedicate all profits to charity. All good, no compromise. With tickets for good not greed, they have transformed over $18 million of booking fees to help provide access to education, healthcare and life’s basic necessities to millions of humans across the world. Manaiakalani is grateful to benefit from their generous donations over several years.

The Cooper Family

The Cooper Family Charitable Foundation has made a significant investment in Manaiakalani though generous grants that in particular enable the Programme to support school communities in Tai Tokerau

KPMG

KPMG NZ have supported Manaiakalani through sharing expertise, hosting our Manaiakalani Innovative Teachers , and hosting the exciting 'Class for a day' experience for children at their corporate offices

Te Rau Puāwai Education Trust

Te Rau Puāwai Education Trust is helping build teacher effectiveness and capability with a grant towards the Manaiakalani Reading Practice Intensive programme.

Restaurant Brands

Restaurant Brands have supported Manaiakalani though their fund managed by The Gift Trust

Variety - the Children's Charity

Variety the Children’s Charity is helping ensure that no child, however poor their family, misses out on their opportunity for digital learning enablement.

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