In this section:
Kakara Whakarei
The Raukawa Charitable Trust’s vision is to ensure that Raukawa uri are thriving. Education plays a critical role in our iwi development strategies, influencing the health, wealth and well-being of our uri, including the kaimahi working for the Raukawa Charitable Trust (RCT).
Tōnui ana te kiri Raukawa
Kakara Whakarei serves a critical function in protecting and nurturing our reo, culture and identity by ensuring our Raukawa identity, mātauranga and tikanga are embodied, our people stand confident and are thriving across generations in all that they do.
This is not limited to delivering programmes. It is about ensuring that the way our people learn, connect, lead and live as Raukawa is intentional, connected, and able to grow sustainably over time.
Kakara Whakarei works across the system — with uri, whānau, marae, and partners — to design, deliver and strengthen cultural pathways that build identity, capability and leadership. In practice, this means:
- supporting marae to grow their own capability and confidence
- creating clear pathways for rangatahi into cultural and leadership roles
- ensuring mātauranga is accessible, protected and actively lived
- strengthening the environments our uri move through, including education and community settings
Our role is not to replace the work of marae, hapū or whānau, but to support, connect and strengthen that work so it is sustained and grows for future generations.
Our Strategic Direction
Our strategy is anchored in two long-term commitments
- Te Whakakitenga 2030 – Raukawa Kia Mau Kia Ora
- Te Ara ki Raukawa 2050 – Raukawa Kia Mau Kia Ora
The shift for Kakara Whakarei is not a move away from delivery, but a shift from programmes delivered in isolation to programmes that are connected, build capability, and support progression over time.
This can be understood as: Delivery → Capability → Pathways → Outcomes
Our Strategic Frameworks
Te Manawapouhihiri and Te Aka Matua provide critical cultural guidance to the design, delivery and dissemination of our mātauranga pathways as well as our Raukawa cultural values which Raukawa uri can utilise to assess and evaluate their own cultural empowerment journey, as well as RCT to assess and evaluate the programmes and initiatives provided by our organisation.
The Raukawa Charitable Trust’s vision is to ensure that Raukawa uri are thriving. Education plays a critical role in our iwi development strategies, influencing the health, wealth and well-being of our uri, including the kaimahi working for the Raukawa Charitable Trust (RCT).
Tōnui ana te kiri Raukawa
Kakara Whakarei serves a critical function in protecting and nurturing our reo, culture and identity by ensuring our Raukawa identity, mātauranga and tikanga are embodied, our people stand confident and are thriving across generations in all that they do.
This is not limited to delivering programmes. It is about ensuring that the way our people learn, connect, lead and live as Raukawa is intentional, connected, and able to grow sustainably over time.
Kakara Whakarei works across the system — with uri, whānau, marae, and partners — to design, deliver and strengthen cultural pathways that build identity, capability and leadership. In practice, this means:
- supporting marae to grow their own capability and confidence
- creating clear pathways for rangatahi into cultural and leadership roles
- ensuring mātauranga is accessible, protected and actively lived
- strengthening the environments our uri move through, including education and community settings
Our role is not to replace the work of marae, hapū or whānau, but to support, connect and strengthen that work so it is sustained and grows for future generations.
Our Strategic Direction
Our strategy is anchored in two long-term commitments
- Te Whakakitenga 2030 – Raukawa Kia Mau Kia Ora
- Te Ara ki Raukawa 2050 – Raukawa Kia Mau Kia Ora
The shift for Kakara Whakarei is not a move away from delivery, but a shift from programmes delivered in isolation to programmes that are connected, build capability, and support progression over time.
This can be understood as: Delivery → Capability → Pathways → Outcomes
Our Strategic Frameworks
Te Manawapouhihiri and Te Aka Matua provide critical cultural guidance to the design, delivery and dissemination of our mātauranga pathways as well as our Raukawa cultural values which Raukawa uri can utilise to assess and evaluate their own cultural empowerment journey, as well as RCT to assess and evaluate the programmes and initiatives provided by our organisation.
