Thriving Aotearoa Partnership – Now taking expressions of interest

• Around 110,000 households in New Zealand couldn't afford adequate heating in their homes in the year ending June 2022.

• One in five New Zealand children aged 2-14 live in food-insecure households.

• An estimated 1.25% of New Zealanders over the age of 15 have no access to banking services which has significant negative impacts and generally lands on those who are already experiencing crises or disadvantage.

• ATEED’s recent Prosperity Index report showed that poorer Kiwi households are less able to benefit from insurance discounts, and that contents insurance costs up to 40% more for households in low-prosperity areas of Auckland.

It’s because of challenges like these that the 2030 roadmap recommends crystallising informal public and private cross-sector collaborations to support customers in vulnerable circumstances.

In 2023, the Centre for Sustainable Finance convened a group of community and corporate partners to establish a nation-wide initiative, the Thriving Aotearoa Partnership (TAP), based on the Australian Thriving Communities Partnership.

Thanks to seed funding from the BNZ Foundation, Foundation North, Simplicity and The Tindall Foundation, we are currently establishing the Partnership’s governance, structure and delivery model with a view towards catalysing new products and services among a cohort of essential service and utilities providers.

If your organisation is committed to providing fair and inclusive financial products and services, and you would like to learn more about this coordinated, national effort to bring them to scale, we are interested in hearing from you.

Please express your interest to Natalie@thriving.org.nz

Background

The Centre has drawn inspiration from an established programme in Australia called the Thriving Communities Partnership (TCP).

In July 2022, we organised a summit with the TCP team to collaborate with Māori, Iwi organisations, corporates, community organisations, government and regulators.

We also welcomed people working with communities and those with lived experience to share their stories in a safe and supportive environment.

The collective considered new models to reduce barriers to connecting people with the services they need.

We are now able to progress and further develop what was outlined at the summit thanks to the seed funding from the BNZ Foundation, Foundation North, Simplicity and The Tindall Foundation.