Nōku te Ao Puna Pūtea | Social Action Grants

Mental health advocacy grants

The Puna Pūtea | Social Action Grants are proudly funded by the Nōku te Ao programme. These grants provide pūtea or funding to individuals and community, iwi and hapū groups and organisations who want to challenge mental distress judgements and discrimination through projects they design. The 2023 application process opens in September so check the information below so you don’t miss out.

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Nōku te Ao Puna Pūtea Social Action Grants is officially launched!

Key information and criteria

Is your project eligible for a grant? Find the criteria and key information here.

Intro to new round

Nōku te Ao Puna Pūtea Social Action Grants is back in 2023!

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Resource Library

Nōku te Ao Kaupapa Māori principles

What they mean, and how you can speak to them in your application

Pacific approach - Fonofale Model

Information provided in this section will be used to assess whether your proposed project is elig...

External Links

Nōku te Ao Rautaki/ Strategy

Learn more about the vision and values of Nōku te Ao

What is ‘mental distress’

Explaining what the term means

2022 round

Get inspiration from our previous grantees’ projects.

Resource Library

Media guidelines

To equip journalists with the understanding to report on mental health issues safely, accurately ...