Ākina Foundation

About

Growing Social Enterprise

Story

Ākina is a Māori word used as a call for bold action. It also conveys a spirit of watchful and active encouragement, helping others to identify pathways through their challenges.

We believe social entrepreneurs and social enterprise represents a powerful opportunity to build a new economy that regenerates the environment and creates social foundations for people to thrive.

The people who work for the Ākina Foundation are in service to social entrepreneurs who commit themselves to creating benefit for others.

Mission

Our mission is to grow the emerging New Zealand social enterprise sector by:

- Activating talent, raising awareness and building capability for social enterprise
- Supporting high-potential social enterprises to deliver scalable solutions to pressing social and environmental challenges
- Facilitating new market and investment opportunities for social enterprise.