Whānau Ora commissioning — Te Tauraki

Te Tauraki is the Whānau Ora commissioning agency for Te Waipounamu (South Island) and Wharekauri/Rēkohu. It contracts and supports Whānau Ora service providers, and publishes no open funding round.

Closes

No open round or application process is published. Contact tetauraki@tetauraki.co.nz or use the contact form on the site.

Who can apply

Whānau Ora service providers and, for whānau, the provider nearest them. The site says to “contact the service provider nearest you”, lists 26 providers across Te Waipounamu, and does not say how a new group becomes a provider.

Amount

Not published. Funding is distributed through an allocation model guided by Te Puni Kōkiri that accounts for Māori population distribution and social deprivation.

Funding route

Commissioning

Applicants

Iwi & Māori organisations, Marae & hapū, Organisations & providers, Community groups

Before you apply

There is no fund to apply to here. Te Tauraki's commissioning page says “We contract and support Whānau Ora service providers to deliver outcomes that matter to whānau and communities.” It operates under a 12-year Outcome Agreement with Te Puni Kōkiri and was selected as one of four commissioning agencies after a 2024 tender.

What to do. Whānau should contact their nearest Whānau Ora provider; the site has a map of them. A group that wants to become a provider should email the agency, because the site does not describe a process.

Whānau Ora commissioning was rebuilt from 1 July 2025. The original agencies, Te Pou Matakana, Te Pūtahitanga o Te Waipounamu and Pasifika Futures, no longer hold the contracts, and older guidance naming them is out of date. Commissioning and service delivery must now remain separate, so an agency cannot commission itself. A subsidiary of Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu.

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Checked 9 October 2026

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