Hamilton whānau – registrations are now open!

FREE Financial & Digital Literacy evening classes starting Term 2 (from 20 April 2026).

✔️ Practical & interactive
✔️ Laptops & light refreshments provided
✔️ Samoan language workshops available
✔️ Limited to 20 people per class

Open to individuals and groups (church, community, youth, schools, workplaces).

Register your interest:

📧 Email: Wellthwise1@gmail.com
📞 Phone: 0204 733 233

Delivered by experienced facilitators:
Tonu & Theresa Alaimoana

Pacific Business Owners, Apply Now for a Grant!

Due to a high level of demand, the Regional Capital Grants fund submission deadline has been extended to Monday 13 April, 5pm.

✉️Please email regionalfund@pacificbusiness.co.nz to receive an application form.

Foodstuffs North Island, alongside the Food Innovation Network, invites you to the Emerging Supplier Forum.

An opportunity to learn from the Foodies team and a dunnhumby insights expert, and to connect with local small businesses building their path into grocery. 

👉Register www.foodstuffs.co.nz

Forum dates and locations

• Christchurch – 28 May 2026, BNZ Centre, Christchurch
• Wellington – 6 August 2026, Naumi Hotel, Te Aro
• Auckland – 9 September 2026, Foodstuffs NI Support Centre, Māngere

Applications for the 2026 Sir Āpirana Ngata Memorial Scholarship are open until 1 May 2026!

If you’re Māori and studying at a tertiary level (this includes any university, polytechnic and wānanga) in 2026, you’re eligible to apply.

The scholarship is made possible by the Māori Soldiers Trust and administered by Te Tumu Paeroa.

Apply HERE!

Awa Films are casting for a kōtiro Māori (10-17yrs with conversational te reo Māori) for a new drama series filming in Te Whanganui-a-Tara across late May 2026.

If you are passionate about acting and can embody a character who is calm, pure and fearless, then we would love to hear from you!

Applications will close after the 4th of April! APPLY NOW.

For more info, contact studio@thecastingcompany.co.nz

Find out what benefits and payments you can get from Work and Income if you're eligible. The full list can be found HERE!

Westpac NZ is making a $100 million commitment to lending to start-up businesses, the bank says providing a helping hand to small business owners and entrepreneurs throughout the country.

🔥 HOT TIP: Early Learning Payment

Some families can get help with early childhood education costs.

The Early Learning Payment supports children aged 18 months to 3 years if the family is enrolled in Family Start or Early Start.

✅ Non‑taxable
✅ Paid through MSD
✅ Organised with the help of a family/whānau worker

⏰ The payment stops when the child turns 3 or if the family leaves the programme.

👉 Encourage families to talk with their family/whānau worker to find out more.

Click the links to enrol for Family Start or Early Start.

• Families can self‑refer, or
• Be referred by a midwife, GP, Well Child Tamariki Ora nurse, social worker, early learning service, or community organisation