Making Everything Achievable

Our Director Kaye-Maree Dunn is excited to be supporting her niece Waimārie Tipene as presenters at this year's WIPCE 2025 talking about
Healing Through the Lens: Indigenous Filmmaking as a Catalyst for Empowerment for Rangatahi/Youth.

Over 3,800 Indigenous peoples from around the world sharing knowledge and expertise on the transmission of knowledge.

🗣️ “We’re creating the framing and the framework and infrastructure that’s needed for the work to happen. We bring our whānau together, do a mass collaboration, and then take them away for that week to mould them.”

Sammy Hughes, CEO of Nōna Te Ao, leads large-scale community programmes that focus on rangatahi Māori development and workforce integration.

Through robust frameworks, collaborative practices, and ongoing support, Nōna Te Ao demonstrates how structured, whānau-driven initiatives can empower rangatahi, overcome challenges in funding and facilitation, and create sustainable pathways into education and employment.

📖 Read Sammy’s full case study in the report:
https://bit.ly/matihiko-ora-ka-eke-ka-toro

🗣️ “You go in thinking it’s about skills… then you realise it’s about feeding them, ensuring they’re cared for, and creating a safe space where they can thrive.”

Nikolasa Biasiny-Tule, Puerto Rican-Dutch, CEO of Digital Natives Academy, leads a kaupapa-driven initiative that prioritises wellness, hauora, and academic growth for rangatahi.

Through foundation-level programmes focused on wellbeing and innovative pathways into technology and creative industries, DNA demonstrates how holistic, culturally aligned education can empower rangatahi to thrive despite systemic barriers like funding inequities and limited access to digital resources.

📖 Read Nikolasa’s full case study in the report:
https://bit.ly/matihiko-ora-ka-eke-ka-toro