Kia hoe tahi tātou
kia tere tahi tātou
Hei oranga tamariki
Hei oranga whānau
Hei oranga tāngata

Haumi e, hui e, tāiki e, nau mai haere mai ki te
pae tukutuku o te kaupapa Peter McKenzie.

Let us paddle together
Let us sail together
For the wellbeing of children
For the wellbeing of families
For the wellbeing of people

Welcome to the website of the Peter McKenzie Project.

Imagine an Aotearoa New Zealand where all children and whānau flourish. Where each and every childhood is full of opportunity.

This is not the reality for many thousands of children and young people today. They and their families have become locked into poverty via rising housing costs and low incomes. Many parents find themselves under-resourced and stressed.

The Peter McKenzie Project, a key programme of the J R McKenzie Trust, is a collective of initiatives tackling the root causes of child and whānau poverty in Aotearoa New Zealand.

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Changing Ourselves: What does it take to be a systems change funder?
Changing Ourselves: What does it take to be a systems change funder?

The Peter McKenzie Project (PMP) has always been a bold experiment – an effort to fund differently and learn from the results. Developing out of the economic, social and philanthropic context of the first decade of the 2000’s, it has evolved and changed considerably since it was conceived in 2011. PMP today is quite different from what Peter McKenzie originally envisioned – but as an innovator and disruptor we believe he’d be excited by what it’s become…

Evolving and Adapting – Funding Systems Change in a Changing System
Evolving and Adapting – Funding Systems Change in a Changing System

When the Peter McKenzie Project was first conceived in 2011, it emerged from particular moment in time.

Despite the near collapse of the global financial system in 2008, neo-liberal free market policies remained economic orthodoxy. Economic growth was assumed to reduce poverty. Yet in Aotearoa New Zealand, poverty and the gap between the rich and the poor had been rising for decades…

From Trust to Authentic Connection: How Centering Relationships Has Shaped PMP’s Journey
From Trust to Authentic Connection: How Centering Relationships Has Shaped PMP’s Journey

The Peter McKenzie Project is part of the broader philanthropic system and is itself a system. We have embodied systems change by placing relational practice at the heart of our mahi…

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