If you haven’t heard, One Good Kiwi is the freshest way to get involved in charitable giving, launched as part of Vodafone New Zealand’s change to One New Zealand in early 2023. One Good Kiwi just finished up its first month in market and over 8,000 users swiped through our 10 charities, giving just under 100,000 tokens, with youth-led bullying prevention organisation Sticks ‘n Stones garnering the most support.

By receiving the most amount of tokens, Sticks ‘n Stones will receive the largest share of One New Zealand/Vodafone New Zealand’s $100,000 monthly donation. Sticks ‘n Stones kaupapa is focussed on empowering our rangatahi through ongoing training programmes so they can be meaningfully involved in developing solutions and preventing harm around bullying. Sticks ‘n Stones will receive $32,770 which they will use to further their grassroots approach to end bullying in schools, which should positively impact students all over the country.

VOYCE Whakarongo Mai advocates for the thousands of children in foster or whanau care in New Zealand and received $15,220, thanks to the support of One Good Kiwi users. They will use these funds to continue their work giving children in care across Aotearoa more of a voice. Visionwest Waka Whakakitenga creates pathways for vulnerable whānau to rise out of poverty, isolation, homelessness, and joblessness and they received $9,370. This donation from One Good Kiwi will help Visionwest support those in need into decent affordable housing, provide counselling, budgeting or emergency food support.

One Good Kiwi shakes up the charities on the app every single month, so in November, users can support the below charities.

Mental health:

• Lads Without Labels – a charity run by University of Canterbury students, setting out to improve the state of mental health and wellbeing care for all students, particular men's mental health.
• Youthline - offers a free Helpline service (text, phone, webchat & email), free face-to-face counselling services, youth mentoring, programmes in schools and communities across the motu to help people grow and develop.

Environment:

• BLAKE - inspiring thousands of young New Zealanders to care for the environment through activities and adventures that encourage environmental awareness and leadership, with a spirit of adventure, participation and exploration in honour of Sir Peter Blake.
• Te Tapu o Tāne - an iwi-led environmental initiative to provide catchment rehabilitation services across the Murihiku Takiwā (Southland) as native tree and plant nursery venture with charitable purpose, all from a te ao Maori perspective.

Uplifting rangatahi:

• Spirit of Adventure – a youth development organisation providing a unique environment for youth development, where the focus of learning is on teamwork, developing skills of communication, self-leadership, self-reliance, self-discipline, self-esteem, resilience, and confidence.
• Big Brothers Big Sisters – helping our young people thrive by making a positive difference in the lives of children and youth through professionally supported, mentoring relationships, across 12 regional branches.
• VOYCE Whakarongo Mai - a charity organisation that advocates for the thousands of children in foster or whanau care in New Zealand.
• Visionwest Waka Whakakitenga- a charity organisation creating pathways for vulnerable whānau to rise out of poverty, isolation, homelessness, and joblessness.

Creative Arts

• Māoriland – based in Ōtaki, Māoriland’s purpose is to improve the social, economic and educational opportunities for Māori youth and the Ōtaki community by screening indigenous films and organising NZ-wide activities.

Disability

• Recreate - provides programmes across Auckland, Waikato, Bay of Plenty, Wellington & Christchurch for young people with disabilities, including adventure, social, recreation and education activities.

How One Good Kiwi works

One Good Kiwi is revolutionising giving, as a place to find and fund awesome New Zealanders doing incredible mahi across Aotearoa It’s a digital koha that can only be spent on others - One Good Kiwi helping another.

We give every day New Zealanders the money. They choose where it goes. Every month $100,000 will be ‘dropped’ and each person who takes part will use tokens to have their say on how it gets donated.

One Good Kiwi users – who do not have to be Vodafone NZ customers - will get to choose how to distribute the $1.2 million that Vodafone NZ donates each year via the platform to support positive change for rangatahi (young people). Each charity involved will receive at least $1,000 every month, regardless of how many tokens they get given.

More info can be found at onegoodkiwi.nz and new charities land on the app December 1st!