Deaf people in Aotearoa continue to experience barriers in everyday life - barriers to events, activities and opportunities that many of us might take for granted.

At Deaf Aotearoa we work closely with Deaf people, families of Deaf people, government agencies, businesses, organisations and the general public across the country to provide information, resources, advocacy, support, advice, education and more.

We deliver flexible and responsive services which accommodates the Deaf community’s needs. Providing the Deaf community with knowledge, information, resources and skills. Enabling them to independently manage events in their own lives.

Barriers for Deaf people keep popping up. Deaf Aotearoa exists to break them down – whatever those barriers may look like.

Since 1916 the RSA has been here to support New Zealand’s veterans of military service and their whānau. And with over 60,000 veterans created since 1990, the need for our services will continue well into the future.

Where the veterans of the World Wars came home to parades and a country that had received daily updates of the war they had been fighting, our modern veterans come home with little fanfare, and return to a society that has no real understanding of what they’ve been part of. On all deployments, our service people can be affected mentally and physically by both the environment they serve in, and the situations they’re exposed to.

Our team consists of over 250 trained Support Advisors across the country. The RSA provides a wide range of support including expert advice and guidance, access to recovery and rehabilitation, improved access to medical and mental health support, right through to support with the transition from military to civilian life and through-life employment support.

Trees for Survival Charitable Trust is inspiring school communities to plant a legacy for a better Aotearoa New Zealand. Our action based, environmental education programme supports school communities to make a practical and positive difference to biodiversity, habitat and water quality through restoration planting.

Trees for Survival provides the resources and supports the running of the programme for schools to nurture, grow and then plant native plants in areas they’re needed the most -waterways and vulnerable land. 

In 2024, students from 213 schools running the Trees for Survival programme, grew and planted over 164,000 native plants!