Matapuna Training Centre

Matapuna Training Centre is a charitable trust who offer rangatahi (youth) holistic wrap-around support to reduce or remove barriers to learning.

Matapuna Trust Board has taken a significant step towards securing its long-term future by establishing an endowment fund with Sunrise.

This move ensures that the trust can support at-risk rangatahi and adults in a flexible way, without restrictions from government contracts and funding rules.

Matapuna Training Centre’s community-based programmes are targeted at providing equitable opportunities for ‘at-risk’ students. 

Matapuna provide alternative education and youth guarantee programmes for 12-24 year olds, supporting students to achieve their NCEA levels 1 and 2. Rangatahi guide them, as they believe this empowers youth to realise their potential, achieve their goals and have positive outcomes for themselves, their whanau and community. 

The trust is committed to growing the fund through various fundraising activities, enabling it to continue supporting students to achieve their goals and realise their potential. 

Donate to this fund

Use our donation form to make an instant donation by credit card - there are options to do this as a one off, weekly or monthly amount.

If you would rather pay by direct bank deposit, or a regular bank automatic payment, please go the to the donate now page for instructions.