Our governance

Hamilton City Council supports The People’s Project primarily through the Central City Safety Plan, legislation, and a variety of initiatives aimed at improving public safety for everyone. Council supports the ground breaking approach The People’s Project is taking to address the complex issues relating to vulnerable people in our city.

The first thing you notice about the Wise Group is that we’re a little bit different! We chase one thing relentlessly - our dream to create fresh possibilities and services for the wellbeing of people, organisations and communities. We’re a family of charitable organisations and our work includes health and wellbeing services, housing support, employment and navigation services, education and training, workforce development and research, software development, and finally business support services.

The Mental Health and Addictions Service is committed to supporting people to work towards their own recovery. We know that people who are experiencing homelessness often have multiple needs, particularly mental health and addictions issues that require a wrap-around response. Pathways out of homelessness require a 'one plan' approach: housing first with support and access to mental health and addictions care and treatment. We are committed to working together to end homelessness. This means working with other agencies to address the interrelationship of needs rather than working in isolation.

Te Puni Kōkiri the Ministry for Maori Development, leads Māori public policy and strives to support Māori to enjoy a better quality of life and achieve a sustainable level of success as individuals at home and globally. One of the the focus areas of the Ministry is to work collectively, He Toa Takitini, across the state sector, with Iwi and communities to improve outcomes for Māori. Te Puni Kōkiri supports The People's Project and recognises that housing solutions and wellbeing can be achieved if we all work together to implement a whānau centered approach.

Pinnacle Midlands Health Network is working with The People's Project to connect people with the quality primary healthcare services they need. As the largest health network in Hamilton and the Waikato, Pinnacle MHN is working to ensure better, sooner, more convenient healthcare throughout the region so people can get, and stay, healthy.

Housing New Zealand supports The People’s Project by providing high quality, subsidised social housing to people in need for the duration of their need. It’s not just about getting a roof over people’s heads – we also work closely with other agencies to ensure our tenants have access to the support services they need to help them sustain their tenancy.

Hamilton Central Business Association represents around 1200 business and property owners located in the heart of the city. Our purpose is:

• to develop projects and services to benefit the trading environment in Hamilton Central
• to manage issues and challenges within the Business Improvement District (BID)
• business creation, attraction and development including an increase in employment and local business investment
• promotion of the Hamilton Central offering.

The Department of Corrections exists to make New Zealand a safer place by protecting communities from those who can cause harm and working with offenders and prisoners to reduce re-offending. 

We understand that offender journeys into our services are often complex and it is through the delivery of a range of programmes in the treatment, industry and learning domains that they can return to the community to be the best they can be.

We know that many still face real social challenges finding stable housing, employment and access to affordable health service and it is through partnering with key government and non-government agencies that our rehabilitation and reintegration goals will be realised.

Waikato-Tainui is a leading tribal organisation responsible for developing and implementing initiatives which improve iwi outcomes in the areas of education and training, employment, tribal preservation, marae development, health and well-being, and environmental and resource management.

We are happy to be a part of The People's Project here in Hamilton and commend and admire the hard work the project's team has put in and what it has achieved.

Our Business ‘Te Tatou Umanga’ incorporates our mission – to be the Safest Country and our purpose of Be Safe, Feel Safe – how we police make people feel safe and what we do keeps people safe. Currently, I am the Prevention Manager for Hamilton City. I have 35 staff delivering service to Hamilton City across Prevention, Neighbourhood Policing and Youth to deliver our mission and our purpose.

City Safe is a collective of many of the public facing regulatory responses of Council and is most noticeable through our highly visible Safety Officer patrollers. Our team is totally committed to enhancing the safety and wellbeing of all Hamiltonians and works collaboratively with staff from The People's Project.

Hamilton City Council's mission is to build a more vibrant, attractive and prosperous city, with the purpose of improving the wellbeing of Hamiltonians.  We do this in a variety of ways working with local communities, families and organisations.  

As a Council we have a Community and Social Development team which has a broad focus on community development for the city, including building the capacity of both communities and community groups. Its strong and wide-ranging relationships across the city assist Hamilton City Council to successfully achieve our mission and purpose. 

We're on an ambitious journey to realise a vision which sees New Zealand value the wellbeing of tamariki above all else.

Our three priorities are: Quality practice - ensuring consistent high quality front line practice; Loving places - opening more hearts and homes for children in care; Stronger partnerships - working with partners across New Zealand.

Everything that we are working on should fit with these priorities. 

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Tauranga City Council supports The People’s Project as part of our Community Wellbeing Strategy. In particular this addresses our Social Equity objective (ensuring Tauranga is a fair and just society where everyone has access to enough resources, including housing, to participate in their community) and our Safe and Resilient Communities objective (people are safe and feel safe in their homes, neighbourhoods and public places).

The first thing you notice about the Wise Group is that we’re a little bit different! We chase one thing relentlessly - our dream to create fresh possibilities and services for the wellbeing of people, organisations and communities. We’re a family of charitable organisations and our work includes health and wellbeing services, housing support, employment and navigation services, education and training, workforce development and research, software development, and finally business support services.

Our Business Priorities “Ta Tatou Umanga” have the mission to be the safest country, the purpose to be safe, feel safe and the vision to have the trust and confidence of all. It is integral to WBOP Police that all members of our community have the right to be safe and feel safe. We will work collaboratively with our partners and our communities to ensure these rights are achieved.

Te Puni Kōkiri, the Ministry for Māori Development, leads Māori public policy and strives to support Māori to enjoy a better quality of life and achieve a sustainable level of success as individuals at home and globally. One of the focus areas of the Ministry is to work collectively, He Toa Takitini, across the state sector, with Iwi and communities to improve outcomes for Māori. Te Puni Kōkiri supports The People's Project and recognises that housing solutions and wellbeing can be achieved if we all work together to implement a Whānau centred approach.

The Department of Corrections' priority is to make New Zealand a safer place by protecting communities from those who can cause harm, and working with offenders and prisoners to reduce re-offending. We understand offenders who transition through our services often have complex needs and it is through the delivery of a range of programmes either in Custody or in the Community we are able to support and assist individuals to be the best they can be.

We know many of those we work with continue to face real social challenges finding stable housing, employment and access to affordable health services, and it is through partnering with key government and non-government agencies that our rehabilitation and reintegration goals will be realised.

Tauranga City Council's strategic focus is supporting community wellbeing in order to provide a higher standard of living for all.

The current housing situation in Tauranga has led to an unprecedented and growing number of homeless people in our city. Since 2015 Council has played a lead role in driving a collaborative, multiagency, community-led response to homelessness (“Our Community Project”). It has been great to see the project progress to become a sustainable, proven initiative in the form of a Housing First programme led by The People's Project.

We are working with Tauranga City Council to appoint a representative to the Governance Group. 

Accessible Properties is a charity with a long history in providing community housing throughout New Zealand. We currently provide around 2,500 homes (in 89 towns and cities) for people with intellectual disability and people with other housing needs that are not being meet by the market. We are committed to providing homes that enable our tenants' to belong and thrive. Partnering with like-mined organisations such as The People's Project is critical to achieving this aspiration.

People, planning and delivering progress are at the heart of Western Bay of Plenty District Council&'s operational mission. The work we do in the community development area brings these threads together to improve the well-being of residents across the district. We look forward to building on this work through collaborating with The People's Project.

Robust wraparound support services are critical to providing pragmatic, compassionate and effective support to our homeless. The People's Project is a proven model that we demonstratively support at DowntownTauranga in a number of ways as this initiative works with our business members, stakeholders and the public to provide long-term, sustaining and effective outcomes for our homeless.  Having board representation on The People’s Project Governance Group allows us to substantially contribute to the leadership, strategic input and consultation that is required to facilitate these effective outcomes.