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Māori-owned, made for marae

Your committee's priority, as a Business Case funders recognise.

For the marae secretary or trustee who has been handed a priority project, and the job of finding the money for it.

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Sample · Strategic case

Wharekai upgrade

First section free

The marae keeps authority over every word.

A Business Case in the format funders recognise

Your committee’s priority becomes a five-case Business Case, the shape a funder expects to read.

Readiness, guided

Readiness is itself an investment capability, and most of it can be guided. Funding Ready walks the marae through it.

Māori-owned, built for marae

Funding Ready is owned by Māori and made specifically for marae, from the first question to the last page.

Two profiles in, the first section out.

Build the marae profile

Say who the marae is, once, in your own words.

Build the project profile

Name the priority the committee has chosen: a wharekai upgrade, water and wastewater, a new ablution block, solar, or papakainga infrastructure.

Read your strategic case

The first section of the Business Case arrives free, before any payment is asked for.

Project profile

Sample

Marae name

Sample Marae

Project

Wharekai upgrade

Why it matters

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One price, for one project.

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Before you pay

Build the marae profile and the project profile, then read the first section of your Business Case.

  • Marae profile
  • Project profile
  • The strategic case, the first section of the Business Case

Free

Nothing is asked for at this stage

The Business Case

The funder-recognised five-case Business Case for your project, with the marae holding authority over every word.

  • One project, one payment
  • Paid through Stripe hosted checkout

NZ$490

one-time payment, per project

The committee chose. Now it is yours to fund.

You are the secretary or a trustee. The priority project has landed with you, along with the job of finding the money for it.

  • Wharekai upgrade
  • Water and wastewater
  • New ablution block
  • Solar
  • Papakainga infrastructure
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Begin with what your committee has already decided.

The marae profile, the project profile and the strategic case come first.

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