Te Kaha O Te Rangatahi

What Te Kaha O Te Rangatahi does

Te Kaha O Te Rangatahi is a New Zealand registered Charitable Trust established in 1992 by a collective of women in response to teenage pregnancy concerns, operating from its headquarters at 2b Jellicoe Rd, Manurewa, Auckland. The organization delivers sexual health, teenage pregnancy support, wellness, education, and youth development services to Māori and Pacific Island rangatahi (youth) and their whānau across the Counties Manukau (South Auckland), Central, North, and West Auckland regions. Service delivery is organized around four cultural priorities known as Ngā Pou — Mahoe (Rangatahi Knowledge), Patatee (Rangatahi Wellness), Hinau (Rangatahi Development), and Kawariki (Rangatahi Health) — derived from the tongikura of Kingi Tāwhiao and framed within the whare tapawhā Māori health model. In 2019 the trust began trading publicly as the Te Kaha O Te Rangatahi Indigenous Youth Hub.

The underlying technology stack is minimal: the organization runs an online referral and registration portal at tekaha-portal.co.nz for whānau and community referrals, and maintains a marketing presence across Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and LinkedIn. There is no native mobile app, no API, no documented software product, and no proprietary technology platform; the model is fundamentally human-delivered, in-person community service rather than a digital product business. The four Ngā Pou service lines are conceptual frameworks for program design rather than discrete software offerings.

Te Kaha O Te Rangatahi operates as a nonprofit with 11–50 employees and no external investors or parent company. Its revenue model is described as managed services-style charitable trust funding, sourced from government contracts, grants, and donations, with no commercial pricing or fee-for-service disclosed. The beneficiary segment is narrow and culturally specific (Māori and Pacific Island youth in Auckland), and customer engagement runs through direct community outreach plus the referral portal. Listed website partners include Custom Tees, TPM, Te Kotahitanga, akoJeSTX, and the Auckland Chamber of Commerce (ACCNZ), though the strategic nature of these relationships is not specified.

Name

Te Kaha O Te Rangatahi

Legal name

Te Kaha O Te Rangatahi Trust

Website

https://tekaha.co.nz

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Te Kaha O Te Rangatahi is a New Zealand registered Charitable Trust founded in 1992 that delivers sexual health, wellness, education, and youth development services to Māori and Pacific Island rangatahi (youth) and their whānau across the Auckland region.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Youth Health Services

NAICS

Child and Youth Services (62411), Other Individual and Family Services (624190)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090)

akta.pro primary industry

Student Wellness & Prevention Programs (Substance Use, Sexual Health, Bullying) (EDAJAIAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Family & Parent Support Services (Parent Coaching, Advocacy) (EDAJALAK)

Keywords

• Youth health services
• Sexual health education
• Teenage pregnancy support
• Community wellness programs
• Rangatahi development services

Headquarters

HQ city

Auckland

HQ country

New Zealand

HQ region

Oceania

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Charitable Trust Funding: As a registered Charitable Trust, the organization operates primarily through government funding, grants, and charitable donations rather than commercial revenue streams.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Te Kaha O Te Rangatahi is a registered Charitable Trust delivering community-based youth health, wellness, education, and development services to Māori and Pacific Island rangatahi (youth) and their whānau in the Auckland region. Its core offerings are sexual health education, teenage pregnancy prevention and support, and youth wellness programs organized around four Ngā Pou priorities (Mahoe, Patatee, Hinau, Kawariki). Services are accessed via self-referral or community referral through an online portal and delivered in person across Auckland communities.

Product overview

Te Kaha O Te Rangatahi Indigenous Youth Hub is a community-based charitable organization offering a suite of youth services organized around four Ngā Pou (priorities): Mahoe (Rangatahi Knowledge), Patatee (Rangatahi Wellness), Hinau (Rangatahi Development), and Kawariki (Rangatahi Health). These priorities are derived from the tongikura of Kingi Tāwhiao and form a cohesive framework delivered through in-person community services. The organization also operates a referral portal at tekaha-portal.co.nz for service enrollment. The offering is a service-based model rather than a software product platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Te Kaha O Te Rangatahi Referral Portal Online registration and referral portal allowing whānau and community members to refer rangatahi (youth) for services offered by the organization.
• Kawariki – Rangatahi Health Service priority focused on rangatahi (youth) health, specifically addressing sexual health and teenage pregnancy services for Māori and Pacific Island youth.
• Patatee – Rangatahi Wellness Service priority focusing on rangatahi (youth) wellness, delivered as part of the organization's holistic approach to youth well-being.
• Hinau – Rangatahi Development Service priority focusing on rangatahi (youth) development, serving as the ridgepole of the organizational framework for raising and nurturing youth.
• Mahoe – Rangatahi Knowledge Service priority focusing on rangatahi (youth) knowledge development, derived from the tongikura of Kingi Tāwhiao.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Custom TeesminorOthersPartner logo displayed on website. Nature of partnership not specified.
• TPMminorOthersPartner logo displayed on website. Nature of partnership not specified.
• Te KotahitangaminorOthersPartner logo displayed on website. Nature of partnership not specified.
• akoJeSTXminorOthersPartner logo displayed on website. Nature of partnership not specified.
• ACCNZ (Auckland Chamber of Commerce)minorOthersPartner logo displayed on website. Nature of partnership not specified.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Le Va: Pacific mental health, addiction, and wellbeing NGO delivering culturally responsive programmes to Pacific communities across New Zealand. Comparable Pacific-focused community-based youth and family wellbeing service model.
• Pasifika Futures: Whānau Ora commissioning agency for Pacific families in New Zealand, supporting cultural, health, education, and economic wellbeing outcomes. Comparable Pacific-community-anchored service delivery to whānau.
• Te Pou: New Zealand workforce and service development organisation for mental health, addiction, and disability sectors. Comparable focus on supporting culturally responsive community-based health and wellbeing services for priority populations.
• The Fono: Pacific-led primary health and social services provider in Auckland delivering affordable healthcare, youth programmes, and family support to Pacific communities. Directly comparable target population, geographic footprint, and holistic youth/wellbeing remit.
• Burnett Foundation Aotearoa (formerly NZ AIDS Foundation): New Zealand's leading sexual health charity focused on HIV/STI prevention, rainbow community health, and youth sexual health education. Comparable mission around sexual health literacy and youth-focused community outreach.
• Sexual Wellbeing Aotearoa (formerly Family Planning NZ): New Zealand's primary sexual and reproductive health service provider, delivering education, clinical services, and youth-focused programmes nationally. Closest direct peer given shared sexual health education and teenage pregnancy prevention remit for young people.
• Te Whānau o Waipareira Trust: Large Auckland-based Māori community health and social services provider offering whānau ora, youth, and health programmes across West Auckland. Directly comparable as a culturally grounded Maori youth and family service operating in the same geographic catchment.
• Youthline Auckland: New Zealand youth counselling, support, and development charity operating helplines and community programmes. Comparable youth-focused wellbeing and development remit, though broader and not specifically Maori/Pacific sexual health.

Broad incumbents

• Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand: National publicly funded health system entity that contracts and commissions community health services including Maori and Pacific providers. Relevant as the dominant incumbent funder/partner operating at much greater scale across the same priority populations.

Regional players

• Whāraurau (Māori workforce development): New Zealand organisation focused on building the Māori health and disability workforce, delivering training and workforce programmes. Comparable Maori-focused community health mission though primarily workforce-oriented rather than direct youth service delivery.

Market position

Strengths1 record

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks2 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCu2UDV68LZm5fkiyGYvNvrQ
• Facebookfacebook.com/tekahaoterangatahi
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/te-kaha-o-te-rangatahi-indigenous-youth-hub
• Instagraminstagram.com/te.kaha.o.te.rangatahi
• TikToktiktok.com/@te.kaha.o.te.rangatahi?lang=en

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Funding overview

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Investors

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