The Cause Collective

What The Cause Collective does

The Cause Collective is a New Zealand-registered community organisation headquartered in Wiri, Auckland, founded in 2016, that designs and delivers social innovation, commissioning, and capability-building services for Pacific peoples across Aotearoa and for South Auckland communities. Its operating portfolio combines direct health service delivery — Te Iti Pounamu Hauora, a GP-led mobile healthcare bus launched in 2022 and described as the only GP-led mobile healthcare service in New Zealand, and Our Place – Māngere, a free walk-in community health space in Māngere Town Centre — with grant administration through the ManaVa participatory grant-making programme (in partnership with Foundation North, offering up to NZD $20,000 per project to Pasifika youth-led health initiatives in South Auckland), and a wider set of community initiatives spanning workforce readiness, creative and tech pathways, church-minister coordination, and chronic-disease prevention.

The organisation has no proprietary technology platform; its "technology" is operational and physical — a mobile clinic, a fixed community health space, online grant application portals, and demand-side evidence-gathering methodologies underpinned by Pacific cultural frameworks (Nga Vaka o Kāiga Tapu). Its business model is non-commercial and funded through a mix of government commissioning (notably its 2025 designation as preferred respondent for Whānau Ora Region 4 commissioning covering Pacific peoples nationally), philanthropic grants (Foundation North), and primary care service contracts supporting free community-facing health services. Services are distributed via walk-in locations, mobile outreach, and self-serve online applications, with no enterprise sales motion.

Customer segments are non-paying end beneficiaries (Pacific peoples, Pasifika youth aged 12–24, and vulnerable South Auckland populations disengaged from healthcare), while the actual paying counterparties are a concentrated set of institutional funders. Governance is via a credentialed board (chaired by Dr Uluomato'otua Saulaulu Aiono ONZM) and an executive team led by Chief Executive Leasiosiofa'asisina Rachel Enosa, with general managers covering primary care, healthy and thriving families, communications, and corporate/finance functions.

Name

The Cause Collective

Legal name

The Cause Collective

Website

https://thecausecollective.org.nz

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Short description

The Cause Collective is an Auckland-based non-profit that delivers community health services, social innovation, and capability-building programmes for Pacific peoples across Aotearoa New Zealand and South Auckland communities, operating a mobile GP clinic, a walk-in community health space, and participatory grant programmes.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Health and Social Services

NAICS

Civic and Social Organizations (8134), Grantmaking and Giving Services (81321), Social Advocacy Organizations (81331)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

International & Local Implementing NGOs (HLAJAKAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Community Health & Health Equity/Social Determinants Units (HLAJAAAO), Community Health, Prevention & Health Education (BPAGACAC), Minority, Indigenous & Disability Rights (BPADAGAH)

Keywords

• Community health services
• Whānau ora commissioning
• Pasifika community support
• Mobile healthcare delivery
• Social innovation services

Headquarters

HQ city

Auckland

HQ country

New Zealand

HQ region

Oceania

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Whānau Ora Commissioning Services: The Cause Collective was named preferred respondent for Whānau Ora commissioning services for Region 4 (Pacific peoples across Aotearoa New Zealand), suggesting government commissioning funding model
2. Grant Management: Manages grant distribution program (ManaVa) in partnership with Foundation North, distributing up to $20,000 per project to community initiatives

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The Cause Collective is a non-profit community organisation that delivers free, community-led health, social, and capability-building services to Pacific peoples and South Auckland communities. Its core offerings include a GP-led mobile healthcare service (Te Iti Pounamu Hauora), a walk-in community health space providing free preventative care (Our Place – Māngere), and a participatory grant-making programme for Pasifika youth (ManaVa), supported by a portfolio of community initiatives addressing health, intergenerational wealth, and identity.

Product overview

The Cause Collective operates as a community organisation offering a portfolio of interconnected health, social, and community programmes. Core services include: Te Iti Pounamu Hauora (mobile GP healthcare service reaching underserved South Auckland communities), Our Place – Māngere (walk-in community health centre providing free preventative care), and ManaVa Grant Programme (participatory funding initiative for Pasifika youth health initiatives). These are supported by multiple community initiatives including South Auckland Creative & Tech Hub, Get Ready Work Ready, Pasifika Church Ministers Collective, Ngavaka, One Love South Auckland, Prepare Pacific, BOSS, Healthy Families South Auckland, and Matangi Fou. The organisation functions as a backbone entity coordinating activities across system stakeholders to build capability and advocate for Pacific peoples and South Auckland communities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Our Place – Māngere: A community space offering free health checks and wellbeing support for the Māngere community, providing childhood immunisations, adult vaccinations, cervical screening, heart health checks, and diabetes checks.

Products and services

• Te Iti Pounamu Hauora A GP-led mobile healthcare service providing acute care to vulnerable, underserved communities in South Auckland who have slipped through the cracks of conventional health services. Described as the only GP-led mobile healthcare service in New Zealand, it works to reconnect people with primary care for ongoing preventative support.
• ManaVa Grant Programme A values and mana-based participatory grant-making initiative offering up to NZD $20,000 per project for community organisations supporting Pasifika youth health and wellbeing in South Auckland. Led by a panel of young Pasifika leaders who developed the funding strategy and make grant decisions.
• Our Place – Māngere A free walk-in community health space in M?ngere Town Centre offering childhood immunisations, adult vaccinations, cervical screening, heart health checks, diabetes annual checks, health education, and social navigation support. Works alongside family doctors to provide preventative care to the M?ngere community.

Quantifiable outcome

• $612k annual savings in secondary health services
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Do Good Feel GoodcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Do Good Feel Good is a The Cause Collective initiative that collaborates with Foundation North on the ManaVa values and mana-based Pasifika Participatory Grant-making initiative in South Auckland, empowering youth to co-create funding models

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• The Fono: Pacific health and social services provider in Auckland operating GP clinics, community health programmes and social services for Pacific and South Auckland communities — directly comparable in service mix and target population.
• Turuki Healthcare: Pacific-led primary healthcare provider operating across South Auckland, including Mangere and Otara. Closely comparable given shared geography, Pacific cultural framework, and primary care delivery model.
• Pasifika Futures: Pasifika-led Whānau Ora commissioning agency for Pacific peoples across multiple NZ regions. Directly comparable as a peer commissioning entity operating under the same Whānau Ora framework targeting Pacific communities.
• Foundation North: Auckland community foundation partnering with The Cause Collective on the ManaVa participatory grantmaking initiative. Comparable as a grantmaking institution focused on Auckland community outcomes, and a strategic funding partner.
• Tongan Health Society: Pacific-specific health and social services provider in Auckland offering GP, community and cultural programmes. Comparable as a Pacific-led, community-anchored health organisation serving similar populations.

Broad incumbents

• Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand: National public health system entity that commissions primary and community health services. Operates broadly in the same health space as The Cause Collective's clinical services and is the principal counterparty in NZ health commissioning.
• New Zealand Red Cross: Humanitarian organisation delivering community health, social support and emergency relief programmes nationally. Comparable as a broad community-services incumbent operating across overlapping social and health domains.
• Auckland Council: Regional governing body funding and coordinating community, social and economic wellbeing initiatives across the Auckland region — overlapping with The Cause Collective's community development and social cohesion remit.
• YMCA New Zealand: National community organisation delivering health, fitness, youth and family programmes. Comparable as a multi-programme community services provider, though operating at national scale and with a different service focus.

Regional players

• South Auckland Social Wellbeing Board: Statutory regional body coordinating social wellbeing investment and outcomes across South Auckland local board areas. Comparable as a regional convener and commissioner for the same South Auckland communities served by The Cause Collective.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/thecausecollectivenz
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/the-cause-collective-nz
• Instagraminstagram.com/thecausecollectivenz

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles15 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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