May 21, 2026

Toi Ora Impact Report 2024 – 2025

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Toi Ora Impact Report 2025. Creativity, community, connection

We may be a small creative space, but we make a large impact

Read the Toi Ora Impact Report for the financial year of 2024-25, and find stories like:

  • The link between neuroscience and art – earlier this year, Toi Ora also featured in an article in the NZ Listener, which delves into how art is essential for a functioning society  
  • 2025 highlights – from celebrating Matariki at Lifewise Café, to hands-on screenprinting workshops, to sharing our mahi at Printopia 
  • And artists’ stories – including Andrew, a resident artist at Toi Ora who is known for a certain style, but now he’s breaking out and trying something new.  

A special thank you to all our funders. Thank you for creating a safe and supportive space which allows our artists to make meaningful change through creativity.

Thank you to (in alphabetical order):

  • Alexander Harold Watson Charitable Trust
  • Arts Access Aotearoa
  • Auckland Council
  • Chisholm Whitney Family Charitable Trust
  • Christine Taylor Foundation
  • DIA Lottery Grants Board
  • Foundation North
  • Four Winds Foundation
  • Jenny & Andrew Smith
  • Health NZ/Te Whatu Ora
  • North & South Trust
  • One Foundation
  • Pub Charity Ltd
  • Public Trust
  • The Dragon Community Foundation
  • The Lion Foundation
  • Waitematā Local Board

And anyone who has purchased art or made a donation. On behalf of our artists and their whānau, thank you!

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