REimagining Relevance:
Transforming the Mid-Sized Not-for-Profit

NZ Not-For-Profit Sector Forum 2025

Wednesday, 26th November - 9.00 am - 3.30 pm
Thursday, 27 November - 9 am - 12.30 pm

AUCKLAND - Manukau Cruising Club

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Going from Surviving to Thriving:
A strategic convening for bold NFP leaders ready to shape a different future

Mid-sized not-for-profits in Aotearoa New Zealand are facing unprecedented pressure. Traditional models of charity, service delivery, and government contracting are no longer sufficient to ensure stability, impact, and community connection.

This 1.5-day, invitation-only not-for-profit sector forum brings together courageous, future-focused NFP leaders to confront structural funding and operational challenges. Through insights from guest speakers, provocations from sector thinkers, and peer-led strategic dialogue, participants will explore new models of practice grounded in:

• High income diversification

• High operational innovation

• High social impact

Expressions of interest are invited from mid-sized organisations across sectors, with a focus on diversity, balance, and readiness for change.

What to Expect:

Strategic dialogue on funding, structure, and delivery
Insights from sector innovators
Tools for income resilience and operational agility
Peer connections and collaboration opportunities

Guiding Principles:

Mana Motuhake
Courageous Curiosity
Collective Wisdom
Future-Readiness
Integrity
Purpose over Preservation

Who Should Attend

Who Should Attend:
Leaders of mid-sized NFPs across social services, arts, Māori and Pacific-led organisations, disability, conservation, youth development, and more.

Forum Programme

Wednesday, 26 November 2025

Thursday, 27 November 2025

Registration Information

Wednesday, 26 November 2025 - 1 Day attendance:
$390.00 pp inc GST

Wednesday, 26 & Thursday, 27 November 2025 - 2 Day attendance:
$650.00 pp inc GST

Please Note:

Payment in full is required before commencement of the forum.

Payment online is by Debit or Credit Card: VISA, Mastercard or American Express only and there are 3 easy steps to complete the online booking process. Our registration platform is hosted by Lil Regie, our NZ based booking agent.

Upon completing your registration by hitting the blue 'Confirm Booking' button, you will receive an automated email from our NZ based booking platform Lil Regie confirming the booking and amount paid by credit card. This will appear on your statement as from LIL REGIE LTD WELLINGTON.

A GST Tax Invoice showing your payment in full will also be emailed to you.

If you have any issues or questions about your booking, please contact Faye Johnson

What happens if you have to cancel?

We know that sometimes your plans can change for many different reasons. Should you be unable to attend, a substitute delegate is welcome to attend at no extra cost. If a substitute delegate is not available and you need to cancel your registration, please be aware of the following:

If you cancel within 7 days of the event, you are not eligible to receive a refund. Please note: should your registration not be paid by the time of the event, you are still liable to make the payment. Unpaid accounts may be passed over to our debt collection agency and additional costs may be incurred.

Face-Face Events - up to 7 days prior to the event you will be provided a refund of your registration cost, less a $60.00 inc GST per attendee service charge.

All cancellations must be received in writing (email).

Training is cancellable by GROW with 7 days’ notice if a minimum number of attendees is not met and full refunds will be provided.

Delegates are responsible for their own travel/accommodation bookings, and no compensation will be made should the event be rescheduled or cancelled.

Please note: GROW Ltd reserves the right to make any amendments that we may deem to be in the best interest of the forum – it is however very unlikely, and we will notify you as soon as possible should this occur.

For more information see our full Terms of Trade.

Can't pay online and require an invoice?

We work hard to ensure that all workshops are cost effective by automating our systems. If your organisation requires an invoice (rather than paying by debit or credit card) there will be a $25.00 inc GST surcharge for this, and you will need to supply:

The full organisation name and postal address required to appear on the invoice.
The contact name and email of the person(s) responsible for authorising this expense and approving payment.
Any purchase order references required on vendor invoices.

Please email this information to Brian - accounts@grow.co.nz and faye@grow.co.nz , and along with the Invoice we will also send you a special booking link which will come up as free of charge. Through this link you will need to complete your registration.

PLEASE NOTE:

Payment in full is required before commencement of the training.
If you require an Invoice and you are seeking funding approval, please include this surcharge in the price you have on your application.

Our events fill quickly so if you would like to reserve a place, please contact faye@grow.co.nz

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About the Speakers

Hildy Gottlieb

Hildy Gottlieb is a futurist, a social scientist, and an asker of powerful questions. She is the co-founder of Creating the Future, a global nonprofit that teaches people how to create systems change via the questions they ask.

As a student of successful social movements, the questions that have driven Hildy’s work are these: What factors lead to successful social progress? Why do some change efforts succeed while others struggle? The answer she found was simple yet profound:

Successful movements for change all have the same set of questions at the heart of their work.

Hildy now shares those questions with audiences around the world. Through the Catalytic Thinking framework she developed, those questions have been infused into the mission of Creating the Future.

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Forum Dates & Location

Auckland

Wednesday, 26 November: 9 am - 3.30 pm
Thursday, 27 November: 9 am - 12.30 pm

Venue
Manukau Cruising Club
2 Orpheus Drive, Onehunga, Auckland 1061

Parking
Onsite parking available.

Catering
Registration with welcome tea & coffee from 8.30am. Wednesday - morning tea and lunch included.
Thursday - morning tea included.

Book Forum - Akl - 26 & 27 Nov 2025

Further Details

Resources will be emailed to participants prior to the forum. In line with our sustainability objectives, speaker presentations will not be distributed in hard copy, however attendees are invited to print them off and bring these with them or download them to any device they plan to take on the day.

Arrival tea and coffee, morning tea and lunch are included. Please note we only cater for gluten free, dairy free, vegan and vegetarian dietary requirements.

Commitment to Access and Equity
We are committed to access and equity and endeavour to meet the needs of all delegates. Please contact Faye - faye@grow.co.nz / 027 607 3000 if you require special assistance. In order to assist us in understanding delegate needs, please advise your access requirements as early as possible. Request at late notice may not be able to be met.