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Maraki Productions Ltd is the creative agency that produces work, holds contracts, and operates commercially. The charitable giving programme sits alongside that through the Gift Collective. Contributions support the direct costs of community-focused kaupapa: paying producers, artists, and facilitators fairly for their mahi, covering accessibility costs, community events, and work that serves Takatāpui and Māori communities.
A small portion covers operational and administration costs, kept lean by design, within the Gift Collective's transparent administrative framework, ensuring every contribution is accountable and auditable. Every dollar goes toward the delivery of kaupapa, not toward profit. People are paid for their work, and our local arts economy thrives.
WHO WE SUPPORT
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TAKAPAPA
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Artist support
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Accessibility as kaupapa
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Community events and free screenings in Te Tairāwhiti
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Hina / Tore
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An indigenous queer short documentary celebrating Takatāpui identity, with screenings at Auckland Pride, TILDE in Melbourne, MANIORO in Hastings, and community wānanga growing around it across the motu and beyond.
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Producing and resourcing collaborative work with tangata Moana artists including Lusi Faiva, Corey McMinn, Moana Ete, Kōmako Silver and Rahera Solomon, ensuring their creative practice is well-held and sustainable.
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Building accessibility costs into every production as a non-negotiable, so that Takatāpui, Takiwātanga, and disabled and d/Deaf communities are never an afterthought in creative spaces.
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Bringing toi Māori and indigenous queer storytelling home to the East Coast, creating space for local communities to see themselves reflected and celebrated.
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A pūoro-led theatre and compositional works project centring Takatāpui hauora and creative expression, with community wellbeing woven through the artistic kaupapa.
Transparency
All contributions are processed through the Gift Collective platform and publicly visible. We are committed to transparency about where every dollar goes.
ABOUT MARAKI
MARAKI is a Māori creative organisation based on the East Coast of Aotearoa (Te Tairāwhiti, Gisborne), founded by Takatāpui creative producer Jordan Walker. At its heart, MARAKI is about storytelling done in a way that's accessible, equitable, and grounded in kaitiakitanga, centring Takatāpui and Takiwātanga communities, and creating spaces where people can genuinely thrive, not just participate.
The East Coast is a region with an incredibly rich creative and cultural life, but historically underfunded when it comes to arts infrastructure and industry pathways. MARAKI wants to change that by connecting communities, revitalising culture, and ensuring rangatahi Māori have real, sustainable pathways into the arts, both here in Aotearoa and internationally.
MARAKI sees the creative industry not as a ladder to climb but as a web of connections to tend, grow, and share.
