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The Name
The name Mahitahi brings together mahi, meaning work, effort, project, goal, and tahi, the number one, unity, together, partnership. These two words have wide linguistic parallels in several Pacific Islands.

Incorporated into the logo of this agency are three distinctive elements - the Southern Cross embedded with the Cross and a fern leaf, all very significant in Aotearoa.

So Mahitahi, people working together, is a uniquely Aoteroa-New Zealand initiative.
 
What does Mahitahi do - for whom?
Mahitahi is the Project Assistance Agency of the New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference. It responds to requests for assistance from Pacific Island Dioceses who have identified and prioritised development projects. Mahitahi seeks to recruit expertise to participate in these projects in partnership with local laity, who manage the planning, training, monitoring and measurement of outcomes.

While the Solomon Islands and Bougainville are presently the focus for attention, requests are received from other Pacific Island countries as well, and project partnerships are developed and managed.
 
How is Mahitahi Funded?
Mahitahi projects are funded by grants and donations from various sources. Mahitahi’s core costs (administration) are met by the NZ Catholic Bishops Conference.

Grants
Mahitahi is blessed to receive an annual grant from Missionz (Pontifical Mission Societies) and also from Caritas Aotearoa NZ.

Community support
Most volunteers are linked to a Parish community who are challenged to assume “ownership” for the particular project. They invited to support their volunteer by making donations to Mahitahi to cover airfares, medical and insurance costs.
 
 
The Director
Christina ReymerChristina Reymer and her husband Rob Powell have five children, James, Renee, Stefan, Annelies and Luc. Daily life is filled with all the joys and challenges of kiwi family life.

Christina’s professional background is in education. Her teaching experience in New Zealand has spanned across all sectors from early childhood (preschool) to primary, secondary, and tertiary education. She has also spent almost 5 years working as a volunteer teaching in the non-formal education sector in Papua New Guinea. In 2001, she completed a Masters in Education at Waikato University, focussing on non-formal education and development in the Melanesian Pacific.

Christina has also been a strong advocate for the recognition of parenting as work, and has initiated a lobby group, Parents As Partners, to achieve that end.

Christina enjoys breaks away with friends or family, whether it is in the mountains or at the beach, skiing, sailing, mountain biking, or just walking or relaxing.