Woven Whānau (2026)

Project lead: Annalise Myers

Woven Whānau is a community-led initiative based in Whanganui that supports grandparents raising mokopuna, parents, and whānau of tamariki with neurodivergence and additional needs.

Many of the whānau Woven Whānau works with have stepped into caregiving unexpectedly. They are navigating complex systems with limited formal support, often carrying high levels of stress, isolation, and emotional load. Woven Whānau provides trusted, relational support that is preventative, long-term, and grounded in connection, advocacy, and practical assistance. At its heart, Woven Whānau is about widening the village. Trained parent and grandparent kaiārahi walk alongside whānau, creating sustainable pathways from isolation to belonging.

In 2026, Point & Associates is working alongside Woven Whānau on an outcomes harvest and Theory of Change. The work is designed to help the organisation clearly describe how it contributes to change for grandparents, parents, and mokopuna, and to strengthen the evidence base in a way that is useful for learning, accountability, and funding. We want to understand what has changed for whānau and mokopuna, what support has made the biggest difference, and what good looks like from the perspective of the people living it.

This is community-led mahi where change is relational, non-linear, and deeply personal. We are honoured to be part of making it visible.