Motivate
Create momentum and restore belief in possibility.
Social Impact Organisation
You are not broken.
You are breaking through.
Finding Hope. Creating Opportunity. Breaking Through.
Third Wind helps people move through hardship, unemployment and isolation toward connection, capability, opportunity and meaningful contribution.
The Problem
Hardship can make the future feel smaller.
People can lose hope through hardship, unemployment and isolation.
Support exists, but it is often fragmented.
People end up navigating multiple organisations, systems and processes while trying to rebuild their lives.
Third Wind exists to create a more connected pathway.
What happens today
- 01Hardship
- 02Loss of hope
- 03Isolation
- 04Fragmented support
- 05Reduced opportunity
One connected pathway
Our Belief
“People are not problems to be fixed.”
Everyone has identity, strengths and potential.
Third Wind starts with what is already there — then helps people discover what comes next.
The Third Wind Pathway
From support to contribution.
A journey, not a process. People move at their own pace, and the pathway moves with them.
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Support
Create safety, stability and a place to begin.
Stage 1 of 502
Connect
Build relationships, belonging and access to the right people and resources.
Stage 2 of 503
Discover
Identify strengths, interests, aspirations and possibilities.
Stage 3 of 504
Develop
Build confidence, capability, skills and experience.
Stage 4 of 505
Contribute
Create meaningful opportunities to participate, work, lead, create and give back.
Stage 5 of 5
You are not broken. You are breaking through.
Framework
M.I.N.E.
The human approach behind Third Wind.
Inspire
Expose people to new ideas, people, experiences and opportunities.
Nurture
Provide relationships, empowerment and environments where people can grow.
Empower
Help people take the next step, build confidence and keep moving forward.
The Journey
Everyone's journey looks different.
The starting point
“I've got nothing.”
Something steady to stand on
“I have support.”
The future opens up
“I see possibilities.”
Momentum of your own
“I found my Third Wind.”
Momentum of your own — connection, capability, opportunity and something to contribute.
What Third Wind Creates
Six things that change what comes next.
Connection
Helping people find people, communities and relationships that create belonging.
Skills
Creating pathways to develop capability and confidence.
Opportunity
Connecting people with practical pathways into work, enterprise, volunteering and contribution.
Experience
Creating real-world opportunities to try, learn and grow.
Contribution
Helping people move from receiving support to contributing their strengths.
Hope
Restoring the sense that a different future is possible.
Who We Work With
Three ways in. One shared direction.
For People
Find your next step.
Explore support, connection, opportunity and ways to develop your strengths.
Find Your Third WindFor Partners
Create opportunity with us.
For employers, community organisations, government agencies, funders, educators and other organisations.
Partner With Third WindFor Investors / Funders
Invest in possibility.
A scalable social-impact model focused on outcomes, participation and contribution.
Explore the OpportunityThe Third Wind Ecosystem
The person should not have to navigate the system alone.
Third Wind connects the ecosystem around the person — so support, opportunity and contribution work as one.
The Person
- Support
- Community
- Skills
- Work
- Enterprise
- Education
- Wellbeing
- Technology
- Employers
- Government
- Funders
- Volunteers
Impact
Measured by what becomes possible.
Third Wind measures participation, progress and contribution. Live metrics will populate here as the impact dashboard comes online.
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- People Supported
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- Opportunities Created
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- Connections Made
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- People Developing New Skills
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- People Moving Into Contribution
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Impact Dashboard
Structured for live outcome reporting across participation, opportunity and contribution.
Stories
Every Third Wind starts somewhere.
Real, publicly shared journeys from around Aotearoa — credited to the people and outlets who told them first.
Anthony “Tama” Poata
Gore, Southland
- Before
- Unable to keep a roof over his head in the North Island, Tama moved south and spent weeks living out of his car at Dolamore Park.
- Turning Point
- Local support and a willing employer opened a door, and he was taken on by Alliance Group.
- After
- With steady work and a home in Gore, he is raising his young daughter with stability behind him.
- Third Wind
- A driving job, a settled whānau, and a future he is building on his own terms.
Mavaega Mupo
Auckland
- Before
- A qualified electrician with decades of experience in Samoa, Mavaega sent more than 50 job applications in Aotearoa without success.
- Turning Point
- He joined the Voyage to Success programme, which sharpened how he presented his skills and connected him to people who could vouch for him.
- After
- At 66, one phone call turned persistence into an offer, and he was back in paid work.
- Third Wind
- Proof that experience does not expire, and a story that keeps other migrant tradespeople going.
Sia
Aotearoa New Zealand
- Before
- A mother of six, Sia remembers looking for coins between the cushions just to buy a loaf of bread.
- Turning Point
- With debt help and budgeting support from Christians Against Poverty, the pressure began to lift.
- After
- Four years on, her debt is paid off and she runs her own woven-mat business.
- Third Wind
- Her kids say, “Mum owns her own business” — and they are proud of it.
Partnership
What could become possible together?
Third Wind brings people, opportunity and systems together to create pathways from hardship toward contribution.
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