Round 3 Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism Fund
Recipient
Project Description
Link to Project
Grant amount
Ara Taiohi
MOSAIC workshop pilot
Mosaic: Creating
$55,700
Cohesion
This project will train youth
Through
workers to have
Conversation
conversations with young
1982
people showing signs of
extremist ideologies using
the MOSAIC cards.
Act
Autism NZ
Digital Literacy and
Counter-
$78,000
Awareness of Extremism
extremism
resource pack -
Three initiatives to support
Autism NZ
parents of people with
autism and their support-
staff to increase their own
Information
digital literacy and
awareness of various
platforms, extremism
content, and radicalisation
processes.
Official
Explore
Increasing Awareness,
$192,456
the
Hāpainga Ora
Knowledge and Tools to
Safeguard New Zealanders
This project will produce five
e-learning modules
under
designed to provide
information to users on
radicalisation and violent
extremism, prevention
approaches, referral
processes and practitioner
self-care.
Released
Our Kids
Educational Video Series
$67,100
Online
To create short videos for
parents, caregivers and
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Recipient
Project Description
Link to Project
Grant amount
educators in Aotearoa that
facilitate prevention and
interception of hate crimes,
violent extremism and
radicalisation.
1982
Moonshot
New Zealand Online
Online Violence
$439,353
Violence Prevention
Prevention -
Act
Programme
Moonshot
Online campaign to connect
at risk audiences and
concerned bystanders with
safe confidential support.
NetSafe
HeadSpace Invaders
Advice For
$190,000
Information
Children & Young
An evidence-informed
People | Online
resource designed for 12 to
Safety | Netsafe |
16-year-olds to empower
Netsafe
critical thinking and early
intervention when
Official
encountering hate,
disinformation, and
extremist content.
the
under
NZ Islamic
The Young Muslim Refugee
$61,600
Cultural Trust
and Migrant Resilience
Safer Community
Engagement Project
Released Participatory workshops to
identify the areas of interest
for Muslim youth, such as
leadership, culture identity.
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Recipient
Project Description
Link to Project
Grant amount
Violence
Strengthening New
$395,932
Prevention
Zealand’s disengagement
Network /
capability
Explore
Hāpainga Ora
A collaboration between two
organisations to train a
cohort of expert
1982
practitioners in NZ as a
community of practice
trained to work with
Act
individuals down a pathway
of radicalisation to violence.
Sustainability and future
capacity ensured by training
them to train others.
Holocaust
Building capability to
Holocaust
$50,000
Information
Centre New
respond to antisemitism
Lessons -
Zealand
Holocaust
This project aims to upskill
Centre of
teachers and schools to
New
prevent violent extremism
Zealand
through creation of lessons
Official
for understanding Judaism
and the roots of
antisemitism and develop
the
tools to respond to
incidents of antisemitism
on campus.
under
Released
3
Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism Fund: Special Round
A special round of funding was awarded in May 2024 for initiatives that prevent and counter
violent extremism in response to current international conflicts.
Grant
Recipient
Project Description
Link to Project
amount
The Fatimah
Understanding extremism
The Ripple Effect |
$52,940
1982
Foundation
to counter violent
PDF to Flipbook
extremism
Develop a responsive
Act
facilitation guide to assist
practitioners and provider-
community organisations to
support those in the
community that are
experiencing psychological
distress and effects brought
about by international
Information
conflicts.
Litmus
Empowering critical
$50,000
thinking on the Gaza Official
conflict
Develop a media literacy
tool (a prototype app) to
the
provide critical thinking lens
on current conflict in Gaza
and enhance communities’
skills to critically assess
under
information.
Asturlab
4 for 40: a platform for
$70,000
Cultural
social action on crucial
Centre
global issues
This project aims to build
Released community resilience
against radicalisation by: a)
creating a supportive
community identity to
reduce alienation and
4
Grant
Recipient
Project Description
Link to Project
amount
isolation that can be
exploited by extremist
ideologies; and b)
promoting nuance and
depth on critical issues for
1982
well-rounded
understanding and
challenge to extreme
Act
perspectives.
Waikato
Safer community and
$48,660
Refugee
connector project for
Forum Inc
Waikato youth and
families
This project will
Information
demonstrate positive
alternatives to violence by
involving ethnic young
people to use their creativity
and expertise to be peer
role models and work Official
intergenerationally to build
an understanding of
the
radicalisation/extremism.
Life Vision
The Peace Project
$50,000
Society Trust
under
The “peace project” deploys
a compendium of strategies
that frame a responsive and
holistic approach to
preventing extremism and
extreme violence caused by
psychological harm,
emotional distress, trauma
Released and other social disparities
that are often attributed as
key factors that underscore
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Grant
Recipient
Project Description
Link to Project
amount
the “pathology” that leads
to radicalisation.
Global Risk
Paeringa o te iwi –
$50,000
1982
Consulting
Protector of the people
This project will provide
regularly-updated
Act
resources with objective,
holistic analysis of violent
extremism throughout New
Zealand.
These resources aim to be a
touch-point for general and
educational information
about violent extremism
Information
and also an intervention.
Focus on
Project Harmony
$50,000
Iran
Official
Charitable
’Project Harmony’ is a
Trust
comprehensive initiative
designed to empower the
the
Iranian community in
Aotearoa New Zealand,
mitigating the impact of the
ongoing international
conflict and preventing
under
violent extremism. The
project encompasses a
range of activities aimed at
building resilience,
providing tailored support,
and fostering a sense of
community cohesion.
Released
6
Round 2 Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism Fund
Link to
Grant
Recipient
Project Description
Project
amount
Asturlab
Living Links: Global Roots, Local
$50,000
Cultural
Branches
Centre
Through regular gatherings, mentorship
1982
type programmes, and educational
resources and events, this initiative
counters growing marginalisation and
Act
unhealthy ideological shifts within the
Muslim community.
Explore
Awareness Upskilling for Disability
Preventing
$105,608
Hāpainga Ora
Sector Workforce and Family Carers
Violent
Extremist -
This project adapted the NZSIS Know the
Explore
Signs resource to provide family carers and
Wellbeing
Information
neurodiverse people with information and
tools to be aware of the risks of
radicalisation and keep their vulnerable
people safe.
Official
Federation of
Youth at Risk – Community Support and
$15,000
Islamic
Intervention Project
the
Associations
of NZ (FIANZ)
This project will establish youth peer
groups for community engagement within a
specific demographic, and develop youth
mentors to be ‘thought leaders’ and
under
‘awareness- builders’ on the potential
trajectory towards radicalisation.
Federation of
Empower Muslim Youth with Critical
$45,000
Islamic
Skills to Resist Online Extremism and
Associations
Radicalisation
Released
of NZ (FIANZ)
This project will provide Muslim youth (ages
13 to 18 years) workshops (provided by the
Classification Office) which include
content on the harm of extremism from a
faith-culture perspective. It will also teach
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Link to
Grant
Recipient
Project Description
Project
amount
critical thinking skills and other
competencies to empower them to resist
radicalization and extremist ideologies.
1982
Groundswell
Talking Masculinities
Misogynistic
$68,110
Project
attitudes
This project will deliver to teachers, youth
tackled |
workers and local councils/governments
Act
Otago Daily
research-based workshop and training on
Times
harmful narratives around gender that
Online News
proliferate online within an extremism
context.
Institute of
New Zealand Online Interventions
Positive
$50,000
Strategic
Playbook
Online
Information
Dialogue
Interventions
This project will work on designing a
Playbook:
playbook which will equip frontline
Innovating
practitioners with practical guidance for
Responses
delivering positive online interventions to
to a Shifting
prevent extremist violence.
Online
Official
Extremist
Landscape
in New
the
Zealand -
ISD
Tauiwi
Building Community Capacity to 'Call In'
$84,000
under
Tautoko
Harmful Views
This project builds capacity to counter
racism as a pathway to violent extremism.
This course offers an 8-week free public
training on how to decide when to 'call in'
or 'call out' problematic views when they
are expressed, and provides original
Released resources, practice, and a community of
support.
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Link to
Grant
Recipient
Project Description
Project
amount
Online Safety
Podcast Documentary: Countering
$19,500
Exchange
Violent Extremism Online
Limited
Te Whakaora
Te Whakaora - Mentoring for High-Risk
$75,000
1982
Tangata
Youth to Prevent Violent Extremism
This project provides wrap-around holistic
Act
programmes and mentoring services to
young men who have experienced multi-
generational social and economic
marginalisation and whose frustrations and
internalised messages of hate have or may
lead to violence and community harm.
Information
Richie
Level Up: Preventing Online
Richie
$60,000
Hardcore
Radicalisation by Promoting Positive
Hardcore |
Masculinity
Advocate,
Speaker &
The project offers real-life alternatives to
Educator for
negative online influences and provides
Change
Official
evidence-based education promoting
positive masculinity, mental health,
healthy relationships to disrupt unhealthy
the
gender-based social norms
Moonshot
New Zealand Online Violence Prevention
Online
$300,000
under
Programme
Violence
Prevention -
A New Zealand trial of an online referral
Moonshot
mechanism to provide community-led off-
ramps for individuals who are embarking
on harmful and potentially violent
pathways. The project will build the
capacity of selected New Zealand service
Released providers to safely intervene with people
at-risk of violent extremism online
9
Round 1 Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism Fund
Grant
Recipient
Project Description
Link to Project
amount
Ara Taiohi
MOSAIC tool and online
Mosaic: Creating
$50,000
hub
Cohesion Through
Conversation
This project will utilise the
1982
MOSAIC resource to
create an online
interactive tool to support
Act
challenging conversations
related to matters of
identity, violence, hate and
racism and establish a
community of practice and
collate accessible
readings and visual
resources to support the
online tool.
Information
AutismNZ
Cyber safety resources
Counter-extremism
$50,000
for the autistic
resource pack -
community
Autism NZ
Official
Focus on developing
resources for the
the
prevention of violent
extremism in autistic
young people and support
wider cyber safety for the
autistic community.
under
Hard Target
Proactive approach to
HardTarget Home
$50,000
understanding
radicalisation to violence
The project provides
Released practical resources and
training on the emotional
and psychological stages
of radicalisation to
teachers, principals and
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Grant
Recipient
Project Description
Link to Project
amount
students and other at-risk
audiences.
FIANZ
Capability training for
$50,000
1982
Imam and community
leaders
This project funds
Act
capability training to
support key community
leaders to provide faith-
based counselling,
education and mentoring
FIANZ
Building capability for
$50,000
Information
Muslim leaders
This project builds
capability of key
community leaders to
understand of the root Official
causes of violent
extremism, recognise
concerning behaviours,
the
and develop narratives
that counter extremist
messaging.
under
FACT Aotearoa
Countering media
$15,396
content to increase
resistance to
($34,603.41
mis/disinformation
returned to
DIA)
Partially Completed
Released
Gender
Challenging harmful
Anti-transgender
$49,950
Minorities
ideas about transgender
Extremism - Gender
Aotearoa
people
Minorities Aotearoa
11
Grant
Recipient
Project Description
Link to Project
amount
This project aims to
| Transgender New
enhance understanding of
Zealand
and challenge harmful
ideas about trans-people
in Aotearoa New Zealand
1982
Global Risk
Paeringa o te iwi -
Quarterly SITREP -
$50,000
Act
Consulting
Protector of the People
Secintel
This project will provide
regularly updated
resources with objective,
holistic analysis of violent
extremism throughout
New Zealand.
These resources aim to be
Information
a touchpoint for general
and educational
information about violent
extremism and also an
intervention.
Official
Hate and
Making online hate
Countering Hate
$50,000
the
Extremism
visible
and Extremism |
Insights
HEIA
Aotearoa
This project will provide
(HEIA)
publicly accessible,
community-specific
under
dashboards showing the
levels, nature, and
intensity of online posting
of extremist ideas about
at-risk communities (eg,
Muslim, Jewish, LGBTQ
and Māori communities). It
Released will also provide a baseline
of data for public
discourse on hate and
extremism.
12
Grant
Recipient
Project Description
Link to Project
amount
Holocaust
Building capability to
Holocaust Lessons
$49,950
Centre New
respond to antisemitism
- Holocaust Centre
Zealand
of New Zealand
This project aims to upskill
teachers and schools to
prevent violent extremism
1982
through creation of
lessons for understanding
Judaism and the roots of
Act
antisemitism and develop
tools to respond to
incidents of antisemitism
on campus.
Islamic
CHILL Project
www.justchill.org.nz
$50,000
Women’s
Information
Council of New
The CHILL Project is an
Zealand
online social media
campaign to challenge
misconceptions about
Muslim women and create
a positive and inclusive
Official
space that celebrates the
achievements and
contributions of Muslim
the
women.
Muslim
Promoting correct
$5,000
under
Association of
interpretation of Islamic
Canterbury
religious texts
Project Discontinued
Netsafe
Building capability in the
$50,000
Redirect Method
Released Partnering with Moonshot
to train and upskill Netsafe
staff to build capability in
redirection to counter
13
Grant
Recipient
Project Description
Link to Project
amount
radicalisation to violence
in New Zealand’s online
ecosystem.
1982
International
Conference on issues
$16,000
Students
facing international
Association
students
Act
A 1-day conference that
aimed to identify and
address the specific
challenges faced by
international students in
relation to violent
extremism.
Information
Voice of Aroha
Empowering
Voice of Aroha
$50,000
communities to take a
proactive role in
prevention of violent Official
extremism
This project will use a
positive and safe space for
the
refugee and migrant
communities in NZ to
promote awareness of the
danger of online
under
extremism and
radicalisation to violence
and promote digital and
media literacy critical
thinking.
Released
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