Kia ora koutou,

I hope you've all had a lovely summer break and have been enjoying the sunshine!

We're back in the office and back to our usual schedule, so feel free to get in touch if you need help with anything. We'll be starting check-ins soon, but wanted to inform you of a new requirement we're introducing - we'll need all collectives to post an update on their Open Collective page by the end-of-financial-year (March 31st). You can find instructions here if you need help with how to publish an update. Your update should just outline what you've been up to recently - if you publish updates regularly, there's no need to do anything different (as long as you publish something between now and March 31st). This is just so we can check that your collective is still active and that you are using your page. This will be a yearly requirement, so won't take up much of your time.

As always, we're keen to tell your stories and spread the word about your mahi! If you're happy for us to share your update, please let me know. Don't hesitate to send me content to publish, or tag us in your social media posts so we can re-share them - we love sharing what you're all up to!

Kia pai tō rā!