Over the coming months, Toi Rāwhiti will work alongside the Social Investment Agency, the wider public service, iwi, communities and strategic partners to co-design the future Community-led Commissioning model. That question has shaped the work of Toi Rāwhiti from the beginning - moving beyond funding individual services towards cultivating the conditions where whānau, communities and regional prosperity can flourish together. Te Whānau a Apanui iwi representative, Rikirangi Gage says "This work is not about creating another organisation or another programme. Toi Rāwhiti sees community-led commissioning as the mechanism that can connect these investments into a coherent, long-term pathway for regional wellbeing. For Toi Rāwhiti, this is not simply the beginning of a pilot.