Deadline: 31-Jan-23
The Department of Conservation is inviting applications for Cultural Heritage to support community-led conservation projects on public and private land.
Funding Information
- There is $2 million (excl. GST) available for cultural heritage projects.
Eligibility Criteria
- You can apply for this funding stream if the project:
- Protects and improves places and stories key to understanding and appreciating Aotearoa New Zealand’s cultural heritage, or maintains visitor infrastructure that connects New Zealanders to their backcountry
- Is community-led (For example, led by whānau, hapū, iwi, community conservation groups, not-for-profit organisations or umbrella groups. Government departments and local authorities cannot apply.)
- Seeks funding for up to 3 years
- Is for a minimum of $30,000.
Note: The individual or group applying to the fund must be the same individual or group who will run the project.
Assessment Criteria
- Your application will be assessed on the following criteria.
- The extent of conservation benefits that will be delivered, including the protection or restoration of significant cultural heritage sites (eg stabilisation of heritage structures, historical or archaeological research, recording or cataloguing of oral histories) or the maintenance of visitor infrastructure in the backcountry.
- The extent to which the project will help to deliver wider conservation benefits, including biodiversity, volunteer effort, stakeholder collaboration, co-design work and partnerships that connect New Zealanders with their culture and nature.
- Priority will be given to projects where whānau, hapū and iwi exercise their role as rangatira and kaitiaki, and to projects that support Te Ao Māori and mātauranga Māori, respecting tangata whenua values and aspirations for the environment.
- The readiness of the project and the likelihood of success – demonstrating the required skill sets and capability to deliver the project and providing a reasonable and realistic project budget and timeframe.
- The likelihood that, and extent to which, project benefits will be sustained.
Ineligible
- The fund cannot support:
- Retrospective costs (i.e., costs incurred prior to a Deed of Grant being signed)
- Reimbursement of landowner time or voluntary labour
- Activities that individuals, organisations or councils are required to do by law
- Proposals that are designed to generate personal or commercial profit
- The development of an activity for which public use will be restricted by copyright or patent
- Debt repayment or the refinancing of loans
- Participation in statutory processes or litigation
- On-funding (i.e., using grant to issue grants to third parties)
- Vehicle purchase
- Venture capital
- Land purchase
- Academic scholarships
- Local and central government fees and charges, with the exception of fees associated with submitting an application for resource consent but excluding costs for the public notification of an application and other associated costs (e.g., related to hearings).
For more information, visit Cultural Heritage.