Deadline: 16 July 2018
Applications are open for National Heritage Preservation Incentive Fund, administered by Heritage New Zealand that provides financial incentives to encourage the conservation of nationally significant heritage places in private ownership.
Priority is given to heritage places of national significance which need conservation work and heritage places of national significance where conservation work is planned and could be improved through extra funding.
Types of Projects
The following conservation projects are eligible for application to the fund:
- Stabilisation, repair or restoration relating to historic buildings or structures (eg. repairs to masonry, joinery, plaster or glazing, earthquake strengthening or fire protection);
- Conservation work relating to land or archaeological sites (eg. site stabilisation, repair, vegetation management or fencing);
- Professional services (eg. research, condition reports, conservation plans, conservation work specifications, management plans or supervision of work).
Grant Information
Assistance is in the form of grants. The fund will pay no more than 50% of the cost of conservation work in any particular case, and individual grants will not normally be greater than $100,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- Any private owner whose heritage properties and conservation projects meet the eligibility requirements are eligible to apply to the fund.
- Public sector agencies (government departments, Crown entities, state-owned enterprises, regional councils, territorial authorities, local authority trading enterprises) and persons and agencies eligible for funding from the Lottery Grants Board (for example incorporated societies, charitable trusts, companies with charitable status) are not be eligible to apply to the fund.
- In the 2018 funding round, Heritage New Zealand particularly welcomes applications for
- conservation of sites of significance to Maori
- sites that support regional economic development, and
- applications that support seismic strengthening by ensuring provision of a seismic assessment by an appropriate professional.
How to Apply
Applicants can download the application form via given website.
Eligible Country: New Zealand
For more information, please visit National Heritage Preservation Incentive Fund.