Deadline: 26 June 2020
The National Heritage Preservation Incentive Fund, administered by Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga, provides financial incentives to encourage the conservation of privately owned heritage places recognised on the New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi Kōrero.
Funding Priorities
Priority is given to heritage of national significance which needs conservation work and heritage places of national significance where conservation work is planned and could be improved through extra funding.
While all eligible projects will be considered, the priorities for funding for the 2020 round are:
- conservation and preservation of sites of significance to Māori; and/or
- conservation and preservation of sites that support regional economic development; and/or
- conservation work to increase resilience of heritage places against the impacts of climate change including site stabilisation relating to land and archaeological sites.
Type of Projects
You can apply for funding for the following types of conservation projects:
- 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 (e.g. research, condition reports, conservation plans, engineer reports, conservation work specifications, management plans or supervision of work).
Type of Projects are NOT eligible
The following projects are not eligible for funding:
- Construction of new buildings or structures not for the purpose of preserving heritage values
- Additions, extensions, facilities or amenities of existing buildings
- Reconstruction or replicas of missing buildings or structures
- Removal, relocation or demolition of buildings or structures
- Insurance, debt repayments or re-financing costs
- Purchase of land or buildings
- Purchase or conservation of portable heritage objects
- Purchase of construction machinery or tradespersons’ equipment
- Heritage conservation projects that have already been completed
- Work that has already received Crown funding.
Eligibility Criteria
- You cannot apply to the fund if you are eligible to apply to the Lottery Grants Board Te Puna Tahua – for example incorporated societies, charitable trusts, companies with charitable status. Public sector agencies such as government departments, Crown entities, state-owned enterprises, local authorities, local authority trading enterprises also cannot apply to the fund.
- You can apply to the fund if you are a private owner of a heritage property.
For more information, visit https://www.heritage.org.nz/protecting-heritage/national-heritage-preservation-incentive-fund
