Deadline: 30-Jun-23
Te Puni Kokiri through its Cyclone Gabrielle Māori Communities Response Fund is providing $9 million for rapid assistance to marae and hapori Māori affected by Cyclone Gabrielle.
Funding Priorities
- Capability and capacity
- Additional kaimahi for marae and hapori to increase their capacity and capability to undertake response and recovery activities.
- Equipment to help with the clean up of marae and hapori
- Clean up costs not met by other agencies or organisations
- Generators and fuel for marae and hapori use
- Solar power for marae where this is practical and sustainable (i.e. not if the marae is unusable/likely to be moved etc)
- Communications equipment that would enhance future resilience, e.g. satellite phones for future resilience
- Equipment to support pātaka kai operations, e.g. freezers, storage and generators to keep the pātaka kai operating
- Equipment and other costs associated with the clean-up of maara kai
- Supporting Māori businesses to identify next steps towards recovery and future resilience
- Specialist services to support the recovery and resilience of Māori businesses, e.g. legal, financial, or planning advice and services.
- Planning and co-ordination infrastructure
- Help to collaborate, organise and co-ordinate the short term response
- Technical, legal or other professional advice, assessments and options relating to damage from Cyclone Gabrielle for marae and hapori.
- Cultural infrastructure
- Secure storage for taonga and property while marae and hapori plan their next steps
- Activities to provide stability, security and connection for hapori and marae
- Assessing the condition of taonga and identifying options for the taonga and marae.
Funding Information
- The $9 million funding package can be used to support Māori businesses, including to identify next steps towards recovery and future resilience, provide specialist services to support the recovery and resilience of Māori businesses, e.g. legal, financial, or planning advices and services.
- The Government is providing grants up to $40,000 for recovery support to help keep businesses operating and position for a successful recovery and maintain cashflow.
Eligibility Criteria
- Iwi, hapū, marae, trusts, incorporations, and other Māori organisations/providers are eligible.
- Experienced kaitono with strong community connections and proven capacity and capability to quickly deliver to marae and hapori located in affected areas are encouraged to apply.
- Funding is available to those communities directly affected by Cyclone Gabrielle mostly located in Te Tai Tokerau, Tāmaki-Makaurau, Waikato-Waiariki (Coromandel), Ikaroa-Rāwhiti, and Te Tai Hauāuru.
Ineligible
- They cannot approve funding that has already been provided for the same or similar purposes through other agencies and organisations, for example through the Ministry of Social Development, Te Arawhiti, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), the Department of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Primary Industries or other government agencies and non-government organisations.
- They cannot fund legal advocacy or litigation costs, the payment of existing debt, or the start-up of new businesses.
For more information, visit Te Puni Kokiri.