Deadline: 19-May-23
The Dunedin City Council is accepting applications for the Māori Community Fund and Pacific Innovation Fund to support the aspirations and empowerment of the Māori and Pāsifika communities here in Ōtepoti Dunedin.
The Māori Community Fund and Pacific Innovation Fund to support Māori Development and Resilience through:
- Empowering Māori business
- Empowering Māori social and creative sectors.
The purpose of the Pāsifika Innovation Fund is to support areas traditionally under-funded or currently not funded at all. Specifically, through:
- Supporting Pasifika youth
- Supporting Pāsifika creative entities or Pāsifika projects
- Supporting Pāsifika business innovation.
Eligibility Criteria
- Any group or individual undertaking a project or initiative that will benefit Oraka Māori and Pāsifika communities within Ōtepoti/Dunedin.
- Applying to this fund does not prevent organisations from making a regular grant applications to the Dunedin City Council.
Who Cannot Apply?
- Government organisations
- Organisations that cannot show work supporting the advancement of Oraka Māori aspirations.
- Organisations that cannot show work supporting the advancement of Pāsifika communities’ aspirations.
- Community Boards
For more information, visit Māori Community Fund and Pacific Innovation Fund.