Funding

Wharf project receives $2 million, while Hamilton-Waikato Tourism gets one-off grant of $575,000 over three year period.

New Zealand International Science Festival and New Zealand Masters Games get funds to improve marketing power.

A pivot away from tourism leaves councils scrambling to reorganise their funding base, says LGNZ.

But details released by Stuart Nash show commercial interests need to invest 50% to secure funding.

Waikato Culture Park is seeking $500,000 crowdfunding platform Pledge Me to raise funds for its proposed development.

The agency will look for funding for two tourism-related developments in the Manawatū.

Funding reprioritized as not committed through a contestable process.

Minister missed chance to provide any support to sector.

Another $7m will fund new and upgraded cycle and walking trails in Central Otago.

The government is investing $6.745m in the Queenstown Trails Realignment Project,

Informational workshop to be held, applications to close 8 June.

The finance minister says pre-Covid tourist growth “was not sustainable, from an economic or environmental perspective”.

Applications for Queenstown Lakes District Council’s annual events fund are open with “special consideration” being placed on sustainability.

The first round of funding for Ngā Puninga Toi ā-Ahurea me ngā Kaupapa Cultural Installations and Events has opened.

Funds provided over three years as part of wider arts and culture Covid-19 recovery programme.

Total $105,000 available, with $25,000 for early-stage projects.

The new $5m Glacier Country Business Support Fund aims to protect communities in the hard hit region.

The Southern Lakes Events Investment Panel has opened applications for its Business Events Incentive Scheme.

Nineteen events are collectively set to attract 72,301 out-of-region visitors and pump an additional $18.4m of visitor spend into the region.

The cash would come from a $128m fund managed by DWC trustees and established in 2001 when the region lost its indigenous forestry industry.

New Zealand’s hospitality sector could look to South Australia’s voucher system to boost the economy, says the South Australian Tourism Commission.

Creative and cultural event organisers will be able to apply for a funding boost when the Creative and Cultural Events Incubator Fund opens on 1 February.

Applications for the first round of the $8.5m Southern Lakes Regional Events Fund are now open.

The Government will invest $3.75m in a North Island tourism alliance aimed at developing events for visitors along the Thermal Explorer Highway.

WellingtonNZ received enough registrations to fully allocate the Covid-19 Business and Tourism Transitions funding.

The group hoped a new tourism minister would move quickly to investigate better ways of providing support for the tourism sector.

A new annual subvention fund will be used to attract global conferences to the city.

Tourism Industry Aotearoa expects its intrest-free loan scheme for adventure tourism operators to cost less than $80,000.

Wellington City Council has secured $1m from Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency to design four Innovating Streets pilots with the community.

The redevelopment of the Olympic pool in Gisborne Tairāwhiti will soon be under way.

The Government has announced funding for historic buildings as well as several long term Māori development projects.

Tourism businesses needing digital transformation support to adapt to a Covid-era market can now tap into the Government’s $20m digital capability funding.

Whanganui & Partners is encouraging businesses affected by Covid-19 to take advantage of the business support available.

The $19m support for Auckland and Northland from the Government’s Regional Events Fund was a welcome “shot in the arm”, says Auckland mayor Phil Goff.

Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Mutunga has gained a $48,144 grant for a range of work in the Taramoukou Conservation Area in the northern Taranaki.    

The investment would create 42 new jobs and enable native plants and wildlife to thrive in Wellington.

The Government will invest $8.5m to restore a historic reserve at Ruapekapeka Pā in the Far North.

The Government will invest up to $20m to redevelop Golden Bay’s Port Tarakohe.

Among the 200 events supported are Conventions & Incentives New Zealand’s MEETINGS

The Government has launched its Pasifika Festivals Initiative, which will provide funds to help Pasifika events recover from the impact of Covid-19.

The Central Otago Touring Route has won $76,500 in funding from the Government’s Low Emission Vehicles Contestable Fund.

Ruapehu District Council will receive $7.78m in Government funding to jump-start its Housing Options programme.

A new series of art awards has been created for the West Coast after more than $40,000 of funding from Creative New Zealand.

The project would see Kōpū developed as a centre of marine servicing operations across the Hauraki Gulf, and act as a connection for water-based tourism opportunities and a growing aquaculture industry.

The funding, over four years, was part of the Government’s $1.3bn Jobs for Nature programme.

Popular holiday destination Mangonui has been granted $6.5m for improvements.

The construction of the new Marlborough District Library and Art Gallery in Blenheim will go ahead after approval from the Marlborough District Council.

The $16m restoration of Wellington’s Metropolitan Cathedral of the Sacred Heart is underway thanks to an $8.5m contribution from the Government’s ‘shovel ready’ infrastructure fund.

The Government has granted $2m for development work at the Otorohanga Kiwi House in South Waikato.

From large aquariums to cycle rentals, both well-known and relatively obscure businesses have secured STAPP support.