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Resolution
number CCCCC/2025/28
MOVED by Chairperson
A Dalton, seconded by Cr R Hills:
That
the Community Committee:
a) whakaae / approve the allocation of
$731,000 for the 2024/2025 Regional Environment and Natural Heritage Grant
funding round (including the NETR top-up) to applicant projects as follows:
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Applicant
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Funding recommended for
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Local
board(s)
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Amount recommended
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EcoQuest
Centre for Indigeneity, Ecology and Creativity
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Coordinator
time to support Finding Franklin Bats project; iwi, community groups and
landowners collaborating to monitor long-tailed bats and deliver pest
control for bat protection.
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Franklin
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$45,300
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Pest
Free Kaipatiki Restoration Society Inc
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Support for two roles that enable the cost effective delivery
and community advice for the pest plant programme.
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Kaipātiki
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$85,000
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Waiheke
Native Plants Trust
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Field
worker time for Te Kākano o Waiheke project, ecosourcing, propagating
and distributing threatened plant species.
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Waiheke
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$11,600
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Karekare
Landcare Charitable Trust
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Coordinator
support for community-led control of pest plants and predators around
Karekare.
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Waitākere
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$29,000
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Urban
Ark - Manawa Taiao
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Coordinator
for Urban Ark - Manawa Taiao, supporting community-led weeding, trapping
and planting.
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Albert-Eden,
Puketāpapa, Waitematā
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$50,000
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The
C.R.E.S.T. (Clarks Beach, Rangiriri Creek, Elletts Beach, Seagrove,
Taihiki)
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Coordinator
and administration support for community-led pest animal control at high
value ecosystem sites.
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Franklin
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$38,000
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Ngāti
Rehua-Ngātiwai ki Aotea Trust Board
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Pou
Whenua Kaitiaki coordinator to support mana whenua-led conservation on
Aotea.
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Great
Barrier
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$50,000
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Waiheke
Collective
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Coordinator time for the Waiheke Collective network to support
community-led conservation groups across Waiheke.
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Waiheke
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$38,000
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Greenhithe
Community Trust
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Facilitator
time to deliver training and support to volunteers to control pest plants
and animals and restoration planting.
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Upper
Harbour
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$25,000
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Pest
Free South Auckland
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Coordinator
time to support community-led pest control, community engagement and the
annual moth plant pod competition.
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Māngere-Ōtāhuhu,
Manurewa, Ōtara-Papatoetoe, Papakura
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$25,400
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Pest
Free Coatesville
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Facilitator
time and operational costs to support Northwest Wildlink kiwi habitat
protection.
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Hibiscus
and Bays, Rodney, Upper Harbour
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$25,000
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Pou
Tangata Ngai Tai Ki Tamaki Community Development Trust
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Ngā
Tai e Rua Tūhononga coordinator time for mana whenua-led pest plant
and animal control at Motukaraka, Mangemangeroa and Cockle Bay.
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Franklin,
Howick
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$50,000
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Awhitu
Peninsula Landcare
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Pest
plant and stream health coordination services
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Franklin
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$38,000
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Pest
Free Howick Ward
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Contribution
towards project manager costs to strengthen group governance, enhance
community engagement and improve pest control activities and education
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Howick
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$26,900
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Protect
Piha Heritage Society Incorporated
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Coordinator
time for Pest Free Piha to support community-led pest control
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Waitākere
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$25,000
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Mataitai
Farm Trust
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Nursery
and operations manager time for Mataitai Nursery establishment, including
creation of biosecurity policies
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Franklin
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$29,000
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BirdCare
Aotearoa
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Coordinator
support for volunteers including training to help care for rescued native
birds
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Regionwide
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$29,000
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Whakaupoko
West Franklin landcare Inc
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Coordinator
and admin support to lead pest control and community engagement
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Franklin
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$25,000
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Pest
Free Kaukapakapa
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Coordinator
time to enable pest control, monitoring and restoration efforts supporting
ecological corridor for kiwi movement in Southern Rodney.
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Rodney
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$15,000
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Māngere
East Family Service
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Pest
Free capacity and capability building in collaboration with Pest Free South
Auckland
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Māngere-Ōtāhuhu
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$25,000
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Pest
Free Leigh - a project group of Leigh Community Club Incorporated
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Contractor
time to support continuation and consolidation of pest control programme
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Rodney
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$25,000
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Tai
Tū Moana
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Project
coordinator time to support community engagement, training and delivery of
Caulerpa seaweed control around Aotea
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Great
Barrier
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$15,000
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Beautification
Trust
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Casual
staff time to support local pest plant and animal control delivery and
community capability building
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Manurewa,
Papakura
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$5,800
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23
applicants
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Total
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$731,000
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b) tuhi
tīpoka / note the $973,800 in NETR-funded Community Coordination and
Facilitation Grant project allocations (approved by General Manager
Environmental Services) and the $1,222,268 general rates-funded water quality
and flood resilience funding project allocations (approved by General Manager
Healthy Waters and Flood Resilience); as follows:
Community Coordination and Facilitation Grant allocations
approved by the General Manager
Environmental Services
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Applicant
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Funding
recommended for
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Local
board(s)
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Amount allocated
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Shorebirds Trust
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Coordinator
for iwi-led predator control and restoration efforts around threatened Tara
Iti breeding sites.
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Rodney
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Y1 - $57,000.
Y2 - $51,000.
Y3 - $51,000.
Total - $159,000
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The
Forest Bridge Trust
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Operations
and coordinator support to expand targeted predator control and
biodiversity restoration initiatives protecting kiwi and other native
species.
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Rodney
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Y1 - $85,000
Y2 - $76,000
Y3 - $76,000
Total - $237,000
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Royal
Forest and Bird Protection Society Of New Zealand Inc
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Coordinator
for Pest Free Hibiscus Coast Backyard Trapping to expand predator control
and community engagement.
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Hibiscus
and Bays
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Y1 - $85,000
Y2 - $76,000
Y3 - $76,000
Total - $237,000
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Restoring
Takarunga Hauraki Charitable Trust
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Coordinator
support for community-led ecological restoration, pest control and
eco-education integrating mātauranga Māori and fostering
kaitiakitanga.
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Devonport-Takapuna
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Y1 - $29,000
Y2 - $26,000
Y3 - $26,000
Total - $81,000
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Motutapu
Restoration Trust
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Operations
manager and specialist support for ongoing weed control and restoration at
Home Bay, Motutapu Island.
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Waiheke
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Y1 - $38,000
Y2 - $26,000
Y3 - $26,000
Total - $90,000
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Te Ara Hikoi
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Coordinator and
manager support for community-led pest control expansion along the Tikapa
Moana coastline, protecting Hauraki Gulf islands and strengthening local
collaboration.
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Franklin
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Y1 - $58,800
Y2 - $52,000
Y3 - $52,000
Total - $162,800
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Eastern
Bays Songbird Project
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Coordinator
support for landscape-scale pest control and community engagement across
Eastern Bays, protecting key ecosystems and Hauraki Gulf pest-free islands.
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Maungakiekie-Tāmaki,
Ōrākei
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Y1 - $38,000
Y2 - $34,000
Y3 - $34,000
Total - $106,000
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Te
Ahiwaru Trust
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Coordinator
support enabling mana whenua-led ecological restoration at Ihumātao,
integrating mātauranga Māori, predator control and
whānau-led environmental monitoring.
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Māngere-Ōtāhuhu
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Y1 - $50,000
Y2 - $45,000
Y3 - $45,000
Total - $140,000
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Matuku
Link
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Coordinator
support to manage volunteer efforts in pest control, restoration planting
and community engagement to protect Te Henga wetland.
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Rodney,
Henderson-Massey, Waitākere Ranges, Whau
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Y1 - $29,000
Y2 - $20,000
Y3 - $20,000
Total - $69,000
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Tamahunga
Trappers Incorporated Society
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Support for
volunteer trapping, camera surveillance and live capture trapping to
protect kiwi and other threatened species on Mt Tamahunga.
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Rodney
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Y1 - $26,000
Y2 - $18,000
Y3 - $18,000
Total - $62,000
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Northern
New Zealand Seabird Charitable Trust
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Coordinator
support to oversee research, restoration and educational projects, while strengthening
stakeholder collaboration and iwi partnerships for seabird conservation in
Auckland and the Hauraki Gulf.
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Regionwide
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Y1 - $29,000
Y2 - $20,000
Y3 - $20,000
Total - $69,000
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Pest
Free Waitākere Ranges Alliance
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Coordinator support
and data analysis to improve predator control efforts and collaboration
across the Waitākere Ranges Heritage Area.
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Waitākere
Ranges
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Y1 - $32,000
Y2 - $28,000
Y3 - $28,000
Total - $88,000
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Upper
Waitematā Ecology Network
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Support
for core staff roles and essential equipment to deliver coordinated pest
control and ecological restoration across Upper Waitematā.
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Upper
Harbour
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Y1 - $38,000
Y2 - $26,000
Y3 - $26,000
Total - $90,000
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Motuihe
Trust
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Contribution
towards operational expenses to continue pest control, species monitoring,
restoration efforts and volunteer coordination on Motuihe Island
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Waitematā
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Y1 - $26,000
Y2 - $18,000
Y3 - $18,000
Total - $62,000
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Muriwai
Environmental Trust (MET)
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Coordinator
support for predator control, restoration planting and research initiatives
across Goldies Halo, Backyard Connections, Muriwai Penguin and Korowai
Dunes.
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Rodney
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Y1 - $29,000
Y2 - $20,000
Y3 - $20,000
Total - $69,000
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Community
Waitākere Charitable Trust
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Project
management support to coordinate citizen science bat surveys and community
engagement activities to aid. pekapeka/long-tailed bat conservation across
Auckland.
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Great Barrier,
Puketāpapa, Waitematā, Kaipātiki, Rodney, Upper Harbour,
Franklin, Henderson-Massey, Waitākere Ranges, Whau
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Y1 - $38,000
Y2 - $26,000
Y3 - $26,000
Total - $90,000
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Restore
Rodney East Incorporated
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Coordinator
support for Pest Free Mahurangi East project, aimed at a pest-free
peninsula and enhancing regional biodiversity connectivity.
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Rodney
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Y1 - $77,000
Y2 - $69,000
Y3 - $69,000
Total - $215,000
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Hihi
Conservation Charitable Trust
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Coordinator
support to help protection of hihi through training, monitoring, volunteer
coordination and iwi engagement at Tiritiri Matangi and Shakespear Open
Sanctuary.
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Hibiscus and
Bays
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Y1 - $25,000
Y2 - $12,000
Y3 - $12,000
Total - $49,000
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YMCA
North Incorporated - Te Wairoa River Restoration
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Restoration
manager support for pest control, restoration planting, water quality
monitoring, community engagement and establishment of nursery for the Te
Wairoa River catchment restoration project.
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Franklin
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Y1 - $38,000
Y2 - $19,000
Y3 - $19,000
Total - $76,000
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South
Titirangi Neighbourhood Network Charitable Trust
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Support
for coordinator and communications to expand predator control efforts and
grow wider community engagement across South Titirangi.
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Waitākere
Ranges
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Y1 - $29,000
Y2 - $20,000
Y3 - $20,000
Total - $69,000
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Oruawharo
Medlands Ecovision (OME)
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Coordinator
support to engage the community in predator control and ecological
restoration on Aotea/Great Barrier Island.
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Great
Barrier
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Y1 - $29,000
Y2 - $20,000
Y3 - $20,000
Total - $69,000
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Friends
of Te Wairoa
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Support
for a community coordinator and pest control technicians to expand pest
control efforts and willow eradication across the Wairoa catchment.
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Franklin
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Y1 - $38,000
Y2 - $26,000
Total - $64,000
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Koina
Te Ao - Love the Planet Limited
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Support
for kaitiaki to install and maintain traplines on Māori-owned land at
South Head to protect matuku-hūrepo habitat.
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Rodney
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Y1 - $50,000
Y2 - $45,000
Total - $95,000
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Y1 (2024/2025)
23 applicants
Y2
(2025/2026) 23 applicants
Y3
(2026/2027) 21 applicants
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Total
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Y1 – $973,800
Y2 – $773,000
Y3 - $702,000
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Water quality and flood resilience grant allocations
approved by the General Manager
Healthy Waters and Flood Resilience
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Applicant
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Funding recommended for
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Local Board(s)
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Amount allocated
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Nga Kaitiaki Hapori o Pourewa The Community Guardians of Pourewa
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Coordination support for restoration of Pourewa Valley catchment.
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Ōrākei
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$56,000
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Pupuke
Birdsong Project
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Two
key roles to support community coordination and restoration efforts
contributing to healthier local waterways.
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Devonport-Takapuna
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$106,000
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RiverCare
Group Te Wai o Pareira
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Coordinator
role to support advocacy and restoration efforts in Te Wai o Pareira and
Harbourview-Orangihina, aimed at improving water quality.
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Henderson-Massey
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$59,663
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Takatu
LandCare Group Inc
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Part-time
community coordinator to lead collaboration and ecological restoration of
Omaha Estuary with a focus on improving water quality.
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Rodney
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$38,600
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Royal
Forest & Bird Protection Society, Hauraki islands Branch
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Support riparian
planting and ecological restoration across three Waiheke Island reserves
with a focus on improving water quality and catchment health.
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Waiheke
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$30,813
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Kaipātiki
Project Incorporated
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Monitoring
and restoration of threatened freshwater mussel populations (kākahi)
to enhance freshwater ecosystem health and water quality.
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Hibiscus
and Bays, Kaipātiki, Rodney, Franklin, Howick, Waitākere Ranges
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$47,862
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Friends
of Awa Matakanakana Catchment Inc (FOAM)
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Coordinator and
two riparian planting and fencing projects on private land to improve water
quality.
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Rodney
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$52,162
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Te
Kohuroa Rewilding Initiative a project of Restore Rodney East
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Community
coordinator to support marine and freshwater habitat restoration programme.
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Rodney
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$62,100
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Waiheke
Resources Trust
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Support for
coordinator and wetland restoration efforts including community engagement
to protect key wetland habitats on Waiheke Island.
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Waiheke
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$75,000
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Whangateau
HarbourCare Group (Inc)
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Catchment
facilitator role and two community riparian restoration projects and
maintaining community engagement in the Whangateau catchment.
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Rodney
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$59,457
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Mahurangi
West Pest
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Coordinator
role to support wetland and freshwater habitat restoration initiatives
improving water quality.
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Rodney
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$28,395
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Restore
Hibiscus and Bays
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Maintain
four core staff roles essential for community engagement, ecological
restoration and water quality improvement efforts.
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Hibiscus
and Bay
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$154,368
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Otara Waterways
and Lake Trust
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Community
coordinator role to support stream restoration and improve water quality in
the southern Tamaki Makaurau area.
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Howick,
Ōtara-Papatoetoe
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$65,305
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Arapārera
Community Catchment Society Incorporated
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Two
part-time catchment coordinators and establishment of nursery to engage the
community in stream restoration and water quality improvement in the
Arapārera catchment.
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Rodney
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$61,367
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Conservation
Volunteers New Zealand
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Coordinator,
field staff and native plant nursery to restore the Papakura Stream,
improving water quality and enhance biodiversity across the catchment.
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Franklin,
Manurewa, Papakura
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$178,116
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Mountains
to Sea Conservation Trust - Freshwater and Marine programmes
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Support
for expert coordinators in delivering freshwater and marine education,
hands-on projects and community conservation efforts to improve water
quality and habitats across Auckland.
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Regionwide
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$87,620
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Auckland
King Tides Initiative
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Coordination,
monitoring and community events focused on climate action, habitat
restoration and futureproofing coastal and riparian zones in response to
sea level rise.
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Maungakiekie-Tāmaki,
Ōrākei, Waitematā, Devonport-Takapuna, Hibiscus and Bays,
Kaipātiki, Upper Harbour, Howick, Māngere-Ōtāhuhu,
Papakura, Waitākere Ranges, Whau
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$29,440
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Tāmaki
Estuary Protection Society (TEPS)
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Coordinator
for the Tamaki Estuary Protection Society to enhance administrative
capacity, community collaboration and delivery of ecological restoration
projects.
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Maungakiekie-Tāmaki,
Ōrākei, Howick, Māngere-Ōtāhuhu,
Ōtara-Papatoetoe
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$30,000
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18 applicants
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Total
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$1,222,268
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CARRIED
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