Tāngata Whenua and Catchment Fund
Northland Regional Council’s Tāngata Whenua and Catchment Fund supports tāngata whenua and catchment groups with projects that improve the quality of freshwater in Te Taitokerau.
Expressions of interest are open from 1 April to 31 May 2025.
You can submit online or by getting in touch with one of our land management team after 1 April.
After expressions of interest close in May, projects that meet the funding criteria will be contacted by a member of our Land Management team to go over your project before it goes to the decision-making panel in July.
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1 April 2025Expressions of interest open
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31 May 2025Expressions of interest close
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June 2025If your expression of interest meets the funding criteria, a land management advisor will contact you about next steps
Funding is available where:
- the applicant is an established legal or operational tāngata whenua entity such as a marae committee, hapū trust, Iwi Authority, or a consultant contracted to act on the entity’s behalf; or
- the applicant is an established legal or operational community or catchment group.
Two types of expressions of interest can be made:
- A single-year project can receive up to $40,000 excluding GST. spent within a single year.
- A multi-year project can receive up to $60,000 split up over up to three years to the value of $20,000 maximum per year (e.g. year 1: 20,000, year 2: $20,000, year 3: $20,000).
The Tāngata Whenua and Catchment Fund is aimed at supporting freshwater initiatives through a wide range of project types. Below are the types of projects that this fund can support and examples of actions:
Project type | Example of actions |
Professional services |
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Engagement and awareness |
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Support for kaitiaki engagement |
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Training |
To develop skills directly linked with catchment management initiatives, e.g.:
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On the ground mahi |
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If you are a landowner in the Kaipara catchment your funding stream has moved from the Northland Regional Council to the new Kaipara Moana Remediation (KMR) Programme.
For information about the grants and funding available through the KMR Programme, and to register your interest, visit: kmr.org.nz/funding
If you have any questions about the fund or want to talk to someone about your project before applying, please get in touch with our land management team.
We can help clarify eligibility for funding and take you through the process.