A newsletter from the
The Authority Board has decided that
applications will close on 29 August
to allow funding decisions to be made
and communicated prior to the end of
the year.
As part of its funding
process, the Waikato River
Authority carries out an
annual review of its Funding
Strategy that is published
before each funding round.
This year the Strategy will be
subject to a comprehensive review.
Waikato River Authority co-chairs
Tukoroirangi Morgan and Hon John
Luxton say the Authority believes it
is timely to set tighter priorities in
regard to clean-up projects.
“We’ve been pleased to support a wide
range of projects in our first three
years of funding, but we now wish to
become more focused and provide
more direction to funding applicants.”
Among the areas the Authority is likely
to give prominence to as part of the
review of the Strategy include:
Reviewed
funding strategy
aims for tighter direction
M A R C H 2 0 1 4
Water Quality - A greater emphasis
on wetland projects and those
that deliver a direct and tangible
improvement in river water quality.
A Co-ordinated Approach
- Projects that form part of
multi year strategic plans
by applicants and that have
links to other catchment
projects.
Lower Waikato and Waipa
- Projects that impact positively and
directly on the Waipa River and lower
Waikato River, which are the areas that
are the most degraded.
In past years the Waikato River
Authority has had between $6 million
and $7 million available for Waikato
River clean-up projects. It is expected
that a similar amount will again be
available for the coming round.
Information on the 2014 Waikato River
Authority funding process will be
available on:
MESSAGE FROM
THE CE
The Authority has had a busy
start to 2014 as deeds of funding
(DoF) are developed, agreed and
executed between the latest
round’s successful recipients
and the Authority. These DoF
provide the detail that is required
once a project is approved by
the Authority. Matters such as a
project plan, cashflow forecast,
quality control, risk, and
communications may be included,
and essentially the DoF is a
contract for delivery of a service
or outcome.
In this newsletter you will read
that the Authority is looking
to apply a sharper focus on
the types of projects it funds.
This will be developed over the
next several funding rounds
but is an important signal to
our applicant community that
we are taking a more strategic
and long-term approach to the
funding we award. To date our
funding priorities have been
quite broad and the projects
funded have depended on what
is of most interest to applicants.
Over successive funding rounds
you will see our funding priorities
become more targeted to the
point where specific sites and/or
projects are announced
with a call for proposals
to complete related
projects.
The Waikato River near Whakamaru photographed in December 2013.
THE WAIKATO RIVER AUTHORITY WILL OPEN ITS 4TH FUNDING
ROUND FOR RIVER CLEAN-UP PROJECTS ON 1 JULY THIS YEAR
FOLLOWING A REVIEW OF ITS FUNDING STRATEGY.
“We aim to
provide more
direction
to funding
applicants.”
