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applied for. Where the Trust does not award all available funds it will consider how funds may
be applied to future funding rounds.
The timing for this round of funding is:
• Funding round opens for applications 15 June 2015
• Funding applications close 14 August 2015
• Decisions announced to successful applicants in November 2015
• Deeds of Funding completed by 18 December 2015 (the Trust reserves the right to
withdraw funding from applicants not able to complete the Deed of Funding as required)
• Funds distributed following completion of Deeds of Funding.
The Trust is open to funding a range of projects at different scales and over varying time frames
This could include one-of short term projects as well as projects taking up to five years, all to
be funded from the current funding round.
All applications for funding must be completed using the application portal available on the
Authority’s website .
1.4 Background documents to support applications
Applicants may find the following documents useful background in preparing applications:
• The Waikato-Tainui Raupatu Claims (Waikato River) Settlement Act 2010 and the Waikato
Tainui Environmental Plan
• The Ngati Tuwharetoa, Raukawa and Te Arawa River iwi Waikato River Act 2010
• The Nga Wai o Maniapoto (Waipa River) Act 2012 and He Mahere Taiao - The Maniapoto iwi
Environmental Management Plan 2007
• The Vision and Strategy for the Waikato River
• The Waikato River Independent Scoping Study.
These documents are available online at along with a list of previously
funded projects. Applicants should also consider the priorities identified within the various
River iwi (Tuwharetoa, Te Arawa, Raukawa, Waikato-Tainui, and Maniapoto) environmental
management plans and associated environmental prioritisation documents (e.g. Maniapoto
Priorities for the Restoration of the Waipa River Catchment), as well as other catchment focused
restoration strategies when developing their application.
1.5 Ten year Goal
The Authority and Trust have a ten year goal to protect the Waikato River and its catchment
from a further decline to its health and wellbeing.
The Clean-up Trust has set a ten year Goal – the ‘Goal’ – in relation to the ongoing decline in the
health and wellbeing of the river. The Trust anticipates this goal will guide funding decisions.
This will also help ensure funding rounds are integrated, so that annually funded projects
cohesively and logically work towards achievement of the Goal. Progress against the Goal will
be continually reviewed and the funding priorities may change over time to reflect the outcome
of these reviews.
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