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09 August 2023, 1:40 PM
Horizons Regional Council is pleased to announce 36 community projects have been awarded funding through the Kanorau Koiora Taketake – Indigenous Biodiversity Community Grant and Pūtea Hapori Urupare Āhuarangi - Community Climate Response Fund this year.
Horizons chair Rachel Keedwell says she is pleased that Horizons can provide support to communities with initiatives for biodiversity and climate change. “The impacts of climate change is intertwined with impacts on our native biodiversity, and it makes sense that we have grants to cover both these areas,” she says. “We are in the middle of a biodiversity crisis so we welcome actions that help people to look after our taonga that make Aotearoa New Zealand so unique. Our Kanorau Koiora Taketake – Indigenous Biodiversity Community Grant is one way we can achieve this. “Cyclone Gabrielle has made it really clear that helping communities become more resilient to the effects of the climate is essential. Our Pūtea Hapori Urupare Āhuarangi - Community Climate Response Fund is a way to kick start action at the grass roots level. “This year we received a record number of applications region wide across the two funds, and my only disappointment is we don’t have enough to fund them all,” says Cr Keedwell. Applications received are reviewed and decisions for final funding is made by a councillor panel. This year a total of $341,774 has been awarded from the two funds which includes six multi-year projects from previous years. “We look forward to seeing the outcomes of these projects and watching our communities build their capacity to take action on topics where it really will make a difference,” says Cr Keedwell. The 27 successful projects for the Horizons Regional Council’s 2023 Kanorau Koiora Taketake – Indigenous Biodiversity Community Grant are: