3 x Articles - Fisheries Grants, Marae Grant, Te Rauparaha

[Kiwi Frontline]

FISHERIES GRANTS AVAILABLE

Northland Māori can apply for funds to promote and advance freshwater fisheries development, research and education. Te Wai Māori Trust is now accepting applications for the Wai Ora Fund for 2019. The purpose of the Wai Ora Fund is to enable iwi and Māori to obtain funding to promote and advance freshwater fisheries development, research and education. This year, a total of $250,000 has been made available for projects.

Since 2014, Te Wai Māori has supported 35 projects through the Wai Ora Fund and provided over $1.4 million in funding......

www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-advocate/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503450&objectid=12211646

[Kiwi Frontline]

INVERCARGILL MARAE MEMBER CONCERNED ABOUT COMMUNITY FUNDING CHANGES

A member of a small Invercargill marae has raised concerns about how the potential changes to the Community Organisations Grant Schemes funding allocation will affect their community.

Community Organisations Grant Scheme is the Department of Internal Affairs funding scheme for community organisations.

Nga Hau E Wha Marae have received funding from COGS for 10 years and last year received $4000 from the scheme......

www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/111195180/invercargill-marae-member-concerned-about-community-funding-changes

[Kiwi Frontline]

HISTORY AWARD TO HELP TE RAUPARAHA BIO TRANSLATION

 Zealand History Award grant to prepare a new bilingual edition of Tamihana Te Rauparaha’s biography of Te Rauparaha.

The pukapuka one of the only full-length biographies written in te reo Maori in the nineteenth century.

Ten awards were given this year, with grants ranging from $12,000 to just over $4000.

Historian Vincent O’Malley received a $12,000 to work on a book about The New Zealand wars.

www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_news/MjEyNjY/Breakfast%20with%20Dale/History-award-to-help-Te-Rauparaha-bio-translation