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Te Korowai o Tāne

Planting our Place

We’ve got more native tree cover than any other urban area in Aotearoa and we’re a biodiversity hot-spot, but can we lead the country in being the first to hit 10 per cent urban green coverage?

NPDC’s Te Korowai o Tāne funds not-for-profit and community groups to plant native species on their own urban properties.

Through Planting our Place, we're working with mana whenua and community groups to plant 34ha of urban forest across the district over 20 years to help bring back native birdsong to our urban areas and make our place greener and healthier for our kids.

We already lead the country in green cover with almost nine per cent of our urban area in native trees.  Pushing it to more than 10 per cent will help us meet emissions targets as part of our Climate Action Framework as we lead the country in creating a greener future.

Each year Te Korowai o Tāne will have $15,000 to help groups with native planting.

Planting our Place

Applications are open from 1 July until 30 June each year.

Apply here

The fund is open to applications year round.

It is open to community and not-for-profit groups including schools, sports clubs, kōhanga reo, kindergartens, early childhood and play centres and marae.

Conditions:

 

Fund details
Application period
 Year-round
Funding length:
 One Year
Application process:
 Online
KPIs required:
 No
Funding contract:
 No
Payment Type
 To group/individual on invoice
Reporting:
 Photos of completed planting

Page last updated: 11:17am Tue 07 July 2026

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