Funding and grants
Manaaki urupā karāti

Manaaki urupā grant

The purpose of the Manaaki Urupā Grant is to partially cover the annual costs incurred by urupā owners/trustees in the on-going care of their urupā.

To be eligible for the grant, an urupā must be:
a) Within the New Plymouth District; and
b) Located on:

  • land designated a māori reservation under section 338 of the Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 for the purposes of an urupā; or
  • māori freehold land; or
  • general freehold land in māori ownership.

 

The grant can go towards activities directly related to the care of the urupā including but not limited to the following:

  • repair and maintain gateways, fences, footpaths, etc
  • maintain, clean, repair and restore headstones, install berms, etc
  • maintain, repair or replace existing ground maintenance equipment
  • maintain, repair or improve pedestrian and vehicular access and parking
  • maintain urupā lawns, hedges, trees, etc., and remove green waste.

 

The grant cannot be used for:

  • establishing new urupā
  • multiple-year projects
  • payment of salaries, wages, commission, fees, etc
  • protection - and capital-related (one-off) activities, etc.

 

This grant will open to applications again 1 February 2023 to 31 March 2023.

 

Apply for a Manaaki Urupā Grant

Page last updated: 02:22PM Wed 30 March 2022

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