DON’T MISS DIVIDEND

Auckland’s 327,000 Entrust beneficiaries can expect to receive a $350 dividend payment in late September. Entrust owns 75 per cent of power company Vector on behalf of Aucklanders and distributes dividends to households. Entrust chairman William Cairns said the dividend amount would increase this year, even though there had been an increase in beneficiaries in the Entrust district who were entitled to a dividend. The Entrust district includes beneficiaries in Auckland, Manukau, northern Papakura and eastern Franklin. The dividend would boost Auckland’s economy by more than $110 million, Cairns said. Entrust’s majority shareholding in Vector, and has contributed more than $1 billion to Auckland since Entrust, formerly known as the Auckland Energy Consumer Trust, was formed in 1993.

WASTE REDUCTION REWARDED

Grants of up to $50,000 are available for great ideas to reduce waste from Auckland Council’s ‘zero-waste’ fund, open for the month of September. The fund rewards innovation, with more than $2.6 million allocated to nearly 300 projects since it started in 2013. It encourages Aucklanders to find new ways to help achieve Auckland’s ambition to become zero waste by 2040. Apply at www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/ wmif or email aucklandwastefund@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz. Auckland Council’s waste minimisation fund is funded through a levy of $10 per tonne on all waste sent to landfill. The fund provides up to $500,000 a year to seed innovative waste ideas.

BATTEN ARTEFACTS DONATED

Motat recently accepted a donation of additional Jean Batten artefacts from Auckland Airport. The exchange took place in the lower level of what was originally known as the Pioneers of Aviation building at Motat, a building officially opened by Jean Batten in 1977. The donated items include Batten’s signature white leather flying cap, planisphere, stopwatch, photographs and the engine and flying log books from her Percival Gull aircraft.