More grants for Northland

Moerewa’s He Iwi Kotahi Tatou Trust ($293,955), the Centre at Kerikeri Ltd ($50,000), Te Pokapu¯ Tiaki Taiao o Te Tai Tokerau Trust (Far North Environment Centre, $39,000), the Bay of Islands Arts Festival Trust ($75,000) and Te Hua o te Kawariki Trust (Hokianga, $653,439), were amongst the recipients of the latest round of Foundation North grants.

More than $3 million was allocated to community organisations and initiatives around Northland.

“We’re keen to support initiatives that will achieve positive outcomes for children and young people, and disrupt intergenerational disadvantage,” chief executive Jennifer Gill said. “Our grants to Auckland and Northland community organisations and initiatives are likely to total around $35 million in this financial year, and around half a billion dollars over the next 15 years.

“We want to be responsive to the rapid and complex demographic and social change we’re seeing in our communities, building on the strengths and aspirations of those communities to create positive social change of benefit to the entire region.”