Ngā Take Hapori
Issue 31 / Winter 2009
These boots are made for marchin’
Mō te rangatū ēnei kamupūtu
Gumboot Grans stepping out
Kua puta ēnei Gumboot City Grans
These retired women of Taihape are
not the types to sit around at home
twiddling their thumbs. They are more
likely to be out marching – stepping
out in unison, keeping eyes right and
arms held tight by their sides until …
the whistle blows, and they all turn
a sharp 180 degrees and move off
smartly in the opposite direction.
They call themselves the Gumboot City
Grans and they say marching is a great
sport which keeps them fit and
mentally alert.
The Gumboot City Grans were formed
in 1995 after a team of ‘mature’
marching ladies from Marton came to
town and put on a demonstration. The
locals were impressed, and marching
joined gumboot-throwing as a Taihape
pastime.
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The group has an 80-year-old and a
84-year-old within its ranks, and some
members who suffer from arthritis.
These women find the gentle exercise
of weekly practices just what the
doctor ordered – brisk walking, arm
swinging, good posture, breathing and
the memory benefits of learning drill
combinations.
The Gumboot City Grans on parade at
last year’s nationals, held at Bluff
It’s also great for social wellbeing, says
coach Barbara Anderson. “It keeps the
women active in their community.
They make friendships and have a lot
of fun.”
Financial support from the Community
Organisation Grants Scheme (COGS) has
enabled the Gumboot Grans to venture
out of Taihape to marching events
further afield. More than 1000 ‘mature’
ladies throughout New Zealand making
up 100 teams are involved in leisure
marching.
Though it is a non-competitive
movement, there is plenty of regional
pride involved. The big events of the
year for the Taihape marchers are the
national competition and the North
Island competitions. And, of course, the
Grans are a fixture on Gumboot Day.
In March, they travelled to Wellington for
the nationals, at which there were 900
participants, and in September they are
off to the North Island event, to be held
on Auckland’s North Shore.
The various events in the leisure
marching calendar, hosted by local teams
throughout the country, comprise a
march-past parade and individual team
routines, winding up with a serpentine or
maze march featuring all teams.
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COGS medallist
Keeping track
Brave and bold
Pacific
development
Strong leadership for tough times
Ārahitanga kaha mō ngā wā uaua
Five people, all recognised in their
respective areas for their voluntary
services, have been elected to the
National Community Organisation
Grants Scheme (COGS) Committee.
Referring to the global recession,
Minister Turia said that the National
Committee’s leadership and
commitment would be more important
than ever.
The Committee (NCC) is responsible
for the governance of COGS funding,
which is available for not-for-profit
organisations that provide community
services.
"Our communities are in a time of
high need given the current economic
recession and it's pleasing to know
there's strong leadership among the
new committee members,” she said.
The new Committee members, who
were elected in April by the 37 COGS
voluntary local distribution committees
(LDCs) throughout New Zealand, are:
”COGS is a well recognised and
important source of money for many of
our community groups, and as funding
shortfalls continue to unfold, it will
become valued even more."
Last year, $14 million of COGS funding
was distributed to 3603 community
organisations. Most grants were $3,000
or less to help with running costs
such as rent, travel, volunteer and
administration expenses. Groups can
apply via the Grants Online website
(www.cdgo.govt.nz).
s Sandra Terewi QSM JP Whanganui/
Waimarino/Rangitikei LDC
s Sue King – Hauraki LDC
s Sumaria Beaton – Southland LDC
s Carl Pederson – Kahungunu ki
Heretaunga LDC
s Brent Maru – Nelson Bays LDC
Carl Pederson and Brent Maru
are new to the Committee. The
others were re-elected.
Community and Voluntary
Sector Minister Tariana Turia
attended a dinner in May to
acknowledge the outgoing
members of NCC, and welcome
the incoming members.
Photo: MANAWATU STANDARD
The new COGS National Committee, from left,
Brent Maru, Sumaria Beaton, Sandra Terewi,
Sue King and Carl Pederson, stands behind their
minister, Tariana Turia
Queen’s honour for COGS worker
He hōnore Kuini mō te wahine COGS
Congratulations to Te Uira Graham
Kerehoma on being appointed a
Companion of the Queen’s Service.
Te Uira, a member of the COGS
(Community Organisation Grants
Scheme) Manawatu / Horowhenua Local
Distribution Committee, received the
honour for her more than 50 years of
service to Māori and her community.
“I’m just an ordinary person,” said the
73-year-old Levin great-grandmother. “I
feel really honoured to get the award.”
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Te Uira Graham Kerehoma, a tireless worker
for her community
Te Uira believes education is the way to
empower people. When she was little,
her grandmother made sure she never
missed a day of school.
Consequently, getting Māori parents
involved in their children’s education has
been one of her lifelong interests.
When Te Uira is not helping and
mentoring others, she relaxes by weaving
her korowai (cloak with feathers) and
sculpting in Oamaru stone.
On song for the seniors
Kua umere ngā mātāpūputu
The Johnsonville RSA Entertainers are a
group of about 35 mainly retired men
and women who put on concerts for
senior citizens.
Accompanied by a pianist, they
perform songs from popular shows in
a programme interspersed with jokes
from Master of Ceremonies Hugh
Philbert, who is also the troupe’s
musical director.
The Johnsonville Entertainers perform
throughout the Wellington region, but
once a year they try to take their show
to other areas.
Last year, with help from the Lottery
Wellington / Wairarapa Community
Committee by way of a $4,900 grant,
the troupe toured the Manawatu,
entertaining groups of seniors
at community halls, rest homes,
retirement villages and RSA venues.
Julie Watson, one of the troupers, who
also doubles as the group’s secretary,
says it is always rewarding to see the
enjoyment on the faces of their elderly
audiences.
She says they always draw a big
audience at their rest home shows.
The Johnsonville RSA Entertainers
“One of the home’s activities officers
told us that one of the residents, a bit
of a loner who was difficult to reach
and never usually wanted to join in
any activities, always sidled in to listen
to the Johnsonville Entertainers. She
said he had even been caught smiling
during a performance.”
One of the troupe entertains at a rest home
Pendants ease the worry of Alzheimer's
Nā ēnei kohei e tau ai ngā āwangawanga
New technology makes this a worry of
the past. A simple device, which looks
like a pendant but is actually a tracking
device, can be worn around the neck of
the person with Alzheimer’s.
Thanks to a $2,500 grant from the
Lottery Outdoor Safety Committee,
Turangi Search and Rescue was able to
buy four of these pendants for use by
people in the town.
Turangi man Ted Quinton, who is in the
early stages of Alzheimer’s, has had a
pendant since late last year and he and
his wife Eileen say it gives them peace
of mind.
If a person with a pendant goes
missing, police are notified and can
track them through the pendant
number and its particular frequency.
Search and Rescue staff say these
pendants can save a lot of time and
effort, as well as worry.
Alzheimer’s sufferer Ted Quinton and wife Eileen feel more
secure knowing rescuers could track him via his pendant
if he forgets his way home
Photo: TURANGI CHRONICLE
One of the biggest worries for the
families of Alzheimer’s sufferers is that
their loved one may wander off and go
missing.
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Rotorua
Coastguard
launches new
patrol boat
Kua whakarewatia te waka o
Rotorua Coastguard
Coastguard New Zealand is a voluntary
organisation and our main maritime search
and rescue service. For anyone in trouble in
the water, the sight of a Coastguard vessel
is very welcome indeed.
Rotorua Lakes division of the Coastguard
was recently able to replace its old rescue
vessel with a state-of-the-art boat, thanks
to funding from the Lottery Outdoor Safety
Committee.
The Ruahine Cadets skills team with their tutors (at either end) and the Fitness Trophy they won at the annual New
Zealand Cadet Forces competition
Finding success through Cadets
Te rapu arutau i ngā Āpiha Tauira
Cadets is a youth leadership training
organisation with a military flavour,
created from a partnership between the
New Zealand Defence Force and the
community.
The Ruahine Cadet Unit (RCU), based
in Waipukurau, in Central Hawke’s Bay,
has about 40 teenagers, boys and girls,
in its corps. It aims to provide a safe
environment in which young people
can develop as individuals and gain a
sense of self-worth and integrity.
Activities at the RCU are run by
local volunteers, led by Captain Ray
Chapman, who says the unit has helped
distract a number of its youthful
members from gang involvement,
crime, drugs and alcohol. There are
many gang problems in the area.
In the past 12 years, about 37 Ruahine
Cadet graduates have gone on to join
the armed forces, turning away from
the gang path.
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A Community Organisation Grants
Scheme (COGS) award of $6,000
enabled the RCU to extend its training
and activities, thus creating more
opportunities for the rangatahi (young
people) of the district.
The RCU has had quite a bit of success
lately. Thanks to the COGS grant, the
unit has been able to send nine of its
cadets to courses at Linton Army Camp,
Ohakea Air Base and Waiouru Army
Base.
All nine qualified, some with honours
or distinction. One cadet, who went to
Waiouru for an outdoor leaders’ course,
passed with distinction. The course also
enables NCEA points to be gained.
The cadets help out in their community
by repainting over tagging, assisting
with Poppy Day and transporting old
soldiers to Anzac parades.
At the launch, MV Rotorua II, Coastguard
Rotorua Lakes project manager Elton
Ngawhika acknowledged the support of the
Lottery Grants Board and said the Rotorua
II would greatly enhance his organisation’s
rescue ability.
The flash new Coast Design Orca vessel is
bigger than the 12-year-old boat it replaces
and is faster and more fuel-efficient. It is
equipped with updated electronics and is
more manoeuvrable and comfortable for
crew.
“It’s a strong, robust vessel and a lot of time
and planning has gone into ensuring it suits
the requirements of Coastguard Rotorua
Lakes. It will make a significant difference
to our response times and ultimately the
safety of those who use the lakes,” Mr
Ngawhika said.
The Orca joins a smaller 4.5-metre boat,
which is used by the Rotorua Lakes
Coastguard for river and shallow water
rescues.
The Coastguard services 22 lakes in the
Rotorua district including Lakes Rotorua,
Tarawera, Rotoiti and Okataina.
The RCU is proud of its high-achieving
cadets, and tutor Ray Chapman says
their success would not have been
possible without COGS funding.
The flash new patrol vessel with the Lottery Grants Board
at the top of its sponsor logos
Knitters and natters
Ngā kaiwhati me ngā ngutu kuia
The golden years of life can be less so
for some women who may be widows or
whose family may be living elsewhere or
who just have fewer comings and goings
in their lives than before.
For the orphans, who have nothing of
their own, these are precious.
With a grant of $1,500 from
the Lottery Waikato Community
Committee, Operation Cover-Up has
been able to replenish its empty wool
cupboard and carry on the good work
of keeping seniors involved in their
community and keeping orphans warm.
In the town of Cambridge, in the
Waikato, Operation Cover-Up organises
a fortnightly get-together of about
80, mainly elderly, knitters in a church
lounge to knit blankets for orphans of
Romania, Moldova and Ukraine.
The women love the companionship and
being able to do something useful for
others. It gets them out and socialising.
“It gives me a reason to get up in the
morning,” one of the knitters said.
The group is comprised mainly of elderly
women, but there are some younger
women who, because of disability,
need the care of living in a rest home.
The knitting get-togethers give them
something to do.
Twice a year there is a special morning
tea and a colourful display of all the
blankets, which are 1.8 x 1.3 metres and
comprise peggy squares and strips.
The knitting group has viewed, and been
deeply moved by, DVDs of the children
each receiving their own special blanket.
Some of the ladies with their beautiful blankets
Kapiti all-weather sports ground opens
Kua tuwhera te papa tākaro waihanga o Kāpiti
Thanks to funding of $570,000 from
the Lottery Community Facilities Fund,
the Kapiti Coast now has a synthetic
multi-sports surface on Mazengarb
Reserve. The new $1.8 million sports
facility was launched on 20 March
with support from Kapiti Coast District
Council and the region’s communities.
MP for Otaki Nathan Guy – who has
since become Minister of Internal
Affairs – attended the opening of the
facility.
“This sports field is now an even greater
asset to the people of the Kapiti Coast
and the greater Wellington region.
This fantastic facility is being used for
hockey, soccer, kids’ cricket and the odd
game of touch rugby at any time day
or night,” Mr Guy said.
The Lottery Community Facilities Fund
makes grants to organisations for
projects to build or improve community
facilities. Funding is provided for
community facilities that support
participation in community activities
and social interaction, to foster
cohesion and strengthen communities.
The Fund’s main emphasis is on
supporting facilities that are open for
use by the wider community or that
can be used for a range of activities.
Hockey action on the opening day of the Kapiti turf field
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Broadwood building up its community stores
Te waihanga haere i ōna pokapū hapori i Broadwood
Broadwood, 40 kilometres southwest of
Kaitaia, has a school, an A and P hall,
two churches and a fire station. Town is
an hour away and there is not a lot for
young people to do.
Hoping to fix that, some energetic local
volunteers have been renovating an
old Dalgety’s store to serve as a gym
so younger Broadwoodians can have a
place to go and let off some youthful
steam.
With support from the Lottery
Northland Community Committee
by way of a $29,645 grant, the old
building, which will also serve as a
community centre, has been re-roofed
and re-wired, and is now waterproof.
However, Tony Clutterbuck, chairman
of the Broadwood Resource Centre, says
it is a work in progress – it
still has to be lined and have keep-fit
machinery installed.
The Centre’s secretary, Catherine
Murray, has been a secondary school
PE teacher, and the plan is that she will
design some suitably challenging gym
programmes for young people.
In the meantime, she is running keepfit classes at the Centre for ladies of
all ages – one of the participants is 75
years old.
The restored building is going to be
much more than a gym. It will also
serve as a venue for locals and residents
of surrounding communities to gather
and to hold meetings.
Treasurer Susie Douglas says the
Broadwood community is good at
pulling together. One of its successes
Broadwood women keep fit in their new community centre
was raising enough money for a fire
shed to house a fire engine.
With help from the Community
Organisation Grants Scheme, the
Resource Centre puts out a monthly
newsletter to 160 homes to let
them know what’s going on in their
community.
“We want our community to function
and to flourish,” says Susie.
Opening of dementia centre ‘a milestone’
He ‘tohu nui’ te tuwheratanga o te pokapū mō te hunga mate taipāpā
In years gone by, people who suffered
from dementia were shut away in rest
homes and seldom saw the light of day.
Marlborough now boasts one of
New Zealand’s first purpose-built
dementia community day care centres.
These days, Alzheimer’s, probably the
most common form of dementia, is
recognised as a disease.
Situated in Blenheim, the Alzheimer’s
Marlborough Centre, which opened
this year, is the product of years of
planning, hard work and fund-raising
by Alzheimer’s Society Marlborough
and the people of the area.
Dementia sufferers are no longer
shamed and shut away by their
families; no longer thought of as
‘having gone mad’.
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Efforts are made to provide sufferers
of this perplexing condition with
something interesting to do in pleasant
and safe surroundings.
The people with dementia can enjoy
recreational activities and each other’s
company, and their family and friends get
some time out and educational support.
One woman, whose mother attends the
Centre frequently, says: “She absolutely
loves it, and her going there gives me a
little bit of my life back.”
The Society has also had funding
support from the Lottery National
Community Committee.
The Centre is proving a hit with the
region’s dementia sufferers and their
families.
The brand new Alzheimer's Marlborough Centre
Supergrans giving
back home skills
Arrowtown Autumn Festival
E tuku ana ngā kuia hautipua i
ō rātau pūkenga kāinga
New Zealand society has changed greatly
since the 1970s and housekeeping skills
seem to have been lost along the way.
Quaint Arrowtown, founded in 1862
during the gold rush, celebrates its rich
heritage every autumn with a 10-day
festival. It draws town and country
together and also attracts visitors from
outside the region.
Learning how to cook, sew and do minor
repairs used to be compulsory at school.
These skills were passed down from
generation to generation in an era when
there were fewer single-parent families
and mothers tended not to work outside
the home.
This is the ideal time of the year for
the town to show itself off – the vivid
orange and russet-coloured leaves
of the oak and sycamore trees on
the main street and the pale-yellow
19th-century stone cottages reflect the
town’s origins of gold.
These days, many adults have no idea
how to budget, cook for a family or put
down a garden. And in today’s world of
only-children and smaller families, kids
no longer learn how to look after babies
and toddlers as a matter of course.
This year, 2009, was the 25th
anniversary of the Arrowtown Autumn
Festival. It was a great success, drawing
a crowd of 8000.
Supergrans Manawatu, with funding
support from Lottery Manawatu /
Whanganui Community Committee and
the Community Organisation Grants
Scheme, has been helping people brush
up on the basic skills needed to provide
for themselves and their families.
The aim is to pass on the good tips these
volunteer women of a certain age have
learned from their life experiences.
Through one-on-one mentoring,
Supergrans help people to help
themselves in menu planning and basic
cooking, household hygiene, clothes
repairs, housekeeping and gardening.
Te Taiopenga Mahuru o Arrowtown
There was a huge range of events,
including parades, a ball, variety shows,
an art exhibition, cooking shows with
TV chef Richard Till, musicals, a fashion
show, an artists and authors day, Fun
on Bikes for kids, gold panning, a free
afternoon tea for senior citizens, and a
parade of bridal clothes from the 1800s
to the present day.
Something for the whole family, or,
as organiser Julie Hughes, put it: “We
cater for all, from Plunket to Probus.”
A $5,000 grant from the Lottery Otago
/ Southland Committee helped the
A soapbox performer at the festival entertains the crowds
town put on this popular event.
Julie says Lottery funding is vital for
the community-based festival. “The
Arrowtown Autumn Festival allows
individuals and groups a chance to
showcase their talents and provides
a chance for the whole community
to come together to celebrate our
wonderful autumn colours."
Local non-profit groups capitalise on
the festival crowds. Schools and other
community organisations hold stalls
and white elephant sales. For many it is
their major fundraiser for the year.
“Without funding, we would have to
start charging the public for events
that we have run free in the past –
things like the senior citizens’ free
afternoon tea, the guided walks and
kids’ workshops,” says Julie.
Arrowtown Volunteer Fire Brigade with Firewise mascots
Flint and Amber
Manager Kim Penny says volunteers do
not need to train; they come as they
are. “We want the life skills they already
have.”
People seeking help from Supergrans
are often referred by social workers,
are generally under 30 and are mostly
mothers or young families under stress.
But some students ask for help, too.
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Supergrans pass on baking skills to a new generation
Digging up the past
Te keri ake i te ao ō mua
If you think you’ve dug up an artefact
from another era of our country’s
fascinating history, you can now
check instantly to see if you are on an
archaeological site.
The Community Partnership Fund aims
to build skills and capabilities in New
Zealand communities where access
to information and communications
technology is limited.
These sites are now online thanks
to $460,000 from the Community
Partnership Fund, a Crown fund
administered by the Local Government
and Community Branch of the
Department of Internal Affairs.
The New Zealand Archaeological
Association launched ArchSite
(www.archsite.org.nz) at its annual
conference, in June.
In partnership with the New Zealand
Historic Places Trust and the Department
of Conservation, the new website allows
greater access to the Association’s Site
Recording System, which maintains
information about archaeological sites.
The Site Recording System is the largest
non-government archaeological site
recording scheme in the world and
contains more than 55,000 records.
“The public will be able to access
archaeological data and use it for
a range of things, for example, site
management, education on our early
history, and appreciating Māori, Pākehā
and Chinese heritage,” says Association
president Dr Matthew Schmidt.
ArchSite will also be useful for surveyors,
local authorities and developers planning
earthworks, tracks, forestry or building.
Archaeologists with privileged access
will be able to add new sites and amend
existing records.
At the ArchSite launch, Dr Matthew Schmidt, president of the NZ Archaeological Association, reminisces about earlier
technologies used to record archaeological sites – in this case an IBM computer, which relied on punch cards to store data
The website is free to view by the public.
Researchers and consultants who pay a
yearly subscription can gain access to
record forms, photographs, maps and site
plans.
Celebrating 20 years of Pacific development
Te Whakanui i ngā tau 20 mō ngā whanaketanga o Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa
On May 18 this year, a special
event was held in the West Foyer
of Parliament to celebrate the 20th
anniversary of the Pacific Development
and Conservation Trust.
Established in 1989, with funds
received from France in recognition of
the events surrounding the destruction
of the Rainbow Warrior, the Trust
distributes an average of $300,000
annually to groups in New Zealand
and the South Pacific who are working
towards its vision of a peaceful,
sustainable Pacific region where all
cultures flourish and the natural
environment is respected.
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Grants made by the Trust have
assisted with the conservation of the
promoted the cultural heritage of the
peoples of the South Pacific.
Hosted by the Minister for
Disarmament and Arms Control, Hon
Georgina te Heuheu, the event at
Parliament was attended by diplomats,
trustees, grant recipients and members
of the community.
Chairman of the Pacific Development and Conservation
Trust, Dermot (Derry) Gordon, with the Minister for
Disarmament and Arms Control, Hon Georgina te Heuheu
South Pacific’s natural environment;
promoted the peaceful economic,
physical and social development and
self-sustainability of the South Pacific
and its peoples; and encouraged and
At the event, Mrs te Heuheu spoke
about the international respect New
Zealand has earned for our history of
steadfast commitment to peace. Of
the Trust she said: “Its contribution to
promoting peace and conservation in
New Zealand and the South Pacific, as
well as the commitment and dedication
of the Trustees, greatly add to our
nation’s reputation.”
Welcome Bay Community Centre
opens its doors
A car for Carmel
Kua tuwhera te Pokapū Hapori o Ngāpeke
He mōtuka mō Carmel
Welcome Bay Community Centre was
officially opened on June 4 by Tauranga
Mayor Stuart Crosby and local
kaumātua, and celebrated with a day of
fun, food and festivities.
Though heralding a new era for
Welcome Bay, the cutting of the
ribbon and blessing of the building
also marked the culmination of years
of hard work by local residents, central
and local government agencies and
non-government organisations to build
an all-round community facility.
The group behind the Community
Centre formed in 2006 in response to
gaps in the social well-being of this
Tauranga suburb. There was growing
concern over family violence, abuse,
truanting and juvenile offending,
particularly by young teenage girls.
and centre co-ordinator (two positions);
$2,000 for training and supervision; and
$5,000 for set-up costs.
One of the Lottery Committee members,
Trish Hanlen, joined local residents,
volunteers, the mayor and other
dignitaries at the Centre’s opening.
For the kids there was an array of
activities – face-painting, skateboard
competitions and hip-hop and music
workshops.
One of the day’s activities was the
painting of the Centre’s fence with a
huge graffiti mural, which included the
name of the suburb as a tag.
Finger food was prepared and served
by Bay of Plenty Polytechnic catering
students, whose tutor is a local
community representative.
The group identified two objectives:
a permanent base from which to run
youth and family programmes with a
part-time manager, and a part-time
worker to help the community generate
its own solutions.
The food was delicious, says Zoe Brown,
community development advisor with
the Local Government and Community
Branch of the Department of Internal
Affairs, who has worked with the group
to get the Centre set up.
To these ends, the Lottery Bay of Plenty
/ Gisborne Community Committee
made grants of $30,000 for salaries
for a community development worker
“It was a thoroughly enjoyable day, all
the more so because it showed how
far the community had come towards
tackling some of its problems.”
Carmel McKeown and her father Bernie
give her new car the thumbs-up.
Actually it’s second-hand, but to
Carmel, who is now able to take a much
more active part in her community,
that doesn’t matter one iota.
A grant from the Lottery Individuals
with Disabilities Committee enabled the
purchase of the car, which has given
Carmel a new lease on life.
Among other things, Carmel and Bernie
can do their supermarket and other
shopping together, go on social outings
and attend Carmel’s singing group,
which meets twice a week.
Because it’s a hatchback, Bernie, who
is in his 70s, is easily able to load and
unload Carmel’s wheelchair without
risk of hurting himself.
The graffiti fence
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Significant Projects Fund open for business
Kua tuwhera Te Pūtea Kaupapa Nui mō ngā tono
The Lottery funding round for
significant projects opened for
applications on 15 July and will close
on 17 September. Successful applicants
will be advised in March 2010.
The Lottery Significant Projects Fund
allocates grants to enable completion
of large-scale community-based,
capital expenditure projects with a cost
of at least $1 million. There is a total of
$9.8 million to distribute this year.
The fund will help complete big
projects that are of significance to the
wider community, the region or the
nation as a whole.
It will be the funder of last resort.
Applications must demonstrate that all
other potential sources of funding have
been exhausted.
Applications will be considered from
organisations that can show that their
projects contribute to the Lottery
Grants Board’s aim of building strong
sustainable communities by providing
benefits in one or more of the
following areas:
s ARTSCULTUREANDHERITAGE
s SPORTANDRECREATION
s CONSERVATIONANDTHEENVIRONMENT
s ECONOMICDEVELOPMENT
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ss VISITORSERVICESANDTOURISM
Porirua’s recently-opened Te Rauparaha Arena was completed thanks to the Lottery Significant Projects Fund
Last year (2008), 24 applications were
received and six grants awarded. The
grants ranged from $433,000 to $6
million to allow capital projects to be
completed. The grant recipients were:
Waitaki District Council, Hamilton City
Council, Otago Natural History Trust,
Porirua City Council, Saxton Fields Sports
Stadium Society and Q Theatre Trust.
For more information, email
grantsonline@dia.govt.nz or freephone
0800 824 824 and ask to speak to a
funding advisor.
Community Internship Programme
Te Kaupapa Whakangungu Mahi Hapori
The 2009 funding round of the
Community Internship Programme
(CIP), which is administered by the
Local Government and Community
Branch of the Department of Internal
Affairs, is now open until 14
September.
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The CIP is a three-way partnership
designed to strengthen community
organisations, increase understanding,
and encourage co-operation between
the government, local authority, private
business and community sectors.
It funds community groups with
development needs to employ
professionals from the public, private or
community sectors as interns. It focuses
on skill sharing and the exchange
of knowledge between sectors and
community organisations, while
building relationships.
One organisation that will benefit from
this programme is Connect Supporting
Recovery, in Auckland, which offers a
range of services to people with mental
health problems.
A business service manager for New
Zealand Trade and Enterprise will serve
a six-month internship with Connect,
sharing her expertise and networks.
Her task is to help Connect develop
products and services that will generate
income to help the people it serves.
Without CIP, Connect would not be
able to employ someone of this intern’s
calibre.
For more information about CIP,
contact Sara Taylor on 04 494 0544 or
sara.taylor@dia.govt.nz
Harbourmaster’s team helps out after Taupo crash
Ka āwhina mai te rōpū o te Harbourmaster i tētahi tukinga i Taupō
When a truck crashed off State
Highway 1 in April, plunging 65 metres
down a cliff into Lake Taupo, it made
for dramatic pictures on TV and in the
newspapers.
In this tragedy, the truckie died and his
lorry was smashed apart on the rocks
below, spilling its goods into the lake.
Lake Taupo Harbourmaster Philip King
and his team, who are part of the
Department of Internal Affairs’ Local
Government and Community Branch,
played an important part in the cleanup and salvage operation.
The truck went off the road about
11am on 27 April and the emergency
Photo: NEW ZEALAND PRESS ASSOCIATION
pager went off in the Harbourmaster’s
office soon after.
“At the request of police, who asked us
if we could survey the scene from the
water, we got the police photographers
as close as possible to the accident,’’
Philip says.
“With an eye to pollution control, we
monitored the flotsam and jetsam on
behalf of Environment Waikato.
“We also took the insurer’s salvage
team out on the boat to survey the
damage and determine the most
effective way to tidy up the wreckage.”
The next day was the clean-up. It was
decided that the best way to get the
truck out of the water was to bring it up
by crane, so SH1 was closed from 8pm
through the night to allow the cranedrivers and salvage crew to do their job.
“On the night of the salvage, we
participated by supplying lighting on to
the scene and providing safety back-up,”
says Philip.
The truck had been carrying 18 tonnes
of frozen meat, and the aim was to
recover as much of it as possible.
The Harbourmaster and his team
continued to monitor the clean-up and
salvage until the operation was finished,
a week later.
Salvage experts survey the wreckage of the truck from the deck of Blue Mist, the Taupo Harbourmaster’s patrol vessel
The other Lotto winners
Ētahi atu o ngā toa Lotto
The million-dollar Lotto jackpotters
get all the media glory, but there are
thousands of other Lottery winners
who mostly go unsung.
These other Lotto winners are the many
community organisations that receive
a share of Lottery profits through
the Lottery Grants Board, which is
administered by the Department of
Internal Affairs’ Local Government and
Community Branch (LG&C).
The Board funds a range of social,
community, arts, heritage, sports,
recreation, and health research services
and projects. On behalf of the Board,
LG&C publishes the annual Lottery
Grants Record, which lists all that
year’s recipients.
The Branch has just put out the
latest Grants Record, for the 2007/08
financial year. As well as being a
record of recipients, the Grants Record
features stories about how Lottery
funds are helping those recipients
strengthen New Zealand communities.
Internal Affairs Minister Nathan Guy
says the range of organisations is
extensive. Last year, 4,643 individuals
and groups received Lottery funding.
“It is simply amazing to see how
many activities are funded through
the Lottery Grants Board. To read a
page of the Lottery Grants Record
is to see a snapshot of New Zealand
society. The Cancer Society, St John
and surf lifesaving clubs all over the
country are just
some of the groups
to receive grants.
And there are also
marae, churches,
Coastguard, the
YMCA and Women’s Refuge – just to
mention a few Kiwi stalwarts. “Thanks
to Lottery funding, ordinary New
Zealanders are doing extraordinary
things throughout the country.”
In 2007 / 08, NZ Lotteries transferred a
record $147.5 million in profits to the
Lottery Grants Board for distribution
within the community and to the three
statutory bodies it supports: Creative
New Zealand, the New Zealand Film
Commission, and Sport and Recreation
New Zealand.
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How to reach the Local Government & Community
Branch of The Department of Internal Affairs
Whakapā mai!
Head Office
46 Waring Taylor Street WELLINGTON 6011
PO Box 805 WELLINGTON 6140
Freephone: 0800 824 824
Kaitaia
Hamilton
New Plymouth
Greymouth
26 Puckey Avenue
410 Victoria Street
Level 1, Westpac Building
146 Mackay Street
KAITAIA 0410
HAMILTON 3204
2 Devon Street East
GREYMOUTH 7805
Ph: (09) 408 6677
PO Box 19 230
NEW PLYMOUTH 4310
PO Box 33
Fax: (09) 408 0923
HAMILTON 3244
PO Box 331
GREYMOUTH 7840
Ph: (07) 839 9960
NEW PLYMOUTH 4340
Ph: (03) 768 1001
Fax: (07) 839 9955
Ph: (06) 759 8246
Fax: (03) 768 4200
Whangarei
Manaia House
Fax: (06) 759 8094
41 Rathbone Street
Rotorua
WHANGAREI 0110
Cnr Biak and Giltrap Streets
Palmerston North
Level 8, NZI House
PO Box 1755
ROTORUA 3015
Guardian Trust House
96 Hereford Street
WHANGAREI 0140
Private Bag 3041
Cnr Main Street and The Square
CHRISTCHURCH 8011
Ph: (09) 430 2205
ROTORUA 3046
PALMERSTON NORTH 4410
PO Box 4033
Fax: (09) 430 2209
Ph: (07) 343 1680
PO Box 247
CHRISTCHURCH 8140
Fax: (07) 343 1689
PALMERSTON NORTH 4440
Ph: (03) 353 8294
Ph: (06) 355 8088
Fax: (03) 353 8299
Auckland / Waitakere
Christchurch
Level 1, All Seasons Centre
Gisborne
288 Te Atatu Road
Level 2, Wilson James Centre
Te Atatu South
77 Peel Street
Wellington
1st Floor, Burns House
Edmonton
GISBORNE 4010
4th Floor, Riverside Towers
10 George Street
WAITAKERE CITY 0610
PO Box 254
15 Daly Street
DUNEDIN 9016
PO Box 83 209
GISBORNE 4040
LOWER HUTT 5010
PO Box 5341
Edmonton
Ph: (06) 868 1915
PO Box 30 454
DUNEDIN 9058
WAITAKERE CITY 0652
Fax: (06) 868 1964
LOWER HUTT 5040
Ph: (03) 479 6515
Ph: (04) 570 5386
Fax: (03) 479 6519
Ph: (09) 834 9701
Fax: (09) 834 9705
Napier
Fax: (06) 355 8084
Dunedin
Fax: (04) 570 5381
Invercargill
Level 1
Manukau
PriceWaterhouseCoopers Building
Nelson
Level 2, Menzies Building
Level 1
Cnr Raffles & Munroe Streets
31 New Street
Lower Esk Street
20-24 Lambie Drive
NAPIER 4110
NELSON 7010
INVERCARGILL 9810
MANUKAU CITY 2104
PO Box 1042
PO Box 1149
PO Box 501
PO Box 76 451
NAPIER 4140
NELSON 7040
INVERCARGILL 9840
MANUKAU CITY 2241
Ph: (06) 834 1350
Freephone: 0800 660 900
Ph: (03) 218 0701
Ph: (09) 263 7372
Fax: (06) 834 1274
Ph: (03) 546 0904
Fax: (03) 218 6411
Fax: (09) 262 0606
Fax: (03) 548 2488
To email known individual staff anywhere in the country: firstname.lastname@dia.govt.nz
Otherwise, email lgandc@dia.govt.nz
Community Matters is published by the
Local Government and Community Branch,
The Department of Internal Affairs
Te Herenga Kaunihera-a--iwi, Te Tari Taiwhenua