Heritage fund

We have some special and unique places in Kāpiti and landowners can get financial help to protect them for future generations.

The Council’s Heritage Fund helps landowners manage and protect heritage features including historic buildings, ecological sites, geological sites, significant trees or waahi tapu. Whether it’s protecting native bush, restoring a heritage building or undertaking educational research, your project may be eligible.

Applications closed at 5pm, Monday 20 December 2021. Funding decisions will be made in March 2022, and applicants will be advised of the outcome.

Criteria and guidelines | Apply | Timeline | Recipients 2020/21 | Related links

Criteria and guidelines

Review the criteria and guidelines document before applying, to check if your project could be eligible.

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Apply

Complete our online or PDF form to apply.

Apply online

Download our printable Heritage fund application form (PDF, 86.99 KB) if you'd prefer to complete this by hand.

Questions

For questions regarding this fund, please email Programme Manager Biodiversity and Landscapes – Andy McKay, or call on (04) 296 4653.

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Timeline

Date
17 November 2021	Opening of applications.
20 December 2021	Closing of Heritage Fund Grant applications.
January/February 2022	Site visits, if required.
March 2022	Funding decision made by Grants subcommittee.
March 2022	All applicants notified of outcome.

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Recipients 2020/21

There are 11 projects benefiting from the 2020 allocation of the fund.

Recipient	Project	Year
Waterfall Road Bush 118 Waterfall Rd, Paraparaumu	Funding of trap network maintenance Landowners of the 17.3 hectares heritage bush-remnant site have received financial support to protect and restore its native biodiversity, including native plant, insect, lizard and bird populations.	2020/21
Haruatai Forest heritage management State Highway 1, Ōtaki	Planting more trees and controlling pest plants and animals This heritage management project will control pest plants and animals in Haruātai Forest, the second biggest swamp forest remnant in the district after Ngā Manu–Jacks Bush. The remnant is a taonga of local iwi, and is used as an outdoor classroom by Te Wānanga o Raukawa students.	2020/21
Ecological Site K017 (125ha bush block on the edge of Tararua Forest Park) 1400 Ōtaki Gorge Road, Ōtaki	Extending and maintaining an existing 3km network of bait stations and traps to control possums, stoats and rats Funding will assist the control of pest animals and weeds on a 125-hectare bush block on the edge of Tararua Forest Park. This block is a valuable part of an evolving ‘mountains to the sea’ ecological corridor that has the potential to link the wilderness of the Tararua Range to Kāpiti Island via the Ōtaki River, providing a safe habitat for many native bird species.	2020/21
Te Hapua wetlands site (ecological site KO57) 234 Te Hapua Road, Te Horo	Restoration planting to buffer the wetland The previous owners of 234 Te Hapua Road spent more than a decade restoring the 4.1 hectares of wetland on their property. The new owners are not only continuing restoration but also increasing the wetland’s size by retiring adjacent land from grazing and planting native wetland species. Protected by a QEII Trust covenant, the wetland is part of the regionally significant swamp and is considered one of the best and largest remaining examples on the Kāpiti Coast.	2020/21
Outlying wetland site in Te Hapua network 7 Morrison Road, Te Horo	Tree removal, and native plants to be planted this winter The landowner is removing invasive plants and planting native trees to restore the margins of the Te Hapua wetland. This will enhance the 0.5-hectare wetland and provide 1 hectare of complementary dune forest habitat for native plants and animals.	2020/21
Kahikatea – key indigenous tree in urban areas 34 Leinster Avenue, Raumati South	Protecting kahikatea by felling Australian blackwood The funding will be used to save a large, protected kahikatea tree which is being threatened by a faster growing and larger Australian blackwood.	2020/21
Privately owned native bush area (ecological site KO61) 58 Hadfield Road, Peka Peka	Fencing and native plants Landowners of a site near the Waikanae Scenic Reserve will use the funds to reposition stock fences to provide protective buffer-planting around the forest’s edges, and control weeds and pest animals such as rabbits, possums, stoats and rats.	2020/21
Telegraph Hotel 284 Rangiuru Road, Ōtaki	Roof renewal Since opening in 1872, the Telegraph Hotel in Ōtaki has been an important social hub and business in the town for more than 125 years, and is a listed heritage property in the Kāpiti Coast District Plan. The owners have undertaken a major refurbishment since 2011 and will use the funds to re-roof the building in time for its 150th anniversary in 2022.	2020/21
Notable trees 121 Amohia Street, Paraparaumu	Removal of Phoenix palm threatening magnolia, and of deadwood limb on rimu The property owner has received funding for an arborist to protect two notable trees on their property – a rimu and magnolia (Magnolia grandifolia).	2020/21
13ha of native bush (ecological site K078) 313 Reikorangi Road, Waikanae	Fencing of wetland area in steep gully The owners of the farm at 313 Reikorangi Road, Waikanae, are conservationists who have a 13-hectare area of bush on their property protected by QEII Trust covenant, which forms part of the Waikanae River catchment. Their funded project entails fencing and planting a wetland in a steep gully to protect the native trees and plants there.	2020/21
Dactylanthus taylorii/Pua ō te Reinga restoration site 74 Nga Manu Reserve Road, Waikanae	Production and installation of large information signs The Ngā Manu Trust has received support from the Heritage Fund to produce and install large information signs that will detail the biology and ecology of a little-known and threatened native plant the plant, Dactylanthus taylorii/Pua ō te Reinga.	2020/21

For further details, see the Grants allocation subcommittee (Heritage Fund) Agenda for 11 March 2021.

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