Eight applications in latest round of Active Aotearoa funding

A109 Light Utility Helicopter flight with mayor Gisborne City from the air in November 2023.

Sport Gisborne Tairawhiti (SGT) received eight applications in the second round of Tu Manawa Active Aotearoa funding totalling more nearly $120,000.

The second funding round closed at the end of February.

“The eight applications were for a total amount of $118,383 and we have $90,000 to disperse this round,” said SGT active communities adviser Sarah Pocock. “The approval panel will have their decisions finalised later this month.”

The money supports organisations in Te Tairawhiti to deliver play, active recreation and sport to young people.

“There is one more funding round this financial year and three more years of committed funding from Sport NZ.

Ms Pocock said organisations who wanted to apply to the fund in the next round (which closes on May 31) could submit their application during April or May “and meet with us to learn about how this fund might support their aspirations”.

Decisions for that round will be made mid-June.

Sport NZ has committed $284,000 a year to this region through to 2024.