Te Hiku Community Board fund participation and cultural celebrations
Funding from Te Hiku Community Board will encourage whānau to get outdoors to participate in the annual Waipapakauri Rugby Football Club hunting and fishing event giving tamariki the opportunity to win a range of prizes.
Funding from Te Hiku Community Board will encourage whānau to get outdoors to participate in the annual Waipapakauri Rugby Football Club hunting and fishing event giving tamariki the opportunity to win a range of prizes.
Last Tuesday (6 June) Te Hiku Community Board held its monthly meeting held at Kaitāia’s Te Ahu Centre. During the meeting, the board granted over $9,000 to three community groups. The grants were:
- $5,000 to to Whatu Collective for Matariki Puanga workshops 2023.
- $2,660 to Waipapakauri JMB Rugby Club for venue and equipment hire and promotion of the Waipapakauri Hunting and Fishing Competition Annual Fundraiser.
- $2,000 to Volunteering Northland for first aid and volunteer resilience training.
The board also amended a resolution from its 14 March meeting which allocated $10,000 to the Coopers Beach Bowling Club in the 2022/23 financial year and another $10,000 in the 2023/24 financial year. The board will now pay the full amount of $20,000 in the 2022/23 financial year.
In other business, a deputation was heard from a community group of supporters who spoke about saving the mosaic tiled wall in Kaitāia where a new town centre is planned.
The next Te Hiku Community Board Meeting will be held on 4 July 2023 at Te Ahu.