Tahua Hauora Huarahi Wai ā-Whanga a te Poari ā-Rohe o Rodney Rodney Local Board Healthy Harbours Waterway Fund

Note: Rodney Local Board is not running a funding round for the 2024/2025 financial year.

The Rodney Local Board Healthy Harbours Waterway Fund is a community partnership fund led by the local board. It was set up to help landowners and community groups fence and plant waterways and wetlands.

The 50/50 cost-sharing fund is to support the:

• protection, enhancement or restoration of streams, waterways, wetlands, riparian and coastal margins
• projects involving the fencing of waterways (streams, wetlands, seeps and drains)
• alternative water supplies needed for livestock as a result of:
  • fencing
  • restoration planting
  • plant maintenance within fenced-off areas.

• Environment

$0 - $0

Our funding programme will support the following outcomes:

• our waterways in the Rodney area are protected and restored
• the water quality in Rodney's three harbours is improved
• financial support and professional advice for improving the health of our waterways is available.

• Te Arai
• Cape Rodney
• Tāwharanui
• Matakana (upper and lower).

The catchment is 240 square kilometres, with 79 per cent of the area in farm land. It is a priority as high sediment loads are lost waterways and into the harbour.

The catchment is next to the Hoteo and Mahurangi catchments which are part of central governments wider programme funding partnerships.

The Rodney Local Board will also work with partners such as Fonterra, Beef and Lamb, Dairy NZ and groups like the Forest Bridge Trust. This partnership will enable these groups to work directly with local landowners and give them support.

Rodney Local Board is not running a funding round for the 2024/2025 financial year.

You may be eligible to apply for funds through the regional Waterway Protection Fund (WPF).