Round 2 Funding
LFTL is pleased to announce the successful recipients of our second funding round.
Five applications were successful totalling $60,565.
Waikanae Awa Tipuna Restoration Ngā Uri o Ngai Tāwhiri
Funding to support hapū-led Waikanae Awa Restoration through mātauranga Māori, wānanga and collaborative planning, with an emphasis on intergenerational stewardship and culturally grounded environmental restoration.
The funding will help:
Develop effective responses to local environmental challenges, trial and evaluate new restoration methods, and strengthen collaboration between whānau, hapū and community partners.
Promote sustainable practices and intergenerational knowledge transfer; improve fish passage; and restore mahinga kai areas.
Create meaningful learning and leadership opportunities for rangatahi and tamariki.
Tikapa Wetland Restoration
Co-funding towards a project to help restore a historic wetland through a community-led, whānau-driven restoration effort that supports learning, collaboration, and practical environmental action. LFTL funding will go towards trialing improved methods for clearing invasive blackberry and gorse required to re-establish native wetland vegetation.
The co-funding will:
Contribute to a much larger body of community‑led mahi, enabling the overall project to proceed and achieve much greater and more meaningful environmental and social outcomes.
Wainui Beach – Hamanatua Stream Plan Wainui Beach Catchment Group
A grant to support the creation of a 5-10 year Hamanatua Stream Restoration Plan including vision, goals and priority areas for action. It also provides administration support to allow for planning and record keeping, setting up communications channels including Facebook, and engagement with tangata whenua, community members, and Wainui Beach School.
This funding will :
Enable the Wainui Beach Community Catchment Group to progress towards “Intergenerational sustainability of our Taiao and our community”, and Five Goals: Wai Ora, Recloaking Papatūānuku, Collaborative decision-making, Awareness & education, and Resource mobilisation.
Improve the health of the Hamanatua Stream through best practice activities included in the Plan and related information collected for ongoing use.
Improve the environmental health of Wainui Beach, Hamanatua Lagoon, and the beach area.
Waiomoko Riparian Project
Funding to assist in whānau-led planting kaupapa along a stretch of the Waiomoko River including active planters, kai preparation, tamariki and kaumātua. Funding will also allow for professional guidance on appropriate species, spacing and planting approaches, particularly given periodic flooding of the river.
This funding will help:
Build whānau capability and connection through hands-on care of the whenua.
increased resilience of the river and strengthened whānau connection to the whenua through collective, hands-on kaitiakitanga.
Build whānau knowledge and capability to support ongoing restoration and future projects on the whenua.
Te Wheao Catchment Group
Funding to undertake a baseline assessment of Te Wheao Stream catchment using the Mauri Compass tool to establish freshwater and biodiversity baselines, while strengthening long term catchment capability through monitoring, training, and coordination to guide future restoration of the catchment.
Funding administrative support to help with community engagement and environmental education workshops across schools, marae, landowners and community members.
This funding will help:
The health of the stream through improved long term health and resilience.
Connection to the mauri of the waterway.
Practical feedback on land management practices.
We look forward to supporting this valuable mahi across the rohe, sharing their learnings, and helping to inspire greater connection to Taiao.