GIFT Grants
Click here for a quick reference guide to all of the GIFT grants categorised by Sea Change Tai Timu Pari themes.
Click here for a quick reference guide to all of the GIFT grants categorised by Focus Area.
Below are some of the innovative projects that GIFT has supported to help restore the mauri of the Hauraki Gulf.
Pou Tāngata Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki Community Development Trust
$40,000 for tribal engagement and systems review to consolidate post-settlement.
Waiheke Marine Project (WMP)
A grant of $650,000 (over three years) for Phase 2 of the WMP that takes germination to scale around the whole island, supporting the growth of multiple, diverse projects to collectively protect and regenerate Waiheke's marine environment through Te Tiriti partnership and community collaboration https://www.waihekemarineproject.org/
Republic Films
Funding of $210,000 to film and produce a six part web mini-series (https://www.facebook.com/SeasickFilm) to highlight the environmental degradation facing Tīkapa Moana Te Moananui ā Toi and propose solutions aligned with mātauranga Māori.
Ngāti Tamaterā Treaty Settlement Trust
Funding of $75,000 to refresh, review and co design their 50 year strategic document and to create an implementation plan and road map to step change for the Iwi. Part of that is to initiate a pilot around planning an Ahu moana kaupapa on Tīkapakapa to help uplift te mana o te wai me te mauri o te wai.
P3Ltd (umbrella for Indigenous to Papatūānuku programme)
Support of $67,025 for Moana Tamaariki-Pohe and Louise Marra to run the Indigenous to Papatūānuku programme for leaders of influence within Tīkapa Moana Te Moananui ā Toi. For more information and to register for this programme visit https://papatuanukumotherearth.com/
Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki Waiora Ltd
A grant of $50,000 to develop a holistic delivery plan of multiple taiao (environment) workstreams.
Hauraki Gulf Conservation Trust (as an umbrella for Ngā Uri o Ngāti Pāoa ki Waiheke – Waiheke Marine Project).
A grant of $25,000 for a Ngāti Paoa whānau, hapū and community-led exploration of what it means to have “Heart-centered kaitiakitanga (guardianship) of Waiheke Island’s marine environment - Waiheke ki uta, Waiheke ki tai, Waiheke ki tua”
Contact details:
Dean Ogilvie – dean.ogilvie@futurecentreddesign.com
Lucy Tukua – lucy@nativebynature.co.nz
University of Auckland Foundation (Nick Shears Kina barren): A grant of $188,000 (over three years) for a collaborative project aimed at restoring the mauri of rocky reefs in the Hauraki Gulf/Tīkapa Moana Te Moananui a Toi.
Unity House Ltd: support of $25,000 for the development and implementation of phase 2 of the Tīkapa Moana Oceans Lab programme.
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Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki Waiora Ltd: A grant of $50,000 to develop a holistic delivery plan of multiple taiao (environment) workstreams.
Emerge Institute: Support of $25,000 to run an innovation lab on Tikapa Moana / The Hauraki Gulf.
Creating solutions to address social and environmental issues through weaving indigenous wisdom with leadership development & innovation. A facilitation process that is specifically designed to restore the health of Tikapa Moana. We are bringing together a diverse range of people to come up with innovative and creative solutions to prototype that restore Tikapa Moana. See more here.
Sustainable Business Network: A grant of $396,300 over 3 years.
With a grant of $396,300 over three years, this initiative will co-create, primarily with business people, innovative efforts to help restore the mauri or life giving essence of Tikapa Moana, The Hauraki Gulf. The focus will be action on plastic reduction, heavy metals and sediment contamination.
This is a systemic, catchment-wide challenge. Sustainable Business Network will also work with others to unify and harmonise the work of all those protecting and restoring this national taonga.
University of Auckland Foundation – umbrella for Craig Radford, Simon Werner and John Atkins
A grant of $50,000 to develop a technological solution using underwater sound to detect illegal fishing activities in the Hauraki Gulf.
Thinxtra Solutions Ltd
Support of $29,045 to trial a predator trap sensor system using SIGFOX technology in the Hauraki Gulf.
University of Auckland Foundation
Rochelle Constantine: A grant of $211,250 for the Pulse of the Gulf project. The project will determine the large- and fine-scale environmental drivers and interactions that influence marine megafauna, using a variety of innovative technologies.
University of Auckland Foundation, as an umbrella for Andrew Jeffs: A grant of $25,000 to undertake applied research on rock lobsters to address kina barrens in the Hauraki Gulf, subject to the balance of funds being raised.
Not Your Average Fish Limited
Support of $43,060 to prototype an online platform to improve fish stocks.
Northern New Zealand Seabird Trust
A grant of $180,000 to undertake research in the Hauraki Gulf for assessing long-term changes to the marine ecosystem and to predict how seabirds could respond to future environmental threats.
Photo credit: Edin Whitehead
EcoMatters Environment Trust, in conjunction
with The Agent-C:
A grant of $116, 263 to scale up two prototype campaigns "Guardians of the Gulf" and "GiveChain"
Envirostrat Limited
Umbrella organisation for Dave Kellian, a grant of $50,000 to trial a new fish trap to reduce bycatch for commercial fishers.
Southern Seabird Solutions Trust
A grant of $27,720 to engage the charter fishing boat sector to identify opportunities to reduce seabird mortality in the Hauraki Gulf.
University of Auckland Foundation
A grant of $30,000 to bring together young people (including UOA students), creative professionals from diverse fields and interested people using the Hauraki Gulf to explore and prototype ideas that if implemented could influence the hearts and minds of Aucklanders to treasure the Hauraki Gulf.
Photo credit: Kylie Sealy
WAINZ Ltd
A grant of $275,000 to implement a water monitoring and community engagement project in the Hauraki Gulf.
Sustainable Business Network
A grant of $40,000 to scope two projects as part of The Healthy Waters of Tīkapa Moana campaign:
Feasibility study on extending the Million Metres riparian planting programme in the Hauraki Gulf
Develop a business kaitiakitanga (stewardship education and action programme) for reducing sediment and heavy metals in the Hauraki Gulf
The Bobby Stafford-Bush Foundation (as an umbrella entity for The Young Ocean Explorers)
A grant of $112,000 to enable the Young Ocean Explorers to produce content that focusses on addressing environmental issues facing the Hauraki Gulf, for their interactive website. The funding will also enable the organisation to undertake evaluation and research, community engagement and to translate the Hauraki Gulf footage into Te Reo Maori.
Sustainable Coastlines
A grant of $2,450 to purchase equipment for Michael Jessup to create a virtual reality game, using sustainable coastlines educational content. The game aims to engage the public with rubbish issues and prompt action to eliminate rubbish from the Hauraki Gulf.
Te Toki Voyaging Trust
A grant of $50,000 to run a ‘Rangatahi Kaitiaki’ programme in conjunction with Umupuia Marae.
Mōhio Research Ltd
A grant of $50,000 to develop a business case for Integrated Impact Bonds for permanent native forest. The work will include two case studies in the Hauraki Gulf.
To find out more about this project
- Impact investment meets tree-planting – a New Zealand first
The Nature Conservancy
Funding was granted to establish a Shellfish Restoration Co-ordination Unit in conjunction with the University of Auckland Marine Science Programme. This project is jointly funded by GIFT ($32,000) – a Foundation North initiative and The Tindall Foundation ($16,000). The Nature Conservancy are contributing matching funding for this project.
NIWA
A grant of $107,635 to undertake habitat mapping in the Hauraki Gulf to establish priority areas for conservation and restoration (subject to a matching 50% co-funding being secured from other sources)
Sir Peter Blake Trust
A grant of $250,000 for a series of 360 virtual reality marine experiences to engage a wide and diverse audience with the Hauraki Gulf, in conjunction with NZ Geographic and The Pew Charitable Trusts.
Noises Trust
Support of $50,000 to develop a model for co-managed marine protection for the Noises group of islands.
Paula Buckley
Support of $5,000 to complete a prototype "sea cleaning water drone" developed in conjunction with Andrew Lee.
EcoMatters Environment Trust
A grant of $20,000 to work in conjunction with Agent-C, to develop an online platform to engage the public to help restore the mauri of the Hauraki Gulf.
George Mason Centre for the Natural Environment
A grant of $150,000 for the Hilltop to Oceans ecosystem services and mitigating impacts project. The grant will contribute to the development of techniques for the restoration of shellfish species.
Photo credit: Jenny Hillman
Southern Seabird Solutions
A grant of $50,000 to investigate the viability of a seabird smart fishing assurance programme for the Hauraki Gulf. The programme would include performance standards that participating commercial longline fishers would meet to minimise the risks to black petrels and other Gulf seabirds, and mechanisms for communicating their efforts to interested communities.
Envirostrat Ltd
A grant of $50,000 to investigate the feasibility of using impact investment to support transition to a low impact high value seafood sector in the Hauraki Gulf.
To find out more about this project
- Is a high-value, low-impact Hauraki Gulf fishery feasible?
- Could a high-value, low-impact fishery help restore the mauri of the Hauraki Gulf?
- First steps towards more sustainable fisheries for the Hauraki Gulf
University of Auckland Foundation
A grant of $21,000 to run a student activation and innovation challenge.
Hauraki Gulf Conservation Trust
A grant of $5,000 to investigate novel ways of engaging with the Waiheke community for a predator control programme.
Plastic Bag Free St Heliers
A grant of $2,000 to trial a community engagement campaign to reduce the use of single use plastic bags in St Heliers.