In September 2024, the Dunedin City Council (DCC) allocated a total of $465,405.71 in grants from the following grant funds (see below).
The allocations include both DCC-funded grants, Creative Communities Scheme and Waste Minimisation grants (administered by the DCC on behalf of Creative New Zealand and the Ministry for the Environment respectively).
Biodiversity
| Grant Recipient | Purpose of Grant | Amount Allocated |
|---|---|---|
| Springwater Ag Ltd. (Ray Parker) | Contribution toward contractor costs - plant purchase, planting, site maintenance, trap checks for area of wetland adjacent to Sinclair Wetland | $3,700.00 |
| Dunedin City Baptist Church (Malcolm Cowan) | Contribution toward plants and plant consumables for the enhancement of Stevenson’s Creek riparian margin | $1,300.00 |
| Yellow Eyed Penguin Trust | Contribute to nursery supplies required to facilitate the establishment of 5,000 ecologically appropriate plants for eventual planting within YEPT owned coastal reserves | $4,000.00 |
| Ohad Dar | Purchase trees and shrubs for the revegetation of Saddle Hill site | $3,200.00 |
| Tracey Hooper | Contribute to fencing costs to exclude stock and protect vegetation enhancement work on riparian margin. Purchase plants and plant consumables for enhancement work within fenced area | $4,000.00 |
| Otago Golf Club | Purchase of ecologically appropriate plant species | $3,050.00 |
| Melissa Cheah | Contribute toward plants and fencing contractor costs for protection of planting area from stock | $3,500.00 |
| Rhys Millar | Contribute to plant purchase | $4,000.00 |
| Nicola McGrouther | Purchase ecologically appropriate plants for the restoration of dunes | $4,000.71 |
| Phillip Cunningham | Contribute to the revegetation of exotic grassland and scrub on the Peninsula | $2,700.00 |
| Thomas Hayward | Contribution toward fencing around new urban QEII covenant | $4,000.00 |
| Judith Ferguson and Kevin Hayward | Contribution toward fencing around new urban QEII covenant | $4.000.00 |
| Total | $41,450.71 | |
Community Events
| Grant Recipient | Purpose of Grant | Amount Allocated |
|---|---|---|
| Aotearoa NZ Folk Alliance | To assist with venue hire and technical support | $1,500.00 |
| Brighton Gala Experience | To assist with cost of Traffic Management Plan | $1,500.00 |
| Cycling Otago | To assist with the costs of marketing and traffic management | $2,000.00 |
| Dance Ōtepoti | To assist with overall event and marketing costs | $2,975.00 |
| Diving Ōtākou | To assist with cost of photographer, coaches’ uniforms, venue hire, and administration | $2,000.00 |
| Dunedin Christmas Charitable Trust | To assist with overall costs of event | $2,500.00 |
| Dunedin Concerto Charitable Trust | To assist with marketing campaign and engaging the Dunedin Youth Orchestra | $2,000.00 |
| Dunedin Grass Kart Club Inc | To assist with toilet hire, management, venue hire and safety fencing | $2,000.00 |
| Dunedin Ice Skating Club | To assist with venue hire and technical (sound and lighting) | $2,000.00 |
| Dunedin Multicultural Council Inc | To assist with Event Coordinator and Administrator salary, and overall operational costs | $1,300.00 |
| Dunedin Poultry, Pigeon& Cage Bird Club | To assist with the cost of venue hire | $1,360.00 |
| Dunedin Sri Lankan Society | To assist with overall costs of event | $1,800.00 |
| Dunedin Super League | To assist with venue hire and facilities, paying officials, cost of cricket balls, stumps, and team accommodation | $880.00 |
| Dunedin Tamil Society | To assist with venue hire and technical costs (sound) | $700.00 |
| Dunedin Theatre Reviewers Collective | To assist with venue hire, technical expenses, event management, printing, and koha/gifts for VIPs | $670.00 |
| East Otago Musical Theatre Incorporated | To assist with overall costs of event | $2,675.00 |
| Middlemarch Ploughing Association | To assist with hire and setup of marquees | $2,000.00 |
| Mountain Bike Otago | To assist with first aid expenses | $3,892.00 |
| Otago and Southland Chinese Association | To assist with venue hire | $2,840.00 |
| Piping and Dancing Association of NZ Inc Otago Centre | To assist with venue hire | $2,000.00 |
| The Green Island Competitions Society Incorporated | To assist with venue hire | $1,500.00 |
| Vintage Car Club of New Zealand Inc, Otago Branch Inc | To assist with overall costs of event, primarily, sound system and traffic management | $1,513.00 |
| Total | $41,605.00 | |
Community Grants
| Grant Recipient | Purpose of Grant | Amount Allocated |
|---|---|---|
| Anglican Family Care | To help fund wages of Caregiver Liaison Social Worker role | $1,000.00 |
| Bellyful New Zealand NZ | As a contribution to their programme supporting young children and whānau | $1,500.00 |
| Cancer Society, Otago & Southland Division | Contribution toward delivery of cancer related programmes including salaries | $1,000.00 |
| Catholic Social Services | Community Whānau Social Work Support wages | $1,000.00 |
| Connecting Otago Charitable Trust | Contributions toward Running costs and Coordinator salary | $1,500.00 |
| Deaf Aotearoa Holdings Ltd (Otago Branch) | Contribution to Operational Costs | $1,500.00 |
| Diabetes New Zealand | To help fund wages and operational costs for Diabetes New Zealand Otago office | $1,000.00 |
| Disability Information Service Inc t/a Livingwell Disability Resource Centre | Contribution to wages | $2,500.00 |
| Drug Injecting Services in Canterbury Trust | Contribution to Salary | $3,500.00 |
| Dunedin Budget Advisory Service | Support with paying our rent at Dunedin Community House (Room 1.5 plus carpark) | $3,500.00 |
| Dunedin Community Transport Trust | Contribution towards the wages of the part time coordinator | $3,500.00 |
| Dunedin Curtain Bank Trust | To help fund staff wages in particular for the Manager | $4,500.00 |
| Dunedin Group Riding for the Disabled Association Incorporated | Contribution to wages of the Therapeutic head Coach | $2,500.00 |
| E.F.K.S Youth Group | Contribution towards youth-event costs | $4,000.00 |
| Hearing Support Otago | To help fund staff wages for the Administrator and Hearing Educator/Fieldworker | $3,000.00 |
| Heart Kids New Zealand Incorporated | Essential operating and service delivery costs for the Otago region | $1,000.00 |
| Hold On To Your Friends Incorporated | Purchase of catering supplies, H&S equipment (gloves & safety glasses), and advertising of clean up events | $2,000.00 |
| Ignite Consultants | Contribution to Operational costs for presentations & training | $1,500.00 |
| Kiwi Family Trust | Contribution for the purchase of wool for the Dunedin Area | $1,500.00 |
| Life Education Trust Coastal Otago | To help with Wages for our specialist educator | $1,500.00 |
| Mosgiel Memorial RSA Incorporated | To help fund wages/salary for the part-time Administrator | $2,500.00 |
| Neighbours Day Aotearoa Charitable Trust | Contributions to Operating costs for the Community Connector | $2,000.00 |
| New Zealand Riding for the Disabled, Waikouaiti Group Incorporated | Contribution to the Horse Manager role | $3,000.00 |
| OneCoast Incorporated | To help with a bridging payment for two part time facilitators | $2,500.00 |
| Opoho Playcentre | Cover costs of operations & wages of Opoho Playcentre | $1,000.00 |
| Otago Multiple Sclerosis Society Inc | Contribution toward Field Officer Salary | $1,500.00 |
| Parkinson's New Zealand Charitable Trust | Contribution towards the salary of the Parkinson's Education | $1,500.00 |
| Probus Club of Mosgiel | Contribution toward Operating Expenses | $1,000.00 |
| Quarantine Island/kamau Taurua Community Incorporated | Contribution towards Keeper's Salary | $2,500.00 |
| Rape Crisis (Dunedin) Inc T/A Ōtepoti Communities Against Sexual Abuse (ŌCASA) | Contribution towards funding for clients to cover medical costs | $4,000.00 |
| Refugee Support Group - Otago | Community gardening workshops for former refugees and migrants | $4,000.00 |
| Saddle Hill Foundation Trust | To contribute towards the Community Workers’ salaries for three youth programmes and community events | $3,500.00 |
| Senior-Link | To help with wages for our two part-time staff | $3,500.00 |
| South Dunedin Hall Trust | Contribution towards replacing the hall's chairs -200 | $1,000.00 |
| Stopping Violence Dunedin Inc | Contribution towards costs associated with their Neurodivergent Women's Support Group | $3,000.00 |
| Taieri Christian Care | Contribution toward Operational Expenses | $2,000.00 |
| Taieri Fit and Fun Group | Contribution towards rental costs | $2,500.00 |
| The Brain Injury Association (Otago) Inc | Contribution toward Liaison Officers | $1,000.00 |
| The Rothesay News Inc. | Printing The Rothesay News with Front and Back page with colour | $2,500.00 |
| The Royal New Zealand Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Incorporated - Dunedin Branch | Contribution toward Customer Service and Office Admin role | $1,500.00 |
| The Work Opportunities Trust | Contribution towards staff members wages | $3,500.00 |
| WEKA Wellness Empathy Kindness Aotearoa | To help with the cost of resources, venue hire, peer worker payment and operational costs | $3,000.00 |
| YSAR Trust | Contribution towards delivering their search and rescue programme focussed on youth | $3,450.00 |
| Total | $98,950.00 | |
Creative Communities
| Grant Recipient | Purpose of Grant | Amount Allocated |
|---|---|---|
| Baroque Music Community and Educational Trust of New Zealand | To support artist and production manager fees, venue hire and promotion | $1,000.00 |
| Christine Keller | To contribute to administrative costs and facilitator fees | $4,000.00 |
| Dunedin Concerto Competition Charitable Trust | Contribution to videography, technician fees, and equipment hire | $2,000.00 |
| Dunedin Midwinter Celebrations | To support payments for lantern artists, performers, and other creative practitioners | $2,200.00 |
| Dunedin Writers and Readers Festival Trust | Support of marketing and promotion and administrative costs | $3,000.00 |
| Dunedin Youth Orchestra | Contribution to conductor and orchestral costs, artist fees, venue hire and marketing | $2,500.00 |
| East Otago Musical Theatre Incorporated | Production costs for staging a five-night run of MAMMA MIA! | $4,000.00 |
| Josiah Morgan | To contribute to artist fees | $1,500.00 |
| Middlemarch Harakeke Weaving Group | Venue hire, travel, materials, manaakitaka | $2,500.00 |
| Naga Harshietha Dhandapani | Support for tutor fee and workshop materials, promotion, venue hire | $1,000.00 |
| Otakou Māori Womens Welfare League | To contribute to artist fees, venue hire, marketing, transport, and materials | $2,000.00 |
| Pacific Trust Otago | To support the development and presentation of performances and creative activities by nine cultural groups | $8,500.00 |
| Penina o le Moana - Siva Samoa | To support tutor koha, venue hire, and the promotion of Fiafia night | $1,500.00 |
| RASA Dance Dunedin | Stage extension and contribution to marketing costs | $2,000.00 |
| Refugee Support Group | Instructor, coordinator, and production manager fees, and venue hire | $3,000.00 |
| Siau-Jiun Lim | Artist and administrative costs, venue hire, materials, exhibition manaakitaka | $4,500.00 |
| South Dunedin Street Festival | To provide a small amount of remuneration for approximately 40 festival performance acts | $3,000.00 |
| Yellow Eye Ltd | To support artist fees | $1,000.00 |
| Total | $49,200.00 | |
DCC Arts Grants
| Grant Recipient | Purpose of Grant | Amount Allocated |
|---|---|---|
| Blue Oyster | Artist stipend, research materials, travel, hospitality | $2,500.00 |
| Chamber Music New Zealand Trust | Contest organiser and venue hire (for competition and Mai Te Uira concert) | $2,500.00 |
| Dunedin Choral Society (performing as City Choir Dunedin) | To support the costs of hiring the Dunedin Symphony Orchestra for the City Choir’s Christmas concert, Joyeux Noël | $3,000.00 |
| Dunedin Jazz Club | Venue hire & management, production, and assistance toward musician fees | $3,000.00 |
| Dunedin Youth Orchestra | Sound tech and equipment hire | $3,500.00 |
| GASP Dance Charitable Trust | To contribute to teaching, promotion, and administration costs for inclusive dance classes for under-18-year-olds | $3,000.00 |
| Good Company Arts | To support artist fees for Taonga puoro and kanikani performers | $2,000.00 |
| International Festival of Environment, Science and Technology | Project Administrative costs | $2,000.00 |
| Jeremy Beck | Facilitator and admin fees, artist koha | $3,000.00 |
| Middlemarch Harakeke Weaving Workshops | Contribution to artist fees | $2,950.00 |
| Pooneh Torabian | Contribution to artist fees, admin costs, venue hire and materials | $3,500.00 |
| Spectacle | Creative commissions / performance fees | $1,750.00 |
| The Hills Radio Trust (OAR FM) | Participant koha, production, promotion | $3,500.00 |
| Total | $36,200.00 | |
Professional Theatre Fund Grants
| Grant Recipient | Purpose of Grant | Amount Allocated |
|---|---|---|
| Afterburner (under auspice of Wow! Productions Trust) | To support personnel, production, and administrative costs for the performance of “The Anderson Localisation” at the Dunedin Arts Festival | $17,000.00 |
| Birds of a Feather (under auspice of He Waka Eke Noa Charitable Trust) | To support performers and technicians’ remuneration | $17,200.00 |
| Dunedin Summer Shakespeare (under auspice of Castle Charitable Trust) | To cover the personnel and production costs of Summer Shakespeare in the Park 2025 | $18,000.00 |
| Hic Sunt Dracones Productions (under auspice of Stage South Charitable Trust) | To support the personnel, production, and administrative costs of presenting “The Neurospice Girls” at the Dunedin Arts Festival | $18,000.00 |
| Improsaurus Incorporated | To support venue hire, artist fees, facilitator fees, equipment hire, costumes and prop pieces, marketing, and photography of the shows | $10,000.00 |
| Theatreworks Ltd | To support remuneration for performers, technicians, and lighting designer | $18,000.00 |
| Total | $98,200.00 | |
Waste Minimisation Community Grants
| Grant Recipient | Purpose of Grant | Amount Allocated |
|---|---|---|
| Cargill Enterprises | To subsidise construction materials for a shelter station | $4,560.50 |
| Dunedin Curtain Bank Trust | To subsidise the paid machinist position | $4,560.50 |
| iD Dunedin Fashion Inc | To subsidise waste minimisation at the iD Dunedin Fashion Show 2025 | $4,180.50 |
| Our Food Network | To subsidise the community harvest coordinator role | $4,560.50 |
| Pacific Otago Trust | To fund community waste minimisation workshops and waste minimisation training for Moana Nui Festival | $3,086.00 |
| South Dunedin Community Network Incorporated | To subsidise wages for waste minimisation | $4,560.50 |
| The Dunedin Community House | To fund physical materials for the Dunedin Community House Sustainability Programme | $1,312.00 |
| Waitati Music Festival | To fund physical and promotional materials, and wages for waste minimisation | $3,179.50 |
| Total | $29,800.00 | |
Waste Minimisation Commercial Grants
| Grant Recipient | Purpose of Grant | Amount Allocated |
|---|---|---|
| Augustines of Central t/a Augustines of Portobello | To fund physical materials, promotional materials, expert assistance | $7,500.00 |
| Cook Brothers Construction | To help fund tools and collateral for expansion of programme | $7,500.00 |
| Dunedin Craft Distillers | To help purchase larger mash straining equipment | $17,500.00 |
| Mizen Automation | To help purchase test equipment for repaired industrial automation products | $21,000.00 |
| Pedals Dunedin | To help purchase an additional cargo e-bike | $5,000.00 |
| Spout Alternatives | To fund physical materials and promotional materials | $11,500.00 |
| Total | $70,000.00 | |