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Marae Grants Policy (2006)

The council adopts the following procedures for the management and funding of marae grants:

a) Provision is made each year in the Annual Plan for financial resources to assist with insurance, maintenance and capital projects applicable to marae;

b) Council staff to be made available to assist/advise marae with technical and planning expertise;

c) From the Annual Plan provision the Council will make annual grants based on applications made to the Council;

d) Priority areas for funding are structured to allow for the protection, renewal and replacement of building components for both capital and revenue, and funding decisions are made according to the following priority areas:

1. Insurance (building),

Marae Development:
2. External works (protection of the fabric of the building ensuring it is structurally sound and watertight),

3. Health and safety (work that ensure the building is safe and secure for all those persons using it, and include areas such as electrical works, faulty floorboards, plumbing, and lighting for example),

4. Hygiene (matters related primarily to drainage, kitchens, bathrooms and toilet areas),

5. Interior structure (included in this are walls, ceilings and other internal structure and fabric not already covered by the above areas),

6. Aesthetic and capital projects (this criteria allows for new desirable objects).

e) The Iwi Liaison Sub-committee has delegated authority to:

i) Allocate grants,

ii) Authorise a change of grant purpose from that originally designated, under special circumstances,

iii) Retrospectively allocate grants for notified, urgent works, where funds are available to do so,

iv) And may hear any submissions in support of those applications;

f) All marae must have in place appropriate buildings insurance;

g) Applications for the marae grants scheme will close on 31st August annually;

h) To be eligible for this assistance, marae must:

i) Be an incorporated society or trust Under the Te Ture Whenua Act 1993, 

ii)  Forward with their application an audited copy of the previous year’s annual accounts, if gross revenue is $25,000 or above (as required by the Te Ture Whenua Act 1993).
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