Auckland Council Waterway Protection Fund

Who can apply

• Guidelines: 'Funding for 2026/27 is available for rural landowners and catchment groups working on a private property larger than 5 hectares.'
• Council page: 'We have two regional grants for rural landowners and community groups that work on private property larger than 5 hectares.'
• Form: applicants may apply as an 'Individual' or an 'Organisation'
• Form legal status options: 'Incorporated Society', 'Charitable Trust', 'Limited Liability Company', 'Other'. Other 'can include not for profit community group, Māori trusts, e.g. pūtea trust, whanau trust, ahu whenua trust, whenua tōpū trust and/or kai tiaki trust.'
• Applicants who are not the landowner may apply but must 'attach/provide written permission from the landowners'
• Priority catchments for 2026/2027: Aotea/Great Barrier Island; Āwhitu Catchment; Hūnua Stream; Kumeū Huapai; Matakana River; Mahurangi West; Mauku Stream; Matheson Bay; Oira Creek; Ōrere River; Papakura Stream; Pukekohe-Tutaenui Stream; Slippery Creek; Taitaia Stream; Te Arai; Waitangi Stream; Warkworth; Whangamaire Stream; Whangapouri Creek; Whangateau

What it funds

• Riparian planting and stream fencing
• Wetland creation and restoration
• Making space for rural water works

The questions on the form

We hold the funder's actual form. Here are the first 3 of 69.

1. Contact Details / Ngā tohu whakapāOrganisation/Individual name
2. Are you GST registered?
3. What is your GST number?

Documents to have ready

• Map showing proposed work, 'Please upload your Proposed Project Map' (required). 'The project map should include your proposed works (for example fence lines, planting areas, and locations of alternative water supply and fish passage remediation). The map must be on an aerial image and ideally shows the wider area. It can either be drawn digitally or by hand.'
• Photos of project site, 'Please upload photos of the project site' (required), '1-2 photos of the project site'
• Evidence of bank account, one of: 'Bank deposit slip'; 'Bank statement'; 'A letter from the bank on the bank's letterhead confirming the bank account holder name and bank account number'; 'Print screen or image capture of an on-line bank statement confirming the bank account holder name and bank account number. This must include the bank logo and URL'. 'The bank account evidence must be less than 3 months old.'