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Lottery Marae Heritage and Facilities Te Tahua Marae Tuku Iho Me Nga Whakaurunga

Purpose / Kaupapa

Lottery Marae Heritage and Facilities grants are available for one-off projects and projects that are part of a programme for phased improvement of marae-based facilities.  These may be capital works projects or conservation projects.

Mission / Whakatakanga

That marae facilities are developed and conserved.

Ka whanakehia, ā, ka tiakina hoki ngā whakaurunga marae.

Relationship with Māori

The Lottery Marae Heritage and Facilities Committee will act as a responsible participant in the Treaty of Waitangi relationship with whānau, hapū, iwi and Māori. The Lottery Marae Heritage and Facilities Committee is committed to ensuring an equitable distribution of funds to whānau, hapū, iwi and Māori organisations for the development and conservation of marae facilities.

Ka tū te Komiti Tahua Marae Tuku Iho Me Ngā Whakaurunga kaiwhakauru haikawenga i roto i te whānaungatanga o te Tiriti o Waitangi i te taha o ngā whānau, hapū, iwi, me te iwi Māori whānui hoki. Kua herea te Komiti Tahua Marae Tuku Iho Me Ngā Whakaurunga te tika o te tohatoha atu i te pūtea ki ngā whānau, hapū, iwi, me ngā rōpū Māori hoki hei whanake, hei tiaki hoki i nga whakaurunga marae.

What we fund

The Lottery Marae Heritage and Facilities Committee encourages both one-off and staged capital works projects and conservation projects.

As a general rule, grants are made only to organisations with authority from the legal owners of the marae buildings, land or other assets.

Funding is also available for capital work project plans and conservation reports. 

Capital works projects - construction or redevelopment of marae based facilities

Funding is available for:

  • wharenui
  • wharekai
  • wharepaku
  • tangata whenua or manuhiri shelters, waka shelters
  • car parking and fencing
  • the upgrade of essential services required by regulation, or for safety and full function of the facilities, for example plumbing, sewerage systems, electrical installations or fire sprinklers.

Where only part of a capital works project is being funded, the following may be included:

  • equipment essential to making the facility fully functional (e.g. cutlery, tables, chairs, mattresses)
  • the cost of land purchase when part of a building project (there must be plans to build in the immediate future).

At the time of application, your organisation must:

  • have raised a minimum of 33.3% of the total project cost (see Prerequisite Funding section)
  • have all the necessary building and resource consents in place
  • submit a completed Capital Works Project Plan for projects over $50,000
  • have engaged a professional independent project manager for projects over $200,000 in value.

Priority is given to the development of wharenui, wharekai and wharepaku facilities projects that meet a clear community need.   Proposals are more likely to succeed if the applicant has:

  • engaged a member of the Master Builders’ Association or an appropriately qualified tradesperson to undertake the work
  • complied with all central government and local authority standards and regulations, e.g. health and safety requirements
  • planned facilities with access for people with disabilities
  • community support, such as identified voluntary labour.

Capital works project plans

The Committee must be confident that your project is likely to succeed. A large building project may be a major undertaking for a Marae or community organisation.

A detailed capital works project plan should be carried out whenever a new building or major development of an existing building is planned. An independent and suitably qualified person should complete the plan.

A grant of up to $5,000 may be made towards the cost of preparing a project plan for building projects and other capital works for:

  • marae facilities
  • cultural facilities based on marae
  • museums, whare taonga, art galleries and archival institutions based on marae.

If your organisation is planning a project where the total cost is over $50,000 but does not require permits or consents or is straightforward, such as reroofing an existing building, then a capital works project plan may not be required.

Project plan funding is only available for a completed project plan that meets these requirements.

Conservation projects

The Committee has adopted the principles of the ICOMOS/New Zealand Charter for the Conservation of Places of Cultural Heritage Value.

Funding may be available for conservation of marae based:

  • wharenui
  • wharekai
  • wharekarakia
  • urupā
  • pataka
  • whare taonga
  • whakairo and tukutuku
  • memorials and flagpoles
  • ‘moveable cultural property’, such as paintings, photographs, whāriki, piupiu or korowai draped around carvings, free standing carvings, significant documents, archives and other taonga in marae ownership
  • wāhi tapu and archaeological sites.

Funding may be provided for the following:

  • consultation fees
  • conservation treatment
  • purchase of conservation materials and equipment cleaning, fencing and headstone preservation.

At the time of application, you must have raised a minimum of 33.3% of the total project cost (see Prerequisite Funding section).

Priority for funding is given to places and objects:

  • identified by the Māori community, whānau, hapū or iwi as having significant heritage value
  • where it is recognised that the proposed work is essential to the preservation of the places or objects.

These places or objects may be of local, regional or national significance.  The following information should be included with the application:

  • a written account of the significance of the place or object to be conserved
  • a conservation, condition or maintenance report prepared by a conservation professional to a standard recognised either by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust (Head Office) or the New Zealand Professional Conservators Group
  • evidence that any research required to identify urupā or wāhi tapu sites has already been completed
  • evidence that the restoration work will be overseen by a conservation professional to a standard recognised by either the New Zealand Historic Places Trust or the New Zealand Professional Conservators Group
  • evidence that suitable arrangements for storage and maintenance of the restored object have been made
  • in cases where the object or artefact is part of a museum collection or an archive collection outside of the marae, evidence that a collection policy has been developed.

Conservation reports

The Committee consider applications for up to $10,000 for the preparation of conservation, condition or maintenance reports for wharenui, wharekai, wharekarakia, urupā, pataka, whare taonga, whakairo, memorials and flagpoles, ‘moveable cultural property’, and wāhi tapu and archaeological sites located on marae land.

Conservation, condition or maintenance reports must be prepared by a conservation professional to a standard recognised either by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust (Head Office) or the New Zealand Professional Conservators Group.

What we do not fund

In addition to those items, services and projects not funded by any Lottery committee, the Lottery Marae Heritage and Facilities Committee does not fund

  • normal operating expenses (for example, office expenses, photocopying, transport, insurance)
  • routine maintenance costs (for example, clearing spouting, washing down buildings, re-painting, redecoration).

Prerequisite funds

Applicants must first raise a minimum 33.3% toward the total cost of their project. 

‘Project budget’ means the cost of the whole project that is being applied for. The project budget can sometimes also include the costs already incurred for this specific project.
 
Prerequisite funds may include:

  • cash-in-hand
  • grants from other sources for the same project, e.g. from Creative New Zealand, central government or local authorities
  • the value of any project-specific work completed and paid for in the two years preceding the application closing date which are included in the project budget.  Evidence of receipted expenditure must be provided
  • the value of building/resource consents for the project that have already been paid and are included in the project budget
  • cost of a feasibility study or project plans already completed and paid for by the group and included in the budget
  • borrowed monies, e.g. loans, debentures, bridging finance and overdrafts (applicants must provide loan approval letters and evidence of their ability to repay borrowed monies - this cannot include any Lottery grant that may be awarded)
  • land value - in some cases, applicants are entitled to include the value of land already purchased. The land must:
    • have been purchased by the applicant group
    • be specifically for the project; (for example, land value can be included for the initial development of a wharekai but cannot be included for restoration of an existing wharekai)
    • be totally debt-free
    • be recorded when calculating the total project cost at its actual original purchase price. A Sale and Purchase of Real Estate Agreement must be provided to verify land value and, if relevant, the value of any buildings on site which are a component of the project (actual purchase price or a recent quotable value).

Prerequisite funds cannot include the following:

  • previous lottery grants
  • unconfirmed funds
  • the value of any discounts
  • work already completed by voluntary labour
  • unrealised pledges and debentures (this includes the value of any unrealised offers to donated materials or livestock).

Funding for outcomes

The Lottery Grants Board aims to maximise the community benefits of Lottery grants by focusing grant decision making on outcomes.

How much to apply for

The amount of funding granted is at the Committee’s discretion, depending on the funds available and the number and quality of the applications received.

Regardless of the amount applied for, grants over $10,000 will be made only to legal entities (e.g. Māori trust boards, incorporated societies, charitable trusts registered under the Charitable Trusts Act 1957, and companies with charitable status).

Grants to groups without legal status are limited to a total from all Lottery Grants Board distribution committees of no more than $10,000 to any group in any financial year.

The Lottery Grants Board financial year is 1 July – 30 June.

Applicants are encouraged to seek assistance from other funding bodies.

Making an application