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Council Office Hours - Tuesday 17 June 2025

The WDC Customer Services and Visitor Hub, Library and Admin Building will be closed on Tuesday 17 June 2025 until 11am. We will still be available by phone on 0800 932 4357. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause. 

Community Partnership Fund grant allocations for 2016

14 Dec 2016, 9:15 AM

The Community Partnership Fund aims to ensure that residents of the Waitomo District have opportunities to feel part of the community they live, work and play in, and aims to ‘help our community help itself’ by offering access to funding and in-kind support to groups working on community initiatives.

Council discussed and agreed to the 2016 Community Partnership Funding allocation of $25,000 as follows:

Applicant Grant Amount
Mokau Museum and Art Gallery (Tainui Historical Society)

$5,000.00 +gst

Towards upgrade cost for their building.
Piopio Primary School 

$3,600.00 +gst

Towards Upgrades to their Multi-Purpose Room.

Te Piruru Papakainga Marae

$1,800.00 

Towards upgrades to the Marae bathroom facilities. 
Benneydale Hall Incorporated 

$4,700.00 

Towards a heating system for the hall. 
Piopio Playcentre 

$1,000.00  

Towards the creation of a mud play area.

Te Kuiti & District Historical Society Incorporated 

$8,900.00 

Towards remedial building restoration and Conservation products for perishable exhibits.

  Total $25,000.00 (plus GST where applicable)