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Working for Nature / Mahi mō te Taiao grant

From Marlborough District Council

Contestable council grants for community groups, businesses, landowners and individuals in Marlborough to restore native habitat and control pests, plus a small environmental advocacy category. Paid by reimbursement against project milestones.

Summary in our words. Each fact below shows the funder’s own words and links to its page.

No call found

Windows each year

Applications open 1 to 30 April; outcomes notified by July. The funder’s page doesn’t say whether one is open now.

Check the call pageChecked 2 Nov 2026

The facts, in the funder’s words

How to apply

Apply directly

When a call is open, eligible applicants apply to the funder or the organisation running the call.

The contestable grant scheme is administered by a sub-committee of the Environment Committee, and operates using a reimbursement model. 

Amount

Up to $15,000 NZD a year

Cap for the pest-control category; habitat restoration is capped lower and advocacy lower again.

Protecting Marlborough: These projects control animal and plant pests that are threatening native wildlife and habitats. Grants are up to $15,000 per applicant in any one year. 

Where

Marlborough: New Zealand

More grants in New Zealand and Oceania.

Marlborough has been identified as one of five centres of biodiversity in New Zealand due to the concentration of endemic species 

Who can apply

Community groups, Companies and Individuals

One application per category is permitted annually from community organisations, businesses, landowners (including farming, forestry, winegrowing) and individuals. 

Rounds

Fixed rounds with deadlines

Applications open for the month of April - from the 1 to midnight on the 30 of April. 

Co-funding required

Not found on the pages we read

Restoration approach

Community conservation, Species conservation, Reforestation, Wetlands and Rivers and lakes

Our classification, from the funder’s description of what it supports.

More grants for forests, wetlands, wildlife and communities.

The call

Not clear from the page

April application month

Call page
Status

Windows each year; the page doesn’t say if one is open now

Applications open for the month of April - from the 1 to midnight on the 30 of April. 

Dates each year

Applications open 1 to 30 April; outcomes notified by July

Applications open for the month of April - from the 1 to midnight on the 30 of April. Applicants will be notified of the outcome of their grant by July. 

Ready to apply to April application month?Check the call page

What the funder asks grantees to report

Reporting

Not found on the pages we read

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