List of funded projects
Recipients of the Community Renewable Energy Fund.
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Community resilience sites
69 targeted community sites impacted by the 2023 Auckland floods and Cyclone Gabrielle are in the process of receiving grant funding to install solar PV and battery systems. As of November 2024, 65 community sites are confirmed and are listed below.
Region
Te Matau a Māui | Hawkes Bay
Sub-region and site name:
- Porangahau – Rongomaraeroa Marae
- Wairoa – Tuai Hall/Library
- Te Haroto – Te Haroto Marae
- Napier – Waiohiki Marae
- Waipukurau – Russell Park/ Waipukarau Memorial Hall
- Wairoa – Taihoa Marae
- Central Hawke’s Bay – Elsthorpe Hall
- Napier – Samoan AoG Kings House
- Waipawa – CHB Municipal Theatre
- Napier – Omahu Marae
- Havelock North – Havelock North Function Centre
- Flaxmere – Cook Islands Community Hall
- Hastings – Hastings Sports Centre
- Central Napier – Napier Central School
- Taradale – Hohepa
- Ongaonga – Ongaonga Hall and Playcentre
- Mahia – Rongomaiwahine Marae
- Wairoa – Kotemaori Hall
Te Tai Tokerau | Northland
- Whangarei – Te Aroha Marae
- Motuti – Motuti Marae
- Dargaville – Holy Trinity Church Dargaville, Anglican Church
- Kohukohu – Matihetihe Marae
- Far North – Oturu Marae
- Whangarei – Terenga Paraoa Marae
- Paparoa – Parirau Marae
- Kaiwaka – Kaiwaka Sports Centre
- Karikari – Haititaimarangai Marae
- Kohukohu – Matihetihe Marae
- Pouto – Waikaretu Marae/Potou Marae
- Ngaiotonga – Ngatiwai Marae
- Ōakura – Mokau Marae
- Tikitiki – Rāhui Marae
Tairāwhiti | Gisborne
- Te Araroa – Awatere Marae
- Tiniroto – Tiniroto Community Association
- Ruatoria – Rongohaere Marae
- Gisborne – House of Breakthrough Church
- Gisborne –Te Poho o Rāwiri Marae
- Waipiro Bay – KieKie Marae
- Te Karaka – Te Karaka Area School
- Manutuke – Whakato Marae
- Ruatoria – Whakarua Park/Uepohatu
- Tolaga Bay – Tolaga Bay Area School
- Tokomaru Bay – Hatea-A-Rangi School
- Ruatoria – Te Kura Kaupapa Maori O Te Waiu O Ngati Porou School
- Te Araroa – Te Waha o Rerekohu Area School
- Tokomaru Bay – Rāhui Marae
- Hicks Bay – Hinemaurea Marae
- Tolaga Bay – Te Rawheoro Marae
Manawatūand Wairarapa district
- Martinborough – Hau Ariki Marae
- Carterton – Gladstone Sports Complex
- Masterton – Whareama Hall
Waikato
- Ngaruawahia – Te Akau Waingaro Community Complex Inc
- Whiritoa – Whiritoa Community Emergency Centre
- Port Waikato – Sunset Beach Community Hub
- Kawhia – Waipapa Marae
- Cambridge – Cambridge Community Marae
- Tuakau – Onewhero Society of Performing Arts Inc (OSPA) Theatre
Tāmaki Makaurau | Auckland
- Makarau – Te Aroha Pa Marae
- Great Barrier Island – Kawa Marae
- Henderson – The Trusts Arena
- Silverdale – Te Herenga Waka o Orewa Marae
- Three Kings – Fickling Community Centre
- Pukekohe – Ngaa Hau E Whaa o Pukekohe
Tararua district
- Te Uri – Te Uri Hall
- Dannevirke – Herbertville Hall
- Kumeroa – Kumeroa Community Hall
First funding package
A total of $1.12 million in funding was awarded to 5 high-quality projects in 2023. These projects were unsuccessful in an earlier bid to the Māori and Public Housing Renewable Energy Fund, missing only on the criteria to ‘predominantly support those in Māori or public housing’.
Soho Group – Project 3 Wanaka-Tebbs
Funding: $400,000
Soho Group Ltd is constructing 2 housing developments in Tauranga and Whangārei, with construction expected to be completed in mid- to late-2024.
The funding will deliver solar PV panels for 15 homes in the Whangārei development and 20 homes in the Tauranga development.
This will provide huge savings on energy bills and benefit the tenants of these 35 public rental homes.
For the Whangārei project, Soho is working alongside a nationwide community housing provider for the long-term asset ownership and management and tenancy management.
For the Tauranga project, Soho is working in partnership with the Tauranga Community Housing Trust to provide long-term public housing solutions for the local community.
Manawa Housing Limited – Manawa Kaumātua Village
Funding: $220,000
Manawa Community Housing Trust is a community housing provider. The Trust is constructing 20 kaumātua rental flats that are expected to be completed in June 2024.
This funding will provide 3.3kW solar PV panels for each of the 20 flats, bringing energy bill savings to the elderly tenants.
Habitat for Humanity – Project Maunu Road
Funding: $225,409
Habitat for Humanity is a community housing provider and is constructing a community housing development in Whangārei.
Construction is expected to be completed in May 2024. This funding will provide 3kW solar PV panels for each of the 23 medium-density homes. The energy bill savings will significantly benefit tenants.
Camellia House Trust – Sustainability Haerenga
Funding: $35,000
Camellia House is a transitional housing facility for vulnerable people, including children.
This funding will provide a 10kW solar PV system, which includes panels and battery, for the house. This will help reduce Camellia House’s electricity bills so savings can be spent on the wellbeing and other needs of residents.
He Waka Tapu Limited – Ahikā Housing Project
Funding: $239,635
He Waka Hou Trust and He Waka Tapu Ltd are constructing 10 residential units in Christchurch to provide emergency and transitional accommodation to whānau.
Construction is expected to be completed by February 2024. He Waka Tapu Ltd will provide the whānau ora support for whānau living in these units.
This funding will provide a centralised microgrid solar PV system (54kW solar PV panels and 60 kWh battery) with an automated billing system for the 10 units.