Round 2 funding recipients
Round 2 of the Regional Events Promotion Fund awarded $2,652,349 of funding to 152 events in May 2025.
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The recipients were:
Ashburton District Council
$5,000 to Run Mt Hutt
$6,000 to South Island Half Marathon
Central Economic Development Agency
$11,500 to 2025 Manawatu Gardens Festival
$30,000 to Armageddon Expo Palmerston North
$25,000 to Central Districts Field Days 2026
$17,264 to Cross Hills Gardens Country Fair 2025
$20,000 to Davis Cup World of Tennis - NZ vs Georgia
$21,000 to New Zealand's Premier Motorsport Summer Series - Round 6
$15,000 to Salud Festival
$13,200 to Sip and Savour
Clutha Development
$10,000 to The Magnificent Adventure Race
Destination Great Lake Taupo
$10,000 to Australasian Open 2026 (Disc Golf)
$10,000 to Campsaver Motorhome Show
$30,000 to Equifest
$20,000 to Lake Taupo Cycle Challenge
$13,550 to Motomania
$12,500 to Pillar to Pou
$20,000 to Taupo Historic GP
Destination Hauraki-Coromandel
$5,500 to 2026 New Zealand Women’s Surfing Festival
$6,000 to Whangamatā Half Marathon
$5,000 to Wings and Wheels
Destination Marlborough
$17,000 to Garden Marlborough 2025
$10,000 to Havelock Mussel & Seafood Festival 2026
$21,250 to Marlborough Wine & Food Festival 2026
$26,000 to South Island Masters Games 2025
Destination Wairarapa
$20,000 to Featherston Booktown Karukatea Festival 2026
$20,000 to Greytown Gin Hootenanny
$10,000 to Hops in the Vines
$7,500 to Pukaha Wairarapa Garden Tour
$25,000 to Toast Martinborough
$30,000 to Wairarapa Festival of Christmas
$5,000 to Wairarapa Wines Harvest Festival
Development West Coast
$50,000 to 2026 Hokitika Wildfoods Festival
$7,400 to Around Brunner Bike Ride
$5,250 to Gold Trail (Mountain Bike Race)
$24,000 to Greymouth Motorcycle Street Race
$7,875 to Ride the Wilderness Bike Race
$7,875 to South Island Ultra Marathon
$16,000 to True West Adventure Race
Enterprise Dunedin
$8,643 to 2025 Port Chalmers Seafood Festival
$40,000 to 2026 New Zealand Masters Games
$10,000 to Emersons Dunedin Marathon
$30,000 to The Dunedin Craft Beer and Food Festival
$25,000 to Wild Dunedin- NZ Festival of Nature
Enterprise North Canterbury
$6,000 to Bridge to Bridge
$6,000 to Canterbury Half Marathon
Great South
$16,000 to Burt Munro Challenge 2026
$20,000 to NZ Premier Motorsport Summer Series. Next Gen Round 4
$5,000 to Rakiura Rhyme Machine Festival 2025
$22,000 to The Shepherdess Muster 2026
$30,000 to Tussock Country – NZ Country Music Festival 2026
Hawke’s Bay Tourism
$26,000 to Art Deco festival Napier 2026
$25,000 to ASICS Runaway Hawke's Bay Marathon
$15,000 to Harvest Hawke's Bay Wine and Food festival
$10,000 to Hastings Meatball Festival 2026
$20,000 to Horse of the Year 2026
$10,000 to Jazz in the Park Church Road
$20,000 to Outfield Music Food and Arts festival
$10,000 to The Spring Fling festival
Lake Wanaka Tourism
$15,000 to Aspiring Conversations 2026
$39,750 to Gallagher Insurance Challenge Wanaka Festival of Triathlon 2026
$15,000 to Merino Muster Ski Marathon
$10,000 to NZ Mountain Film and Book festival
$50,000 to Warbirds Over Wanaka International Airshow
Mackenzie Tourism
$11,000 to 2025-2026 Lucas Oil Hydro Thunder NZ Championship Series
$11,000 to Breathe Tekapo 2026
$14,500 to Mackenzie Half Marathon
$23,000 to Race Tekapo
$38,250 to Spirited Women 2026
$5,000 to Swim Ruataniwha 2026
$19,500 to The Mackenzie Race 2026
$10,639 to Twizel Hard Labour Weekend
$15,000 to Twizel Salmon and Wine Festival 2026
Nelson Regional Development Agency
$30,000 to Adam Chamber Music Festival
$10,000 to Marchfest Craft Beer Festival
$35,000 to NZ MTB Rally The Weekender
$27,500 to The Spectacle
Northland Incorporated
$15,000 to Brew of Islands
$30,000 to Fired Up Barbecue Festival
$7,300 to Upsurge Bay of Islands Festival
Rangitikei District Council
$5,000 to Marton Country Music Festival
$5,000 to Rangitikei Adventure Race
Rotorua New Zealand
$23,350 to Legends of the Peaks
$22,000 to NZ Blues & BBQ Festival
$22,400 to NZ Fishing Hunting & 4x4 Expo
$24,000 to Red Stag Rotorua Marathon
$30,000 to Run the Forest
$30,000 to Tarawera Ultra-Trail by UTMB
$30,000 to Whaka 100 Mountain Bike Marathon
Selwyn District Council
$10,000 to HIIT for Hope
$6,000 to Hororata Highland Games
$7,500 to Selwyn Marathon
$5,000 to Wine Run
Tourism Bay of Plenty
$15,000 to 2025 Zespri AIMS Games
$26,500 to 2026 National Jazz Festival
$10,000 to Echo Walking Festival
$25,000 to Flavours of Plenty Festival 2026
$10,000 to International Surf Rescue Challenge
$8,000 to Katkati Avo Festival
$15,083 to XAIR 2026
Tourism Central Otago
$8,643 to Alexandra Blossom Festival
$14,000 to The 70th New Zealand Grand Prix - Round 5
Tourism Waitaki
$10,000 to Steampunk NZ Festival
Trust Tairāwhiti
$15,000 to Iron Maori ki Te Tairāwhiti
$15,000 to Ōpōtiki Lantern Festival
$20,500 to The Longline Classic
Venture Taranaki
$40,000 to Centuria Taranaki Garden Festival
$20,000 to Coastal Five
$22,750 to Feastival
$21,000 to NZ Tattoo and Arts Festival
$7,500 to Taste and Tales
$68,000 to Womad
Venture Timaru
$7,500 to Brews on the Bay
$5,000 to Caroline Bay Rock & Hop
$10,000 to Premier events South island Champs
$13,550 to Timaru Superbike Grand Prix
Visit Hurunui
$25,000 to Hanmer Half Marathon
$10,000 to Hanmer Springs Fete
$18,000 to Hurunui Garden Festival
$15,000 to MT Isobel Adventure Run
$12,000 to North Canterbury Wine and Food Festival
$5,000 to Pegasus Bay Vine Run
$18,313 to Skedaddle
$14,500 to Underground Festival
Visit Ruapehu
$20,250 to Mardi Gras Ohakune
$13,000 to Ring of Fire 2026
$11,300 to The Goat Adventure Run
$12,300 to Tussock Traverse 2026
$25,000 to Whakapapa Festival
Waikato District Council
$7,314 to Karioi Classic 2025
$9,000 to Motofest
$25,000 to NextGen Round 1 - Hampton Downs
$25,000 to NextGen Round 2 - Hampton Downs
$5,350 to Raglan Country & Blues Festival 2025
Waipa District Council
$50,000 to Fieldays
$10,000 to National Waka Ama Sprint Championships 2026
$25,000 to Night of Champions
$20,000 to NZ Boat, Fish and Dive Expo
$25,000 to NZMCA Motorhome, Caravan & Leisure Show
$20,000 to Sika Show
$30,000 to Summernats NZ
Whakatane District Council
$20,000 to 2026 New Zealand Surf Life Saving Championships
$5,000 to Farming Like Grandad Country Fair
$5,000 to Jazz in the Park 2026
$10,000 to Local Wild Food Festival
$5,000 to Ohiwa Oyster Festival
$8,500 to Sun to Surf 2026
Whanganui District Council
$17,500 to Artist Open Studio
$30,000 to Cooks Classic
$15,000 to HoopNation Junior Showcase
$40,000 to Suzuki Series
$13,000 to Whanganui Vintage Weekend