Kai Ora Fund

Dates

The next dates are not published yet. We add them when they are.

What it funds

• Innovative projects that address food security and increase community resilience
• Local healthy food
• Sharing of food and knowledge, including customary techniques

What it will not fund

Not published.

Good to know

Funding is closed for 2026 and no later dates are published. The page does not say which kinds of group can apply.

Annual small community grant; funding is closed for 2026 and no 2027 dates are published.

Checklist

What Kai Ora Fund says you need:

• Projects should encourage one or more of the fund goals
• Favoured: engage multiple partners, prioritise lower socio-economic communities, strengthen whanau, hapu and iwi, show the work can be sustained beyond the grant

Common things funders ask for, worth having ready:

• What exactly is the money for, and when will you spend it?
• How much do you need, and do you have quotes under three months old?
• Who benefits, and how many people?
• Your legal name, registration number and bank account in the group's name.
• A committee or board decision approving the application (some funders want a signed resolution).
• Your latest financial statements or annual return.
• Other funders you have applied to for the same thing.

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Sources

What we relied on, in the funder's own words.

• Funding Closed for 2026wdc.govt.nz/Community/Community-funding/Kai-Ora-Fund · read 17 October 2026
• The Kai Ora Fund is a small community grant to support innovative projects that address food security and increase community resilience in Te Tai Tokerau.wdc.govt.nz/Community/Community-funding/Kai-Ora-Fund · read 17 October 2026
• The maximum funding available per project is $5,000.wdc.govt.nz/Community/Community-funding/Kai-Ora-Fund · read 17 October 2026
• Prioritise lower socio-economic communities (and in particular children), or people with food security and accessibility issues.wdc.govt.nz/Community/Community-funding/Kai-Ora-Fund · read 17 October 2026
• We will prioritise projects that show they can sustain their work and impact beyond the initial grant.wdc.govt.nz/Community/Community-funding/Kai-Ora-Fund · read 17 October 2026

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