KEY INFORMATION


FUNDING PERIODS:

ROUND 1, SPRING: 1 October to 1 December

Successful applicants will be advised in February.

ROUND 2, AUTUMN: 1 March to 1 May

Successful applicants will be advised in June.

 

APPLY
View the guidelines and complete the application form.
LET US KNOW
Once your funded project is complete, use the Report Back form to confirm how you've spent the funds and how the projects are benefiting the community. 

COMMUNITY FUND GUIDELINES

View the guidelines which include who can apply, how we choose projects to fund and how to report back.

RECENTLY FUNDED PROJECTS
 

Entity

Purpose

Awarded

Waitotara School

School playground

2,000.00

Waverley Carlyle Pony Club

First aid kits and replacement equipment

1,500.00

Waverley Playcentre

Re-bark playground

2,000.00

Patea Golf Club

Replace kitchen bench and sinks

1,500.00

Border Rugby Club & Sports

Furniture for club rooms

1,000.00

Whenuakua School

Shade infrastructure for sandpit

2,000.00

Patea Historical Society

Flywheel restoration

2,000.00

Border Waverley Hockey

Uniforms

2,000.00


THE WAIPIPI WIND FARM COMMUNiTY FUND COMMITTEE

The Fund is looked after and administered by the Waipipi Wind Farm Community Fund Committee, made up of community members who have a good understanding of the local area and where support from the Fund might make a real difference to the community.

Mercury has faith in the local knowledge of the Committee to discuss and decide the allocation of the funds. All decisions of the Committee are final.

The Committee members are:
Robert Northcott (Chair), Jacqueline Dwyer, Alva Honeyfield, Mark Nicholas, Don Parkes, Owen Savage, Claire Symes.

For further information or discussion, please contact via email here.
A view of Mt Taranaki from a wind turbine on Mercury's Waipipi Wind Farm