Strategic Tourism Assets
Protection Programme
Application Form
June 2020
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Strategic Tourism Assets Protection Programme: Completing
this form
If you need any assistance with completing this form, please contact us at
[email address].
Please complete the form electronically, and attach the following:
☐ Your bank account details and third party verification (such as a bank statement or
screenshot of your internet banking)
☐ Two years of profit and loss statements
☐ Your GST number
Submit your completed application to [email address]. Proposals must
be received by MBIE no later than 5pm on
Thursday 18 June, 2020.
Note: There is a 20MB size limit. For larger applications, please separate them into different
emails.
For exceptional circumstances, there is scope to assess out-of-round applications, if they are
considered urgent and funding is needed outside of the scheduled funding round. Please make
this clear in your application.
Proposal checklist
Before you apply be sure to complete the following:
☐ Check the MBIE website to ensure you have downloaded the most recent version of each
document.
☐ Read the supporting information on the MBIE website.
When filling out this form please ensure:
☐ All answers are typed into the space provided for each section in font no smaller than size
10 point.
☐ You provide the information required for each question.
☐ You have read and understood the declaration details outlined in Section 4 and have signed
the declaration.
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Evidence
When MBIE assesses proposals against the eligibility and/or the assessment criteria, we will
consider whether the evidence provided supports the claims, as well as the quality of that
evidence. Where questions ask for evidence to support claims, it is highly recommended that
you provide reference sources that attest the accuracy and quality of the evidence.
MBIE will assess the application using the information provided by the applicant.
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Section 1: Proposal and applicant key details
Please enter answers in the right-hand column.
Applicants’ key details
Business Legal Name:
Glenbrook Vintage Railway Charitable Trust Board
Business Trading Name:
Glenbrook Vintage Railway
Entity Type:
Registered Charitable Trust
Business address, including
201 Pukeoware Road
postcode:
RD1
Waiuku 2681
Business Website:
www.gvr.org.nz
Key point of
Tim Kerwin
contact’s name and
General Manager
role:
Email Address:
[email address]
Telephone:
s 9(2)(a)
What is the primary
Attraction
activity of your
business?
This project will be
National
based in the region
Primarily Auckland (Franklin)
of (if multiple please With activities in Northland, Waikato, and Bay of Plenty.
pick National and
specify):
Area includes Tauranga, Whangarei, and Ohakune.
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Section 2: Eligibility
Please read this section carefully:
The programme objective is not to protect all tourism assets, but only those of significance to
New Zealand and/or its regions. You must meet
all three of the eligibility criteria below to
qualify for the Strategic Tourism Assets Protections Programme (STAPP).
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2.1 Eligibility criteria
1: Is the asset a
Tourism Operations - a tourism characteristic business is one where either:
tourism asset?
at least 25 percent of the operations’ output is purchased by tourists,
For the purposes of
or the operations output includes a tourism-characteristic product.
this Programme the
Yes ☒
No ☐
definition of a
tourism asset has
Tourism Assets: you must meet one of the following types of assets:
been adapted from
Attractions – this includes activities and natural attractions
the statistical
definition of a
Access – the means of access to the tourism asset (note assets
tourism
eligible under Ministry of Transport funding are
not eligible for
characteristic
STAPP)
industry use in the
Amenities – services and facilities.
Tourism Satellite
Intangible assets (for example intellectual property) can be
Accounts to describe
considered eligible if they fit into the three asset categories
tourism operations
in scope.
Attraction ☒
Access ☐
Amenity ☐
2: Is the asset a
An asset is likely to be considered strategic and eligible for the STAPP if it:
tourism asset of
Is a nationally and/or internationally recognised, AND
strategic
significance
Yes ☒
No ☐
(national or
Is a key attraction for New Zealand or a region of New Zealand, AND
regional, cultural,
environmental
Yes ☒
No ☐
and/or historic)?
Is responsible for significant visitation to the region where it is
located and in its absence, visitation to the region would be
significantly diminished, AND
Yes ☒
No ☐
Generates significant spill over benefits to the region where it is
located. Spill over benefits to the community (regional or New
Zealand) means that the benefits of the tourism asset are shared
with other businesses (including non-tourism businesses).
Yes ☒
No ☐
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3: Has the applicant
Applicants must be able to demonstrate that there is both a need for
exhausted all other
support to safeguard the asset and they have exhausted alternative options
avenues of support
for support.
(government broad-
Are there insurmountable costs/challenges to pausing and resuming
based and private)?
operations?
Yes ☒
No ☐
Note: businesses
Is the applicant reliant to a high degree on revenue from visitor
with applications to
flows that are currently severely reduced?
Government funds
(e.g. the Provincial
Yes ☒
No ☐
Growth Fund) are
eligible, but the
STAPP will not
Is the applicant facing severe financial stress, for example unable to
provide support for
meet the minimum costs necessary to survive/hibernate until
the same purpose.
demand recovers and/or re-pivot their offering to the domestic
market? For example, have other sources of cash flow, working
capital been exhausted?
Yes ☒
No ☐
The following tourism assets are not eligible for STAPP:
•
assets that do not meet all three eligibility criteria
•
assets that can be readily repurposed
assets that are eligible for support via other sector-specific COVID-19 recovery
packages (such as the transport and aviation support package).
assets which are new capital developments or upgrades
assets which are a generic features of the tourism system, such as food and beverage,
accommodation, transport and retail. Exceptions could include assets that are iconic,
of notable cultural, environmental and/or heritage status, and/or feature prominently
within the conservation landscape, and/or are uniquely critical elements of the
tourism supply chain.
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Section 3: Business situation
3.1 What is your tourism asset?
In this section, we want to understand the level of government support you are
looking for and how this will be used to protect your business or specific asset(s).
In your response, please provide as much detail as possible.
What asset(s) are you looking to protect?
Protect our core operating assets, that is New
e.g. facilities, capability, intellectual property Zealand heritage locomotives, heritage
carriages, railway track, buildings, and
support/signalling infrastructure.
Protect our regulatory and industry operating
licenses, including maintaining current
compliance of locomotives, carriages, and
operating staff.
s 9(2)(b)(ii)
What makes the asset(s) strategically
We are the only tourism-focussed passenger
important to your region and/or New
rail operator based in the Upper North Island.
Zealand?
We operate heritage steam and diesel trains
on our private railway which is the most
significant tourist attraction in Franklin and we
are regarded as New Zealand’s premier
heritage railway and have an extensive
collection of both operational and otherwise
preserved heritage vehicles. Our trains are
often used to transport hundreds of visitors to
regional events such as the Te Kuiti muster,
s 9(2)(b)(ii)
We are one of
coach tour operator Grand Pacific Tours’
highest rated attractions (letter of support
attached).
What type of funding is this application for?
Grant
Amount of funding sought (excl. GST)
s 9(2)(b)(ii)
Please provide a breakdown of how this
s 9(2)(b)(ii)
funding will be spent. In your answer, please
cover:
Wages for staff
Operating expenditure
Fixed costs
Repairs and maintenance
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Any other ways you intend to spend
s 9(2)(b)(ii)
the funding
If your application includes assets in multiple
regions, please indicate allocation for each
region.
Has this funding been sought from other
We have undertaken a ‘Crowdfunding’
sources (e.g banks, investors)?
campaign which to date has raised
approximately s 9(2)(b)(ii). Grants and interim
funding from other sources have been and
continue to be investigated.
How would you like to receive the funding?
s 9(2)(b)(ii)
e.g. quarterly payments over two years
Please note that funding will not be allocated in an up-front lump sum, and is subject to
conditions.
If your application is successful, how many of s 9(2)(b)(ii)
your staff will you retain?
E.g retaining 35 critical FTE
What efforts have you undertaken to make
Social: s 9(2)(b)(ii)
and
the strategic asset more sustainable (e.g.
we have a good working relationship with the
paying staff at or above the living wage,
Rail and Maritime Transport Union. We
monitoring and reducing waste)?
provide extensive restoration and operational
volunteer opportunities for youth as well as
‘Sustainable’ includes environmental, social
retirees. We donate tickets to many schools,
and economic sustainability.
sports clubs, and other community groups in
Auckland and Waikato as well as operate
subsidised trains for their fundraising events.
s 9(2)(b)(ii)
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s 9(2)(b)(ii)
.
If your application is successful, how many of s 9(2)(b)(ii)
your staff will you still have to make
redundant?
How much would it cost to ‘hibernate’ your
s 9(2)(b)(ii)
asset for the next 12 months?
What is the minimum amount of funding to
Bearing in mind money raised to date, we still
ensure that the asset can operate at
need to obtain funding of
o
s 9(2)(b)(ii)
ver the
minimum viability?
next s 9(2)(b)(ii) to remain viable. This will
result in a reduction of the experiences we
can offer.
3.2 Previous business situation
We want to understand your situation prior to COVID-19.
In your response, please provide as much detail as possible.
What were your visitor numbers in 2019?
s 9(2)(b)(ii) passengers recorded for 2018/19
season.
What was your estimated split between
The split domestic to international for
domestic and international visitors in 2019?
2018/19 season is s 9(2)(b)(ii) by passenger
e.g. 75% domestic, 25% international.
number, s 9(2)(b)(ii) by profit.
Looking at your international market, please
s 9(2)(b)(ii)
estimate the proportion of visitors from each
country
e.g. 60% Australian, 30% Chinese, 10% other
What was your business revenue in 2019?
s 9(2)(b)(ii)
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How many staff did you employ in 2019
s 9(2)(b)(ii)
(please break this down seasonally if
applicable)?
e.g. 50 FTE in summer, 25 FTE in winter
3.3 Current business situation
In this section, we want to understand your current situation and how it has been
impacted by COVID-19.
In your response, please provide as much detail as possible.
On 13 May 2020, New Zealand moved to
Since Alert Level 2 we have progressively
Alert Level 2. Since then, at what capacity
ramped up to our near-normal maintenance
have you been operating relative to 2019
programme while we are unable to run trains,
levels?
however it was not viable to run trains with
the social distancing requirements under Alert
Level 2. s 9(2)(b)(ii)
What is your expected change in business
Our projected drop in business operating
revenue for 2020, compared to 2019?
revenue is approximately s 9(2)(b)(ii)
Since COVID-19, how have you adapted your
s 9(2)(b)(ii)
business to continue trading?
For example:
Changing prices
adapting to the domestic market
We have launched a ‘crowdfunding’ appeal
additional borrowing from the
and are pursing private grants and corporate
private market (e.g. your bank)
sponsorship options.
How many staff have you made redundant as s 9(2)(b)(ii)
a result of COVID-19?
What (if any) COVID-19 Government support
MSD Wage Subsidy (first 12 weeks).
have you accessed?
Intend to apply for Extended Wage Subsidy (8
weeks).
Given the current situation, what is the
The outlook is fragile.
current outlook for your business?
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Se
ction 4: Declaration by lead applicant
The contracting entity is compliant and will continue to comply with all applicable laws, regulations,
rules and professional codes of conduct or practice including but not limited to health and safety and
employment practices
Yes: ☒ No: ☐
Has this activity ever been declined Crown Funding in the past?
Yes: ☐ No: ☒
Has the applicant or the contracting entity ever been insolvent or subject to an insolvency action,
administration or other legal proceedings?
Yes: ☐ No: ☒
Has any individual in the Applicant’s team (including the Applicant’s Leadership Team, directors,
partners, or trustees, or any key members of the project) ever been insolvent or subject to an
insolvency action, administration or other legal proceedings, or actively involved in any organisation
which has?
Yes: ☐ No: ☒
Has any individual in the Applicant’s team (including the Applicant’s Leadership Team, directors,
partners, or trustees, or any key members of the project) ever been adjudged bankrupt or is an
undischarged bankrupt?
Yes: ☐ No: ☒
Has any individual in the Applicant’s team (including the Applicant’s Leadership Team, directors,
partners, or trustees, or any key members of the project) ever been under investigation for, or been
convicted of, any criminal offence?
Yes: ☐ No: ☒
Are there any actual, potential or perceived conflicts of interest that the applicant or any of the key
personnel have in relation to this project.
“In a small country like ours, conflicts of interest in our working lives are natural and unavoidable.
The existence of a conflict of interest does not necessarily mean that someone has done something
wrong, and it need not cause problems. It just needs to be identified and managed carefully…”
https://www.oag.govt.nz/2007/conflicts-public-entities
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Ye
s: ☐ No: ☒
If you answered “Yes” to any of the above questions, please provide a description below:
By completing the details below, the applicant makes the following declarations about its application
to the Strategic Tourism Assets Protection Programme (“application”):
☒ The statements in the application are true and the information provided is complete and correct,
and there have been no misleading statements or omissions of any relevant facts nor any
misrepresentations made;
☒ I have secured all appropriate authorisations to submit the application, to make the statements
and to provide the information in the application;
☒ I have obtained the permission of each member of the Applicant’s team to provide the
information contained in this application and those individuals are aware of, and agree to, the Terms
and Conditions of applying for the Strategic Tourism Assets Protection Programme;
☒ I understand that the application is subject to the Official Information Act 1982 (the OIA). The OIA
enables MBIE to withhold information under certain conditions. Where possible, MBIE will consult
with the application should an OIA request be received;
☒ The applicant warrants that it has no actual, potential or perceived conflict of interest (except any
already declared in the application) in submitting the application, or entering into a contract to carry
out the project. Where a conflict of interest arises during the application or assessment process, the
applicant will report it immediately to MBIE by emailing [email address]; and
☒ I understand that the falsification of information, supplying misleading information, or the
suppression of material information in this application, may result in the application being
eliminated from the assessment process and may be grounds for termination of any contract
awarded as a result of this application process.
☒ The applicant consents to the Strategic Tourism Assets Protection Programme undertaking due
diligence including any third party checks as may be required to fully assess the application.
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Signature of applicant
This acknowledgment must be signed by a person with the legal authority to
commit your organisation to a transaction (e.g. Chief Executive)
Name
Tim Kerwin
Title
General Manager
Organisation
Glenbrook Vintage Railway Charitable Trust Board
Signature
Date
18/06/20
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Section 5: Attachments
[Attach here, as a PDF, any additional information you consider necessary to support your
application. Note that there is a 20MB size limit]
Profit_and_Loss_17-1
GST_Number.pdf Bank_Account_Details. Covering_Letter_GVR. Support_Letter_ATEE Support_Letter_Grand
8_18-20.pdf
pdf
pdf
D.pdf
_Pacific_Tours.pdf
Support_Letter_FranklSupport_Letter_Andre
in_Local_Board.pdf
w_Bayly_MP.pdf
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