Document 2
Expressions of Interest – 2020
Freshwater Improvement Fund Round 3
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SECTION A: Applicant details
1. Organisation name
Porirua City Council with Sustainable Coastlines and Ngāti Toa
2. Legal entity status:
☐ Incorporated society
☐ Cooperative company
☒ Charitable trust
☐ Regional council
☐ Limited partnership
☐ Unitary authority
☒ Māori trust board
☒ Territorial authority
☐ Limited liability company
☐ Other
If ‘Other’ please specify:
3. Physical address:
16 Cobham Court Porirua 5022
4. NZBN
(or Trust; Charity;
Sustainable Coastlines Charitable Trust Number CC46615
Inc. Society registration #):
Under The Official Information Act 1982
5. GST number:
53-037-169
Primary contact
6. Name of contact person:
Steve Perdia
7. Organisation:
Porirua City Council
9(2)(a)
8. Phone number:
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9. Email address:
9(2)(a)
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SECTION B: Project details
10. Project name
Te Awarua-o-Porirua - Restoring the mauri of the Porirua Harbour.
To engage our community in regenerating the waterways around Te
11. Project purpose
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Awarua-o-Porirua Catchment, helping to restore the mauri of the streams and
This should be a brief
harbour.
description of the problem
your project is trying to solve,
your solution, and outcome
With its waters healthy again, everyone in the district, including Ngāti Toa, the
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your project will achieve.
wider community and visitors can enjoy, live and play safely in, on and around
You will have the opportunity
streams and the harbour.
to expand on this description
later in this form.
PCC and our partners have invested substantially in integrated catchment
management programmes. Riparian planting in our priority areas will have a
profound effect on water quality in all rural and urban streams, cost $183
million and take 20 years to complete.
These funds will allow us to significantly scale up the riparian planting,
education and community capacity building components of our programme
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and to increase the pace at which we can meet the water quality outcomes
our community wants and our harbour needs.
As partners, we acknowledge that our visions for Te Awarua-o-Porirua are
different, but aligned:
PCC’s Vision: Restoring the health of our harbour and streams
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Ngāti Toa’s vision: Ngāti Toa whaitua statement
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12. Region
☐ Northland
☐ Auckland
☐ Waikato
Select all that apply.
☐ Bay of Plenty
☐ Gisborne
☐ Hawke’s Bay
☐ Taranaki
☐ National
☒ Wellington
☐ Tasman
☐ Nelson
☐ Marlborough
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☐ West Coast
☐ Canterbury
☐ Otago
☐ Southland
☐ Chatham Islands
☐ Manawatu–Wanganui
13. Details of water
Name(s): Porirua Catchments
body(s):
Te Awarua o Porirua is one of the largest estuarine complexes in New Zealand and is
(500 character limit)
nationally important for its ecological value. Its catchments are steep and short with
Please provide the latitude
most rural land in LUC classes 6 to 8 in marginal farmland. The urban catchments are
and longitude in decimal
highly modified.
format (eg, -36.631389,
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175.473361). If your project
The catchments are not easy dairy country that require little cost to restore riparian
has multiple sites, please
margins. Porirua City Council and its many partners are stepping up to showcase
choose the most significant or
how water quality can be restored in both urban areas and marginal farmland.
relevant site.
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Latitude:
-41.103060,
Longitude:
174.869821
14. What issues does this
A large body of freshwater, marine and terrestrial research has been carried out as a
water body face?
result of collaboration between PCC, WCC, NIWA, GNS, DoC, Ngāti Toa, Sustainable
(1000 character limit)
Coastlines, Mountains to Sea, Guardians of Pauatahanui Inlet and community groups
as they deliver actions set out in the Te Awarua-o-Porirua Harbour and Catchments
Strategy and Action Plan and to support Greater Wellington to develop the Whaitua
Implementation Plan.
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From this body of work the issues facing our waterways can be summarised as:
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Sediment from farming, sub-divisions, building platforms, major roading
projects and stormwater discharge erosion into stream channels. Act
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Contaminants in discharges from farming operations, road surfaces,
industrial and residential activities.
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Intensive urban and industrial developments causing substantial ecological
damage to streams and the harbour.
More information is provided in PCC’s 2020 State of the Environment Report Card:
The health of our Harbour and streams
15. How will your project
An integrated catchment management approach as set out in the Te
address these issues?
Awarua-o-Porirua Strategy and Action Plan and GW Whaitua Implementation Plan to
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(1000 character limit)
resolve the complex range of issues.
Riparian management to improve water quality in urban streams (currently at D to E
ratings) with a focus on engaging the community in stream management (Kahotea,
Mahiniwa, Hukarito, Takapuwahia, Duck streams and Porirua catchment).
Riparian management to improve water quality in rural residential blocks using
scaled back farm environment plans, subsidised plants and labour for planting.
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Scaling up our community and business involvement programme providing active
support for stream care, landcare and wetland care groups through restoration days,
planting plans, plant care and maintenance skills programmes which ensure that
practical skills can be further developed.
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We anticipate that by 2025 if all activities are proceeding at pace, we can achieve at
least a C grade water quality rating for streams and an A grade by 2040.
16. Where applicable,
Focus area
Metric
Target
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highlight the outputs
this project will
Freshwater restoration
Number of plants planted in
627,790
produce related to
riparian, lake, or wetlands areas
Jobs for Nature
Area (ha) of riparian, lake, or
93
wetlands planting completed
Length (km) of new fencing
20km
constructed and maintenance of
existing fencing
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Number of Rural Residential
25
restoration activities
property Farm Environment Plans
completed
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Pest control and fish passage
Total area (ha) of animal pest
879.1
control completed
Total area (ha) of plant pest
879.1
control completed
Number of fish passage
39
barriers remediated
(removed or managed)
Other
Other
Increased number of stream care and landcare
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Note – Feel free
output
groups.
to add other
project outputs
Other
State of the environment reporting providing results
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(200 characters
output
from comprehensive monitoring and evaluation
limit per output)
programmes.
Other
Number of Volunteer Hours at community planting
output
events: 24,000 (SC) and 3,000 (PCC), totalling nearly
$670,000 in volunteer time.
Other
Number of School Classes involved in SC education
output
programmes: 125 (approx 3,125 students)
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17. Who/what organisations
Partner name
Partner contribution to project
Co-funding
do you intend to partner
with, or work with?
Ngāti Toa
Project governance and iwi
☐ Yes
involvement
Provide a list of project
partners and specify their role.
Sustainable Coastlines
Community group engagement,
☒ Yes
Include whether a partner will
schools education delivery,
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be a co-funder.
project management, urban
stream restoration via
community planting days, litter
monitoring programme &
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training.
Wellington City Council
Community planting and support
☐ Yes
in Porirua stream catchment
(WCC revegetation budget)
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Wellington Water and Kainga Stormwater and waste-water
☐ Yes
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network changes and Streamside
restoration - Porirua East
catchments
Greater Wellington Council
Science support and rural
☐ Yes
riparian contributions
Department of Corrections
Engagement and upskilling of
☐ Yes
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community work parties through
restoration activities.
Kiwi Rail
Planning and access for transport
☐ Yes
corridors.
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Ministry of Social
Employment and training
☐ Yes
Development
programme delivery
Friends of Tawa Bush
Community hub for groups in
☐ Yes
Porirua stream catchment
Porirua Harbour Trust
Liaison meetings between
☐ Yes
education providers covering 47
schools
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Guardians of Pauatahanui
Harbour and estuary riparian
☐ Yes
Inlet
margin restoration and science
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Mountains to Sea Wellington
Citizen science and fish passage
☐ Yes
programme
Wellington Community Trust
Community development
☒ Yes
support
World Wildlife Fund
Mātauranga Māori programme
☐ Yes
development
NIWA
Science monitoring and
evaluation, citizen science
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ESR
Mātauranga Māori programme
☐ Yes
development, research advisory
GNS Science
Mātauranga Māori programme
☐ Yes
development, sedimentation
research and iwi capacity building
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Hirepool
In kind support for community
☒ Yes
events
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KwikNEzy
In kind support for community
☒ Yes
events
ANZ
Co funding
☒ Yes
AB Inbev (Corona)
Co funding
☒ Yes
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18. How will you engage
Ngāti Toa are at the heart of this programme, which delivers on their vision set out
with iwi/hapū and
in the Ngāti Toa Statement on Te Awarua-o-Porirua. We are establishing Kaitiaki
other partners
Monitoring to determine how water quality and mahinga kai are improved and a
throughout the project? mātauranga Māori programme incorporating kawa and tikanga practices and
(500 character limit)
principles. A programme of work is being established with WWF, ESR and GNS to
further develop the mātauranga Māori programme and lead its practical
implementation.
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19. How does the project
A mix of existing and new staff at SC will equate to 2 x FTEs per year to deliver this
contribute to recovery
project and 4 x new FTEs positions per year at PCC and Ngāti Toa for project
from COVID-19?
management and community engagement.
(500 character limit)
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Consider things such as, but
Through Porirua Skills Hub, managed in partnership with Kainga Ora, Partners
not limited to, generating new
Porirua and Whitireia Polytechnic this project provides training and work experience
employment, and maintaining
in riparian management for 30 people.
existing workforce capacity.
Provide information about the
PCC has identified a long term local need for skills and experience in this field, and
local context, if relevant.
this project will provide wider opportunities for upskilling volunteers, citizen
scientists and local contractors.
20. Nature-based
Total project FTE (breakdown per year of funding):
employment outcomes:
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This will also indicate the
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
total project length, between
1–5 years
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Number of people receiving training: a minimum of 30.
Porirua City Council and Sustainable Coastlines are living wage employers. Project
costs reflect requirements to be a good employer.
21. Project funding:
Total project cost:
What is the cash cost
$7,078,600
(exclusive of GST) of your
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project, including Freshwater
Improvement Fund funding,
Freshwater Improvement Fund contribution:
external funding, and your
$3,000,000
organisation’s contribution?
In-kind contributions are
eligible for inclusion in the
In-kind contribution:
total project costs
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$63,600
Cash contribution:
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$4,015,000
Note that PCC is requesting matched funding from Council subject to receiving FIF
funding. The matched funding will be in addition to existing baseline restoration
budgets. PCC will therefore be providing at least ⅔ of the cash contribution to this
project.
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Note: All contribution types must equal the total project costs
SECTION C: Declaration
As a duly authorised
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I declare that my project meets all of the eligibility criteria for the Freshwater
representative of the
Improvement Fund (see page 5 of this application form).
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organisation as noted in
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I declare that, to the best of my knowledge, the information contained in all
Section A of this
sections of this application form, or supplied by us in support of our
Freshwater
application, is complete, true and correct.
Improvement Fund
application form:
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This declaration must be
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I declare that I have the authority to sign this application form and to provide
completed by a person with the
this information.
organisation’s signing
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I declare that the application is not being made by an organisation that is in
authority. See the Guide for
receivership or liquidation, or by an undischarged bankrupt.
Applicants 2020 for further
information on how to
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I declare that I have provided information about any actual or potential
complete this question.
conflicts of interest (in question 15) and I will promptly inform the Ministry for
Important: Please contact the
the Environment of any such conflicts if they arise following the submission of
Ministry if you have any
this application.
queries about the terms and
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conditions of the deed of
I understand that information presented to the Minister for the Environment 1982
funding for the Freshwater
and Ministry for the Environment is subject to disclosure under the Official
Improvement Fund.
Information Act 1982, other legislation, court orders, and in response to
Parliamentary questions.
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I understand my rights in accordance with the Privacy Act 1993.
Act
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I agree that the Ministry for the Environment can undertake, for the purpose of
assessing eligibility and suitability for Freshwater Improvement Fund funding, a
background check on the applicant(s), including but not limited to credit
checks, criminal record checks and reference checks from other parties, and
may liaise with local and national organisations about this application.
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I understand that, if I receive an invitation to proceed to Stage 2 of the funding
process, this is not a confirmation of funding and the final decision is subject to
a successful completion of Stage 2.
Name of signatory:
Steve Perdia
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By typing your name you are
General Manager City Growth and Partnerships
electronically signing this form
Date:
10 February 2021
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