Mangawhai Endowment Lands Account (MELA) Fund

Grant funding for not-for-profit groups benefiting the defined Mangawhai Endowment Lands area, with favourable consideration for projects protecting Mangawhai Harbour.

Closes

Applications for 2026 closed 31 August 2026. Runs annually, opening 1 August

Who can apply

Read on the council's page, quoted verbatim: "funds must benefit or tend to benefit the district, that being a defined area," applications that "enhance and/or protect the Mangawhai Harbour and surrounds will be given more favourable consideration," and applicants' "principal functions and/or activities must be of a not-for-profit nature."

Amount

Not published on the funder page

Funding route

Grant

Applicants

Community groups

Before you apply

Managed under the Mangawhai Lands Empowering Act 1966, from assets retained when the Mangawhai Harbour Board was dissolved. The project or service must not already be provided by another group or agency. Full criteria are in the MELA Policy.

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Checked 16 September 2026

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