Funding and rural support

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We offer funding and support for businesses and organisations in primary industries. This includes climate change, farming, fishing and aquaculture, food and fibre sectors, Māori agribusiness, disaster and crisis support, integrated farm planning, and regional economic development.

In this section

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On Farm Support

Find out about the free service and our team of regional advisers

Rural Wellbeing Fund

Support for organisations delivering wellbeing programmes in rural communities

Primary Sector Growth Fund

This fund focuses on achieving positive outcomes for New Zealand by removing barriers to growth and capitalising on opportunities for the primary sector

Adverse events

Disaster and crisis support for floods, droughts, earthquakes, storms, and volcanic eruptions

Māori agribusiness funding and support

Support programmes, customary fishing, Māori agribusiness contacts

Fishing and aquaculture funding and support

Aquaculture Planning Fund, claims settlement, and work in the Pacific

Environment and natural resources: funding and programmes

Climate change, Emissions Trading Scheme, protecting freshwater, soil health, greenhouse gas

Farming funds and programmes

Funding available to support agriculture and horticulture producers and their communities

Tree planting and research funding programmes

Funding for community planting, erosion control, forestry research. Plus One Billion Trees programme information

Future workforce skills for the primary industries

Support to attract, train and retain workers in the primary industries

Rural Community Hubs

A programme to help isolated and vulnerable communities

Complementary Services wellbeing fund for rural and fishing communities

A programme that supported mental health and wellbeing

Rural proofing: guidance for policymakers

Considering challenges faced by the rural sector when designing and implementing Government policy

Wood Processing Growth Fund

Funding to help expand New Zealand’s wood processing sector

Jobs for Nature

The programme has closed. Jobs included controlling wilding conifers, reducing wallaby numbers, and planting trees

Sustainable Food and Fibre Futures

A closed fund that was for new innovations across the food and fibre sectors

Primary Growth Partnership (PGP)

Current and completed PGP programmes