Rural Travel Fund

The Sport NZ Rural Travel Fund is designed to help subsidise travel for rural junior sports teams (5 to 18 year olds) participating in their local competition.

The Fund aims to remove the barrier of travel cost for junior sports teams and is administered by Kaipara District Council on behalf of Sport New Zealand.

2024 funding dates are:

Round 1 applications open 01 March 2024 and close at 4.30pm on 31 March 2024.

Round 2 applications open 01 August 2024 and close at 4.30pm on 31 August 2024.

There are two rounds of the Sport NZ Rural Travel Fund each year - one in March and one in August- to represent both summer and winter seasons. Approximately $10,000 is available each round. Download the application form and Rural Travel Fund Guidelines:

  1. Application Form (Round 1 available from 01 March 2024)
  2. Accountability Form
  3. Guidelines

We’ve moved our application process to an online system, SmartyGrants – which is used by councils and funding organisations across New Zealand.

You will need to create a login to access the platform, which will make it easier for you to do future funding applications with any organisation using SmartyGrants. The system also allows you to save your form and share it with colleagues or community members to provide input before submitting your application.

Create your login and submit your application on the SmartyGrants website. If you have any problems, please email grants@kaipara.govt.nz – we’re here to help.

Once applications close, applications are reviewed and the Committee meet to make their decisions. Following this applicants are notified of the outcome. Meeting dates for the committee (historical and upcoming) can be found on the meetings page.

Reporting

When your project is complete, you will need to fill out an Accountability Form detailing how you spent the money. 

Other funding providers

There are many trusts and organisations other than Council that support sporting activities. Check out the Sport Northland website and Sport New Zealand to see other funding opportunities available.

Previous successful applicants

2023

Round 2 recipients

Applicant Amount
Aranga School $434.78
Arapohue School $500.00
Dargaville High School $1,600.00
Dargaville Primary School $500.00
Mangawhai Beach School $500.00
Mangawhai Football Club $700.00
Mangawhai Volunteer Heads Lifesaving Club           $800.00
Northern Wairoa Bulls Rugby League Sports & League Club $1,200.00
Northern Wairoa Football Club $900.00
Otamatea High School $1,600.00
Otamatea Netball Club $500.00
Ruawai College $746.50
Ruawai JB Rugby $900.00
Southern Rugby Club $618.10
 Total allocated   $11,499.38

Round 1 recipients

Applicant Amount
Arapohue School $841.00
Dargaville High School $3,249.67
Otamatea High School $1,862.27
Paparoa School $840.65
Ruawai College $1,521.74
Ruawai Primary School                               $720.87
 Total allocated  $9,036.20

2022

Round 2 recipients

Applicant Amount
Arapohue School $500.00
Dargaville High School $5,000.00
Kaipara Youth $1,069.57
Mangawhai Beach School $640.00
Northern Wairoa Bulls Rugby League & Sports Club Inc. $1,700.00
Otamatea High School $3,000.00
Ruawai College $476.09
Western Sharks Rugby (Dargaville Rugby & Sports Club) $2,500.00
 Total allocated  $14,885.66

Round 1 recipients

Applicant Amount
Dargaville High School $2,000.00
Dargaville Primary School                                $1,000.00
Otamatea High School $2,000.00
Ruawai College $1,600.00
 Total allocated  $6,600.00

2021

Round 2 recipients

Applicant Amount
Arapohue School $529.00
Dargaville High School $4,000.00
Dargaville Primary                                                $2,160.00
Mangawhai Football Club $1,000.00
Matakohe School $350.00
Otamatea High School $3,010.00
Paparoa School $1,000.00
Ruawai College $1,000.00
 Total allocated   $13,049.00

Round 1 recipients

Applicant Amount
Aranga School $434.78
Dargaville High School $2,500.00
Matakohe School $425.00
Otamatea High School $1,404.00
Ruawai College $1,375.66
Southern (Te Kopuru) Rugby and Netball Club $391.30
 Total allocated  $6,530.74