Deadline: 31 July 2025
The Dunedin City Council and Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga jointly administer the Dunedin Heritage Fund to support the protection and conservation of Dunedin’s built heritage, as well as the continued use and appreciation of these places by the community.
Eligibility Criteria
- Assistance Available
- The Heritage Fund Committee has the ability to make grants to the owner or occupier of any historic place within Dunedin for the purpose of assisting that owner or occupier to manage, maintain or preserve that historic place. Preference for assistance will be given to:
- Buildings on the New Zealand Heritage List and/or listed in the Dunedin City District Plan and/or mentioned in the Dunedin Contextual Thematic History.
- Historic places that are entered on the New Zealand Heritage List as archaeological sites, or as wahi tupuna, wahi tapu or wahi tapu areas.
- Buildings in a historic area on the New Zealand Heritage List, or in a Heritage Precinct in the Dunedin City District Plan.
- Buildings likely to meet the criteria for inclusion on the New Zealand Heritage List or Dunedin City District Plan.
- The Heritage Fund Committee has the ability to make grants to the owner or occupier of any historic place within Dunedin for the purpose of assisting that owner or occupier to manage, maintain or preserve that historic place. Preference for assistance will be given to:
- Eligible Work
- The Dunedin Heritage Fund can provide incentive funding for a wide range of works. These include:
- Essential repairs, stabilisation or core structural works.
- Restoration projects.
- Upgrades to code/regulation standards to enable contemporary use of heritage places, e.g. fi re, earthquake, access provisions.
- Specific “like with like” material replacement/ maintenance projects that protect the integrity of heritage buildings (eg slate or timber shingle roofi ng; copper gutters/downpipes; wooden joinery; stained glass; stonework; pressed tin ceilings; etc).
- Preparation of heritage conservation plans.
- Emergency or protective works to protect heritage fabric.
- The Dunedin Heritage Fund can provide incentive funding for a wide range of works. These include:
For more information, visit Dunedin City Council.
