{"id":"OPP-NZ-2026-09-0154","country":"nz","status":"live","title":"Biodiversity Community Group Grant","funder":{"name":"Environment Southland","slug":"environment-southland","url":"https://gobuga.org/funders/environment-southland"},"deadline":{"state":"dated","date":"2027-05-01","verified_at":"2026-09-28T02:17:06.301104+00:00","source_url":"https://www.es.govt.nz/about-us/funding-and-support/biodiversity-community-group-grants","excerpt":"Applications close on 1st May each year"},"amount":{"min":null,"max":10000,"currency":"NZD"},"region":["southland"],"tags":["environment","community","maori"],"eligibility":"This grant is open to volunteer community groups, not-for-profit organisations, and rūnaka, iwi, and other indigenous groups. Projects must be based in Southland and groups need to be a registered charitable trust, a constituted group with a bank account and financial records, or fiscally sponsored.","eligible_entities":[],"summary":"Environment Southland offers grants of up to $10,000 per year for volunteer-led indigenous biodiversity protection and restoration projects, including fencing, pest control, and restoration planting. Eligible applicants are volunteer community groups, not-for-profit organisations, and iwi-based groups based in Southland with proper constitutions and financial records.","source_url":"https://www.es.govt.nz/about-us/funding-and-support/biodiversity-community-group-grants","apply_url":"https://gobuga.org/out/OPP-NZ-2026-09-0154","canonical_url":"https://gobuga.org/grants/OPP-NZ-2026-09-0154","json_url":"https://gobuga.org/grants/OPP-NZ-2026-09-0154.json","first_seen":"2026-09-28T02:17:06.301104+00:00","last_seen":"2026-09-28T02:17:06.301104+00:00","closed_at":null,"verified_at":"2026-09-28T02:17:06.301104+00:00","verified_by":"register-sweep/claude-haiku-4-5-20251001","provenance":{"deadline":{"source_url":"https://www.es.govt.nz/about-us/funding-and-support/biodiversity-community-group-grants","verified_at":"2026-09-28T02:17:06.301104+00:00","excerpt":"Applications close on 1st May each year"},"amount":{"source_url":"https://www.es.govt.nz/about-us/funding-and-support/biodiversity-community-group-grants","verified_at":"2026-09-28T02:17:06.301104+00:00","excerpt":"Funding is available for up to $10,000 per project per year."}},"attribution":{"source":"GoBuga","url":"https://gobuga.org/grants/OPP-NZ-2026-09-0154","retrieved_at":"2026-10-23","licence":"attribution-required"}}