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WHAT WE'VE FUNDED

2023 Events:

Event Name

Event Date

Funding  Granted

Tauranga Sikh Parade (Nagar Kirtan)

8 January

$8,000

100% Summer Series

13 - 20 January

$10,000

Round the Mount Swim

15 January

$1,500

Beach Volleyball Series

20 January

$32,500

Mount Festival of Multisport

21 January

$12,000

Tauranga HAN Culture and Chinese Art Festival

4 February

$10,000

Katikati A&P Show

5 February

$8,000

Tauranga Moana Waitangi Day Festival

6 February

$30,000

Te Puke A&P Show

11 February

$8,000

Tauranga Auto Extravaganza

12 February

$2,500

Indonesian Cultural and Culinary Festival

18 February

$6,000

Tauranga A & P Lifestyle Show

18 February

$7,000

Generation Homes Womens Triathlon

19 February

$7,500

National Masters Hockey Tournament

26 February - 4 March

$10,000

Waterbourne Beach Festival

3 March

$15,000

Holi Colour Splash

4 March

$10,500

NZ Chinese Folk Culture Festival

4 March

$10,000

Outdoor Screening - Tauranga Moana Pride

5 March

$3,000

The Kids Fun Day

5 March

$1,500

Tauranga Moana Pride Picnic Day

11 March

$15,000

Opus Orchestra Programme 1 and 2

11 March - 28 May

$10,000

Marra Sprint Triathlon

12 March

$7,500

BMXNZ National Championships

17 - 19 March

$15,000

Mauao Challenge

18 March

$7,500

Tauranga Multicultural Festival

18 March

$13,000

National Grappling League Season Finale

25 March

$5,000

Kabaadi Te Puke

26 March

$5,000

Echo Walking Festival

1 - 16 April

$3,000

Tauranga Moana Hui Aranga

6 - 10 April

$10,000

Aramex Kiwi Walk & Run Series

29 April

$5,000

Festival of Disability Sport

29 April

$25,000

BOP Symphonia - Concertina!

7 May

$3,500

Latin-American Cultural Celebration

26 May

$5,000

Smokefree Rockquest and Smokefree Tangata Beats

27 May - 23 June

$7,500

Katikati Festival of Cultures

3 June

$12,000

Project Youth Hip Hop Dance Competition

3 -4 June

$20,000

Madagascar Jr Inclusive Youth Theatre

4 June

$6,000

June YPT Concert

10 June

$2,500

Matariki Celebration

15 June - 15 July

$12,500

Matariki at the Village

17 June

$6,174

Te Kete Matariki

14 July

$15,000

NZ National Highland Dancing Championships

14 - 16 July

$12,000

Matariki Community Dawn Viewing & Breakfast - Waihi Beach

20 July

$4,260

Tauranga Junior Tough Guy and Gal Challenge

21 July

$10,000

From Hairy Maclary's Greatest Hits to Mozart and More

23 July - 15 October

$15,000

TOF Concerts

30 July - 9 September

$2,000

Chinese Music Concert

12 August

$6,000

LGBTQIA+ Friendly Mid-Winter Roller Disco

12 August

$2,500

Dirty Work: An Ode to Joy

18 - 20 August

$4,500

Rhymes & Lyrics

25 August

$4,000

Aaravam

26 August

$5,000

EPIC Te Puke Events Schedule

September 2023 - June 2024

$25,000

Zespri AIMS Games

2 - 8 September

$12,000

Kutaroa Marae Reserve Opening

16 September

$10,000

September YPT Concert

16 September

$2,000

Tauranga Moana Tangata Festival

20 September - 22 October

$30,000

Toi Kiri World Indigenous Tattoo Festival

26 September - 5 October 2023

$30,000

Te Puke Sikh Parade

30 September

$15,000

Te Puke Diwali Festival

30 September

$15,000

Live Life Greener - Community Beach Clean Pod Launch

1 October

$1,500

STEM Fest

1 October

$40,000

Walk with You, Waihi Beach

6 October - 5 November

$3,000

Dogs Day Out

7 - 8 October

$2,000

Fijian Language Week and Independence Day Celebration

8 - 14 October

$10,000

Tauranga Arts Festival

19 - 29 October

$15,000

Tauranga Diwali Festival

28 October

$20,000

Annual Kabaddi Tournament

28 - 29 October

$15,000

Ethkick

4 November

$3,000

Pedal & Spokes Family Cycle Ride

4 November

$5,000

Armistice Day Memorial Service

11 November

$5,000

GenX / Marra Tinman Triathlon

19 November

$10,000

Tauranga Moana Trans Pride and Day of Rememberance

19 November

$3,000

Katikati Christmas Series

27 November - 31 December

$15,000

Anzac Bay Summer Kick Off

2 December

$10,000

Christmas in Te Puke

2 December

$5,000

NZ Beach 5's Rugby

2 - 3 December

$10,000

Carols on the Waterfront

3 December

$4,000

Mt Maunganui Sanitarium Weet-Bix Kids TRYathlon

3 December

$3,765

Carols in the Park

9 December

$10,000

A Night Before Christmas

16 December

$40,000

Community Christmas Lunch

16 December

$3,535

Mount Monster

16 December

$10,000

EVES Surfbreaker Triathlon

27 December

$8,000

2024 Events:

Event Name

Event Date   

Funding Granted

Mount Festival of Multisport                      

20 January

$20,000

Ultimate Beach Run

3 February

$7,000

Katikati A&P Show

3 - 4 February

$8,000

Frocks on Bikes

4 February

$2,000

Waitangi Day Festival

6 February

$30,000

140th Anniversary Tauranga A&P Lifestyle Show

17 - 18 February

$10,000

Calley Homes Womens Triathlon

18 February

$7,500

Marra Sprint Triathlon

24 March

$7,500

Aramex Kiwi Walk & Run Series

27 April

$7,500

Festival of Disability Sport

27 - 28 April

$30,000

Project Youth Hip Hop Dance Competition

31 May - 2 June

$35,000

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