Sport NZ Rural Travel Fund
The Sport NZ Rural Travel Fund is designed to help subsidise travel for rural junior teams aged between 5-18 years, removing the barrier of travel cost so they can compete in regular sporting competition. The fund is administered on behalf of Sport NZ by 35 eligible Territorial Authorities across Aotearoa.
The fund is available to rural sport club teams or rural school club teams within the participating Territorial Authority (TA) regions who are competing in a regular local competition outside of school time. These teams must consist of members aged between 5 and 18 years.
Please read the guidelines to check that you are eligible before applying. The application form is available below or can be collected from your nearest Council Service Centre.
Current Round(s):
Opens | Closes | Decisions due by |
17 April 2024 | 10 May 2024 | 30 June 2024 |
Guidelines and Application Form
Guidelines (440KB pdf)
Application Form (195 KB pdf)
Previous recipients:
Applications opened on Wednesday 17 April 2024 for the Rural Travel Fund. The Tararua Community Connector coordinates applications for the Tararua Rural Travel Fund on behalf of Council.
This funding comes from Sport NZ and is open to rural sport clubs and schools with young people aged between 5 and 19 years who require subsidies to assist with transport expenses to local sporting competitions. The fund has been promoted in Bush Telegraph, on social media, and in email newsletters throughout April 2024.
A total of 15 groups comprising of 112 teams applied to the fund. Of the $12,665 to allocate from the fund, the need from the community totaled $59,824.
The table to below shows groups that were supported with travel costs for the 2023/24 year.
| Organisation | Funding |
|---|---|
| Tararua College | $1,000 |
| Dannevirke Sports Club | $3,000 |
| Bush Hockey | $250 |
| Dannevirke Tigers R.L.C. | $2,845 |
| Eketahuna JAB | $750 |
| Pahiatua School | $300 |
| Pongaroa School | $300 |
| Dannevirke High School | $200 |
| Makuri School | $800 |
| Dannevirke JAB | $2,345 |
| Puketoi School Boys Rugby | $875 |
| Total | $12,665 |