13th June 2023 PGFThe Auditor-General’s office says it is not yet certain the public can have confidence that the investments made through the $3bn Provincial Growth Fund’s reset in 2020 represent good value for money.
27th April 2022 Iwi / PGFThe government has invested $2.97m into a complete rebuild of the Waikato Rangiriri Pa Trenches complex.
1st February 2022 PGFTourism has been one of the biggest beneficiaries of the $3bn three-year fund.
11th November 2020 Holiday Parks / PGFThe Government’s Provincial Growth Fund is providing $527,250 to replace the freshwater system at the Matauri Bay Holiday Park.
19th October 2020 Cycling / PGFCentral Hawke’s Bay District Council will receive a $750,000 grant to enhance the Tuki Tuki Cycle and River Trails.
12th October 2020 PGFReefton Distillery Co expansion could see visitor tours grow to four a day, following a $928,000 loan from the Government.
12th October 2020 Māori / PGFThe Government has invested $96.5m towards upgrading 351 marae across the country.
12th October 2020 Airports / PGFA Provincial Growth Fund grant of $5.5m helped cover the $12.5m cost of the project.
5th October 2020 Cycle / PGFRuapehu District’s Mountain to Sea cycle trail and South Taranaki’s Patea museum are the latest beneficiaries of the PGF.
28th September 2020 PGFThe $1.86m expansion project will allow the distillery to host more tourists.
23rd September 2020 PGF / Tracks & TrailsThe Government will inject nearly $30m from the Provincial Growth Fund into 11 projects across the Northland region.
21st September 2020 PGFThe Labour Party has pledged a new $200m Regional Strategic Partnership Fund to replace the $3bn three-year Provincial Growth Fund.
21st September 2020 PGFThe Government will inject $2.96m from the Provincial Growth Fund into Rangiriri Pā in northern Waikato.
8th September 2020 Funding / PGFThe Government will invest $8.5m to restore a historic reserve at Ruapekapeka Pā in the Far North.
27th August 2020 Employment / PGFThe Government will inject $7.5m into environmental projects in Otago-Southland, Manawatū-Whanganui, Tairāwhiti and Hawke’s Bay.
19th August 2020 PGF / TechBusinesses in the West Coast and Southland are set to benefit from upgraded communication services with new funding from the Provincial Growth Fund.
12th August 2020 Government / PGFThe volume and value of applications the PGF had received far exceeded the funding available.
5th August 2020 PGF / RailThe 70% funding cut raises questions over plans for premium services on the operator’s tourist trains.
4th August 2020 Employment / PGFThe Provincial Growth Fund has created 13,217 jobs, says regional economic development minister Shane Jones.
24th July 2020 PGF / RailCEO Greg Miller says plans for luxury services on its tourism trains have had to be revised.
10th July 2020 Airports / PGFThe investment would improve airport terminal congestion problems and provide room for shops and cafés at the airport.
6th July 2020 PGF / RailThe money is going to projects in Whangarei and the Bay of Islands, including Kawakawa’s vintage railway.
6th July 2020 PGF / Tracks & TrailsPhase one of a multi-million-dollar investment in Hamilton’s central city river path has begun.
29th June 2020 Development / PGFThe Taranaki settlement is getting a new visitor centre to house taonga and an exhibition of the Parihaka story.
29th June 2020 PGFRotorua will receive just over $2m in additional funding from the Provincial Growth Fund as part of a raft of new announcements from the Government last week.
19th June 2020 Employment / PGFReprioritised funding of $40m from the Provincial Growth Fund will go towards helping workers displaced by the Covid-19 pandemic and 1000 regional apprenticeships.
17th June 2020 Attractions / PGFFour new ‘visitor experience centres’ will be built along the West Coast as part of the Te Ara Pounamu pathways project.
17th June 2020 PGF / Tracks & TrailsWork is set to begin on a 5.5km section of the Kawatiri Coastal Trail from Westport to Carters Beach.
12th June 2020 Attractions / PGFThe new money takes the total invested from the fund into the $33.2m Whangarei project to $18.4m.
25th May 2020 Government / PGFRegional economic development minister Shane Jones has redirected $600m of Government investment into shovel-ready projects in a “re-set” of what the Provincial Growth Fund will support.
25th May 2020 Infrastructure / PGF“The tourist hot-spot has been hard hit by the implications of Covid-19, but having a financial boost like this will mean the whole community can soon be even prouder of this great asset.”
12th May 2020 Funding / PGFKāpiti Coast Council is considering putting forward a funding application to the Provincial Growth Fund for the Kāpiti Island Gateway Building.
11th May 2020 Conservation / PGFThe funding means work can start immediately on a $4.5m development project.
8th May 2020 Attractions / PGFNorthland’s new Manea Footprints of Kupe centre is set to include a memorial to the SS Ventnor and those who were lost when it sank off the Hokianga coast in 1902 after securing a $100,000 investment from the Provincial Growth Fund.
7th May 2020 Gallery / PGFConstruction has started on the extension to Whanganui’s Sarjeant Gallery.
1st May 2020 PGF / RecoveryWhakatāne’s riverfront redevelopment is one of the beneficiaries of more than $48m in Provincial Growth Fund loans that are being pumped into regional project to help offset the economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
29th April 2020 PGFWork will get back under way on more than 60 Provincial Growth Fund projects now that New Zealand has moved into alert level 3, says regional economic development minister Shane Jones.
15th April 2020 Marine / PGFEleven hectares of Māori freehold land will be used for the new boat harbour in eastern Bay of Plenty.
9th April 2020 Employment / PGFThe Government’s Provincial Development Unit is seeking projects that can immediately support employment for the repurposed Provincial Growth Fund.
9th April 2020 Funding / PGFRegional Economic Development Minister Shane Jones is looking at how the Provincial Growth Fund can be repurposed for initiatives deemed more critical to fighting the economic impacts of the Covid-19 outbreak.
30th March 2020 Covid-19 / PGFThe $3bn Provincial Growth Fund is being repurposed to combat the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
20th March 2020 Attraction / PGFA new health and wellness spa at Rotorua will be built following a $17m funding injection into the region from the Provincial Growth Fund.
17th March 2020 Government / PGFWhakatāne and the wider eastern Bay of Plenty region will receive $36.8m of funding from the Government for waterfront and visitor projects.
6th March 2020 DOC / PGFThe first stage of the Taranaki Crossing development in Egmont National Park has begun.
5th March 2020 PGF / RailThe union representing rail workers says money from the Provincial Growth Fund could ensure the future of rail excursions to Middlemarch.
28th February 2020 PGFTaupō Airport and Milford Aerodrome are among the latest beneficiaries of government funding as part of its ongoing regional investment drive.
12th February 2020 Māori / PGFNorthland and West Coast iwi receive almost $1m each from the PGF.
7th February 2020 PGFA $1.2m cash injection from the Provincial Growth Fund will be invested in digital connectivity for the West Coast.
3rd February 2020 PGFThe Provincial Growth Fund will invest $4m so that Kaipara District Council can upgrade the Dargaville pontoon
24th January 2020 PGFThe Rātana Pā near Whanganui now has ultra-fast broadband, in time for annual Rātana celebrations this week.
