Business Connect release notes
Our release on 28 August 2024 includes the following changes.
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Regional Infrastructure Fund application form now available
Customers will now be able to apply for funding through the $1.2 billion Regional Infrastructure Fund administered by Kānoa, the Regional Economic Development and Investment Unit based in the Ministry for Business, Innovation and Employment.
This online application is for businesses to apply for capital funding to invest into new and existing regional infrastructure.
The establishment of the $1.2 billion RIF is the Government’s commitment to investing in and improving New Zealand’s regional infrastructure. The fund delivers on the Government’s promise to address the regional infrastructure deficit and will help boost the New Zealand economy, increase regional prosperity, and create jobs.
Ministry for Housing and Urban Development (HUD) forms now available
Recipients of the following HUD funds can now do their quarterly reporting using Business Connect.
He Taupae Fund works to increase the technical capability of Māori organisations to build on their whenua.
He Taupua Fund works to strengthen Māori organisations’ capability to deliver kaupapa Māori focused housing initiatives on their whenua.
He Kūkū Ki Te Kāinga Fund contributes to the construction or installation of homes on whenua Māori.
Grant Funding application final insights report is a report on completion of the funding period and project where recipients must comment on how the work they have done is contributing directly, or indirectly, to achieving the outcomes using the Māori and Iwi Housing Innovation (MAIHI) Outcomes framework.