The Government's Tourism Communities: Support, Recovery and Re-set Plan closed in August 2022.
The fund targeted five New Zealand communities that had a high dependence on international tourism and their local economies were impacted as a result of COVID-19.
Southland District (namely Fiordland), was one of those identified communities.
The fund included three parts, the advice and advice implementation grants and business kickstart fund.
In Southland, the fund was administered by Great South.
Fund results
Advice Fund
$429,192 in total distributed
99 businesses accessed support from the Advisory Fund
|
Advice Fund |
|
|
|
Business Continuity |
3 |
$13,590.00 |
|
Digital Enablement |
6 |
$28,030.00 |
|
Digital Enablement/Marketing |
43 |
$177,677.50 |
|
Financial and Cash flow management |
6 |
$28,159.50 |
|
Hibernation |
1 |
$5,000.00 |
|
HR & Employee Relations |
2 |
$7,200.00 |
|
Marketing Strategy |
38 |
$170,605.00 |
|
Grand Total |
99 |
$429,192.00 |
Implementation Fund
$482,377.51 in total distributed
102 Businesses accessed support from the Advice Implementation Fund
|
Implementation Fund |
|
|
|
Business Continuity |
0 |
$- |
|
Digital Enablement |
37 |
$163,351.54 |
|
Marketing Strategy |
57 |
$273,592.90 |
|
Financial and Cash flow management |
7 |
$29,483.07 |
|
Hibernation |
1 |
$1,000.00 |
|
HR & Employee Relations |
0 |
$- |
|
Management & Capability Training |
3 |
$14,950.00 |
|
Grand Total |
102 |
$482,377.51 |
Kick Start Funding
$1,779,353 in total distributed
66 businesses accessed support from the Kick Start Fund
Further details about all funding and Kickstart recipients can be found at mbie.govt.nz