Funders

We are extremely grateful to all our funders who are so crucial to the operation of the museum. Ngā mihi nui ki a koutou kātoa.

Key Funders 2024/25

• Lottery Canterbury / Kaikoura Community
• Community Organisation Grands Scheme (COGS)
• Sargood Bequest (Mana Taonga Project)

Key Funders 2023/24

• Rātā Foundation
• Christchurch City Council Strengthening Communities
• National Services Te Paerangi Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
• Community Organisation Grands Scheme (COGS)
• Christchurch City Council Events and Festivals Funding (Waitangi Day Commemorations 2024)
• Manatū Taonga/Ministry of Culture and Heritage Commemorating Waitangi Day Fund (Waitangi Day Commemorations 2024)
• Creative Communities Christchurch (Christmas at the Museum)
• Stout Trust (Mana Taonga Project)
• Parkinson Memorial Park Trust (Harris Cottage Conservation)

Partners:

• Te Rūnanga o Koukourarata
• Canterbury Museum
• Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu
• Akaroa Museum
• Teece Museum of Classical Antiquities
• Okains Bay Enhancement Society
• Okains Bay School
• University of Canterbury PACE

Key Supporters:

• Nigel Hampton
• Iaean Cranwell, Craig Pauling & Waka Team
• Koukourarata whānau
• Howard Pettigrew, Peter Craig and Ferrymead Printing Society
• Anthony Wright, Sarah Murray, Emily Fryer, Neeha Velagapudi and Canterbury Museum Volunteers
• Lynda Wallace & Dan Smith, Akaroa Museum
• Mark Sutton
• Bruce Irvine & Fire & Emergency NZ Support Crew
• Hampton whānau
• Thacker whānau
• Judy & Kerry Thacker
• Judy Woodward & Wayne Kay
• John Thomson
• Laura Jones, Michael de Hamal, Akaroa Mail
• Helen Brown & Grant Wylie
• Rick Flatman
• Wendy Riley
• Nigel Intemann, Samarah Turner & whānau
• Carol & Ciaran Osgood
• Carol & Lester Fletcher
• Mandy Perry, Showbiz Christchurch
• Grant Robertson, Light Site