Duration: 1:57
Ambient music plays.
[Drone footage over a forest with the Kānoa – Regional Economic Development & Investment logo appearing]
[Mid-shot of Katherine Clarke, a woman, from Manea Footprints of Kupe]
Katherine: So, it's taken since 2002. Until December 2020. Before we were able to open it.
[Mid-shot of Kathleen Drumm, a woman, from Hundertwasser Art Centre]
Kathleen: 27 years passed before it was finally made a reality.
Katherine: When we were supported by Kānoa, that gave other funders confidence.
[Mid-shot of Tania Burt, a woman, from Northland Inc]
Tania: So regional investment from Central Government is really important because what it does is it signals to the regions that the government hears them, and that they're interested and, they want to make things better.
[Tania’s interview is overlapped with various shots of the Hundertwasser Art Centre]
Tania: It enables lots of projects that have been sitting in a pipeline for so long to get off the ground.
[White text on black background over panning shot of pou at Ngawha Springs: In Tai Tokerau, Northland, Kānoa Regional Economic Development & Investment Unit has helped to fund tourist projects including Ngawha Springs, the Hundertwasser Art Centre with Wairau Māori Art Gallery, Manea Footprints of Kupe, and Waitangi Mountain Bike Park.]
[Mid-shot of Jonny Martin, a man, from Paihia Mountain Bikes]
Jonny: The funding from Kānoa or has been essential and establishment of our business.
[Jonny’s interview is overlapped with various shots of the people riding bikes at the Waitangi Mountain Bike Park.]
[Text: Kānoa – RDU provided the Waitangi Mountain Bike Park with a $490,000.00 grant from the Provincial Growth Fund]
Jonny: If the Waitangi Mountain Bike Park wasn’t here, we wouldn't have a business as it is currently.
[Mid-shot of Kathleen Drumm]
Kathleen: Absolutely critical to the project going forward.
[Kathleen’s interview is overlapped with various shots of the Hundertwasser Art Centre.]
[Text: Kānoa – RDU provided Hundertwasser Art Centre with the Wairau Māori Art Gallery with a $18,500,000 grant from the Provincial Growth Fund]
Kathleen: Kānoa is the most significant funder of the project at 18 and a half million dollars and initially came on board at a time when other parties were considering investing and really helped to sort of drive that momentum.
[Mid-shot of Tiffany Holland from Waitangi Mountain Bike Park]
Tiffany: It's really awesome to have Kānoa funding not only for the park, but for our region.
[Tiffany’s interview is overlapped with various shots of the Waitangi Mountain Bike Park including a drone shot overhead and people riding their bikes.]
Tiffany: People come here, and they think how amazing it is or people want to come and live here but to do that there needs to be opportunity and so for for employment opportunities and business opportunities, so to have investment in the region to create that really is you know, fantastic.
[Drone footage over the Waitangi Mountain Bike Park with logos for Kānoa – Regional Economic Development & Investment Unit, the Ministry of Business Innovation & Employment, and the New Zealand Government appearing]
Ambient music fades out.
[Fade to black]
