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The income from those investments was distributed to charitable organisations in accordance with the donor’s wishes. Cater said the latest funding had been produced for the benefit of the local community, with the income given out as grants. “We have a round of $220,000 to give out in this financial year, plus another grant which is specific to Porirua from donor money as well,” Cater said.
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Eleanor Cater - committee member at the Nikau Foundation. It’s a fund that s there to help organisations that are doing good work for Porirua, such as non-for-profit charities and community groups. Cater said the funding would be useful, especially for groups who were facing challenges in over-coming problems produced by the Covid-19 pandemic as well as other issues such as healthcare, poverty, housing and security.