Funding and awards

2013 Kohekohe Loop Track under construction volunteers EAF project

Enhanced Access Grants

The Commission administers a contestable fund to support projects that enhance access to the outdoors. This fund is known as the Enhanced Access Fund.

Outdoor Access Champion Awards

The Outdoor Access Champion awards recognise those who have made significant and lasting contributions to public access to the outdoors in New Zealand.

2011 John Aspinall MUST CREDIT OTAGO DAILY TIMES

J H Aspinall Scholarship

The New Zealand Walking Access Commission administers a scholarship, available to New Zealand students researching public access to the outdoors.

2012 Nokomai Station sign Federated Farmers

Free access signs for landholders

We are working with Federated Farmers and Rural Women NZ to provide signage for landholders to use to mark agreeable and voluntarily granted access routes.