丰盛湾两大项目获区域基础设施基金支持
新西兰区域发展部长Shane Jones表示，政府将通过区域基础设施基金（Regional Infrastructure Fund，RIF），为丰盛湾（Bay of Plenty）的两个项目提供资金支持，以推动当地经济增长。
Shane Jones表示：
“这些投资旨在支持能够推动区域长期增长和经济繁荣的基础设施和资源建设。”
政府投资1250万纽元建设Ōpōtiki游艇码头
政府将通过区域基础设施基金投资1250万纽元，用于开发Ōpōtiki游艇码头（Ōpōtiki Marina），包括建设：
游艇港池（Marina Basin）
码头（Wharf）
浮桥（Piers）
船只下水坡道（Boat Ramp）
相关海事基础设施
项目建设期间预计将创造最多87个就业岗位。
Shane Jones表示：
“这是支持Ōpōtiki水产养殖产业扩大规模所需的最后一个重大基础设施项目。”
游艇码头建成后，将为水产养殖船只和商业船舶提供全年安全停泊设施，提高贻贝采收和运输作业效率，并进一步促进海洋产业投资。
此次政府提供的1250万纽元资金将采取贷款与股权投资相结合的方式，而项目合作伙伴也将共同投入1250万纽元作为配套资金。
这项投资是在中央政府、毛利部族（iwi）及地方政府此前已投入大量资金建设以下项目的基础上继续推进：
海上水产养殖场；
Te Kaha贻贝苗（Mussel Spat）培育中心；
贻贝加工厂；
Ōpōtiki新港口入口工程。
政府拨款300万纽元支持地热能源项目
此外，政府还将从区域基础设施基金中专门划拨的地热项目资金中，提供300万纽元无偿资助（Grant），支持Gas to Geoheat – Tauranga Geothermal System Project（天然气转地热供能项目）。
该项目是一项早期地热资源勘探计划，由GeoExchange NZ Limited与当地土地所有者合作实施。
项目将在以下地区钻探两口测试井：
Mount Maunganui工业区；
Te Puke / Rangiuru地区。
预计项目实施期间将创造15至20个就业岗位。
为未来地热供暖网络奠定基础
Shane Jones表示：
“这是一个具有公共利益性质的项目，将为未来潜在的能源项目提供支持，例如社区集中供暖网络。届时，地热热能可通过共享管网输送至多个建筑，而无需每栋建筑分别安装供暖系统。”
项目完成后，GeoExchange NZ Limited及合作土地所有者将向社会公开相关地热数据，帮助进一步了解当地地热资源状况及可再生能源开发潜力。
政府：释放丰盛湾发展潜力
Shane Jones表示：
“丰盛湾拥有丰富的自然资源和巨大的经济发展潜力。这些投资将有助于释放这些潜力，创造就业机会，加强能源安全，并为地区未来发展带来更多机遇。”
The Government is supporting Bay of Plenty’s economic growth with funding for two projects through the Regional Infrastructure Fund, Regional Development Minister Shane Jones says.
“These investments are about backing the infrastructure and resources that will drive long-term regional growth and economic prosperity,” Mr Jones says.
The Government is investing $12.5 million through the Regional Infrastructure Fund (RIF) towards the development of Ōpōtiki Marina, supporting construction of a marina basin, wharf and piers, a boat ramp, and related marine infrastructure. Up to 87 jobs will be supported during construction.
“This is the final major infrastructure component needed to support the scale-up of aquaculture in Ōpōtiki.
“The marina will provide year-round safe berthing for aquaculture and commercial vessels, improve the efficiency of mussel harvesting and servicing operations, and support further investment in marine industries,” Mr Jones says.
The funding is made up of a loan and equity. Project partners will provide co-funding of $12.5m.
The investment builds on significant investment already made by central government, iwi and local government to establish aquaculture farms, a mussel spat facility in Te Kaha, and a mussel-processing facility and a new harbour entrance in Ōpōtiki.
Separately, a $3m grant from RIF funding ring-fenced for geothermal projects will support the Gas to Geoheat – Tauranga Geothermal System Project, an early-stage geothermal exploration initiative in partnership with local landowners. The project will drill two test wells in the Mount Maunganui industrial area and Te Puke/Rangiuru area.
“This is a public-good initiative that will support potential future energy projects such as neighbourhood central heating networks in which geothermal heat is supplied through a shared network to multiple buildings instead of each building installing its own system,” Mr Jones says.
Led by GeoExchange NZ Limited and landowners, the project will create publicly available geothermal data that will help in understanding the resource and renewable energy opportunities for the region. The project is expected to create 15-20 jobs during delivery.
“The Bay of Plenty is rich in natural resources with economic potential. These investments will help unlock that potential, support jobs, strengthen energy security and create opportunities for future regional development,” Mr Jones says.
