A total of 52* events being staged across the Waikato, Rotorua, Taupō and Ruapehu regions have been offered funding from the three Thermal Explorer Regional Events Fund funding rounds held in 2021, 2022 and 2023.
- Waikato – 21* events
- Rotorua – 17* events
- Taupō – 10* events
- Ruapehu – 3 events
- Multiple regions – 1 event
*Two events pending announcement (Waikato – 1 event; Taupō – 1 event)
Event funding recipients 2021 round:
- ARONUI Indigenous Arts Festival (Rotorua)
- Dare2Sweat Events Limited (Rotorua)
- Equifest (Taupō)
- Long Course Weekend (Waikato)
- Love Taupo Trail Festival (Taupō)
- New Zealand National Fieldays Society – New Event A (Waikato)
- New Zealand Rugby League National Tournaments (Rotorua)
- Ohakune Blues & Roots Festival (Ruapehu)
- The Great Kiwi Summer Festival (Waikato)
- The Middle-earth™ Halfling™ Marathon (Waikato)
- Tourism Summit Aotearoa and Tourism Awards Dinner (Waikato)
- Whaka 100 (Rotorua)
Event funding recipients 2022 round:
- A Summer Evening with…(artist TBC) concert (Taupō)
- Autorama 2023 (Waikato)
- Digital Health Week 2022 (Rotorua)
- Embracing Change (Rotorua)
- Hamilton Arts Festival – Toi Ora ki Kirikiriroa (Waikato)
- Indigenous All Stars v Maori All Stars Game (Rotorua)
- Kotahitanga Festival 2023 (Ruapehu)
- Lake Taupō Cycle Challenge – Gravel Grind (Taupō)
- Legend of the Peaks (Rotorua)
- New Zealand Blues and BBQ Festival (Rotorua)
- New Zealand Geothermal Week (Taupō)
- New Zealand Fitness Festival (Waikato)
- Sika Show (Waikato)
- Sky Waka Vertical Challenge (Ruapehu)
- UCI BMX World Cup (Rotorua)
- Waitomo Trail Run (Waikato)
Event funding recipients 2023 round:
- 12th International Workshop on Sap Flow (Rotorua)
- 2023 Olympic Weightlifting New Zealand National Championships (Waikato)
- 2024 Aotearoa Maori Netball National Tournament (Rotorua)
- 76th Annual General and Scientific Meeting of the New Zealand Society of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (Waikato)
- Aramex Kiwi Walk and Run Series (Waikato, Rotorua, Taupō)
- Blue Lake Dewar Shield Regatta (Rotorua)
- Craters Classic (Taupō)
- Future Roads Conference (Waikato)
- Grins Night of Champions (Waikato)
- Infection Prevention Nurses College Conference (Waikato)
- New Zealand Darts Masters (Waikato)
- New Zealand Planning Institute Annual Conference 2023 (Waikato)
- NZ Fishing Hunting and 4X4 Expo (Rotorua)
- NZ Society of Gastroenterology Annual Scientific Meeting (Rotorua)
- Ohakune Carrot Rocket Launch (Ruapehu)
- PENZ Taka & EONZ kanohi ki te kanohi (Waikato)
- Rotorua Festival of Golf (Rotorua)
- Taupō Disc Golf Classic (Taupō)
- Taupō Oceania Events (Taupō)
- Taupō Winter Festival (Taupō)
- Waves Conference 2023 (Waikato)
- Whiria Nga Kaha - Workplace Inclusion Aotearoa Conference (Rotorua)
- World Manu Championships (Waikato)
*Three events pending announcement (Waikato – 1 event; Rotorua – 1 event; Taupō – 1 event)
