Currently this grant is intended for young people whose gender identity is different from their sex they were assigned at birth. This includes young people who identify as transgender, transsexual, takaatapui, whakawahine, fa’afafine, genderqueer, and many others. Our age range for young people is from 12-30.

Since its inception, Naming NZ has been providing this service for people in the Greater Wellington Region. By collaborating with RainbowYOUTH, we’re hoping to be able to help provide this service nationally.

We aim to process applications quarterly at this stage, but are working on our capacity to be able to do this more regularly.

We aim to provide a grant to everyone who applies, but we are limited by what our donors and fundraisers can provide. We will prioritize based on need for an ID, means to get an ID, desire for an ID, and the ability of our limited funds to help the largest number of people.

An RY or Naming NZ member will contact you. They can often provide you with links to the paperwork you need to fill in and will also arrange to have the funds sent to you.

If you've been unsuccessful, partly successful or you've let your funds expire you are completely welcome to re-apply for funding. You must again meet our criteria in order to be successful.