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Join us for our next Public History Talk : A biography of Lake Tūtira on Wednesday 06 July 2022. Historian Jonathan West will follow in the traces of Herbert Guthrie Smith, whose obsessive records of the changes witnessed while farming by the lake made him the founder of environmental history here. In-person or online at the National Library at 12.10pm.
Aotearoa New Zealand’s best young orchestral musicians unite in Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington on 7 July to perform one of the greatest symphonic works ever written: Gustav Mahler’s First Symphony Titan. The NZSO National Youth Orchestra will be led by acclaimed Australian conductor Fabian Russell, who founded The Orchestra Project, a training programme for pre-eminent young Australian musicians.
Applications for the seventh round of the Regional Culture and Heritage Fund (RCHF) are now open with up to $13 million is available for distribution. Applications close at 5pm on Friday 15 July 2022. Image is courtesy of Whirinaki Whare Taonga.
Kura and schools around New Zealand can start applying for Round 4 of the Creatives in Schools programme, Minister for Education Chris Hipkins and Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage Carmel Sepuloni announced on 17 June 2022
To herald the new public holiday, Te Papa will open a special interactive exhibition about Matariki to encourage everyone to participate in marking our New Year. The key themes of the experience are: remember, celebrate, and hope. The Matariki exhibition opens Saturday 10 June and closes Sunday 21 August. Entry is free.
Do you know a Pasifika creative that deserves to be celebrated for their contribution to our arts community over the past year? Creative New Zealand's annual Arts Pasifika Awards are back - and they're calling for nominations! This year, there are seven award categories open for public nominations which closes on 4 July.
The National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa is inviting nominations for the next New Zealand Poet Laureate. The award celebrates outstanding contributions to New Zealand poetry. Nominations close Friday, 29 July at 5pm and the next Poet Laureate will be named on National Poetry Day, Friday, August 26 2022.

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Ki te puāwai te ahurea, Ka ora te iwi
Culture is thriving,
The people are well

Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage works to enrich the lives of all New Zealanders.

We support many of New Zealand’s arts, media, heritage and sports organisations; advise government on cultural matters and provide research and resources for everyone to access. The organisations we fund deliver a wide range of cultural experiences for all to enjoy.

Arts and Culture COVID Recovery Programme

Arts and Culture COVID Recovery Programme

We are focused on the recovery, regeneration and revitalisation of the cultural sector. This page outlines the initiatives we are funding and delivering, to help our sector thrive. ...

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 Today in History

Today in History

28/06/1973 - HMNZS Otago sails for Mururoa test zone
Prime Minister Norman Kirk told the 242 crew of the Otago that their Mururoa mission was an ‘honourable’ one − they were to be ‘silent witness[es] with the power to bring alive the conscience of the world’. ...

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Pukeahu National War Memorial Park

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National Erebus Memorial

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Dictionary of New Zealand Biography

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Te Tai

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