He toiora kei te pīwai kuinga rau
There is well-being at the water source of a hundred streamlets*
Te Tahua Whakahaumaru
Creative Arts Recovery and Employment (CARE) Fund
Latest updates
Cultural Installations and Events round one funding recipients announced
Kei tēnei whārangi
On this page
- Introduction to the CARE Fund
- Cultural Installations and Events
- Culture and Wellbeing
- Cultural Activators
- Showcasing the Regions and Untold Stories
The CARE Fund is one of three cross sector initiatives with a long-term focus in Manatū Taonga’s Arts and Culture COVID Recovery Programme’s Te Tahua Whakamarohi i te Rāngai Ahurea Cultural Sector Regeneration Fund.
It aims to create employment and training opportunities, ensure vital skills, talent and creative infrastructure are not lost, and maintain and expand public access to creative and cultural experiences.
This fund makes available $70 million in contestable funding over three years and is being developed and managed directly by Manatū Taonga.
Due to reprioritisation of funding to provide support for the cultural sector in light of the Delta outbreak, some adjustments have been made to the CARE programme. Details are noted below.
See the CARE Fund overview for more about the Fund’s outcomes and priorities.
Read on for the latest updates on the current funding streams.
Ngā Puninga Toi ā-Ahurea me ngā Kaupapa
Cultural Installations and Events
Bringing culture and creativity to people in our communities. Manatū Taonga has funding for installations and events. They must be free to experience and in easy to access spaces people regularly go or are easy to discover, such as community hubs, shopping malls, parks, beaches, marae, churches, reserves, or along a waterfront.
Updates:
- Round one of Cultural Installations and Events is closed.
- Round one recipients announced.
- Round two was due to open in early September. Revised timing will be confirmed soon, likely to be early 2022.
Te Ahurea me te Toiora
Culture and Wellbeing
Using arts and culture as a tool to improve the wellbeing of those most in need by investing in creative spaces, and by Manatū Taonga partnering with social sector agencies to provide targeted support.
Updates:
- Round one of Ngā Wāhi Auaha Creative Spaces initiative closed on 24 March 2021.
- Round one funding recipients announced on 13 May 2021.
- Round two of Ngā Wāhi Auaha Creative Spaces initiative closed on 1 June 2021.
Ngā Kaiwhakaoho Ahurea
Cultural Activators
Funding cultural sector practitioners to collaborate with communities to tell their stories, build their creative skills and connect them with opportunities in the wider cultural sector.
Showcasing the Regions and Untold Stories
Due to reprioritisation of funding for Delta relief for the cultural sector, Manatū Taonga will not progress the final two streams of CARE:
- Showcasing the regions, which sought to invest in projects that showcase local culture and history in the region
- Untold stories, which sought to bring more diversity to storytelling and content creation in the mainstream cultural sector.
The Ministry was already reconsidering progressing these two streams as planned due to need in other areas. Increasing access, participation, and diversity in the cultural sector remains a priority for Manatū Taonga, and we will be evaluating further opportunities to achieve this goal within existing funding opportunities and into the future.
Whakapā mai ki a mātou
Contact us
For all queries, please contact the Manatū Taonga team at Email: [email protected]
Whakamarama
Whakataukī meaning
* Ko te pīwai te mātāpuna o te wai. Ko ngā kuinga rau, ko ngā tini manga ka rere i taua wai matua ki te whāngai i te whenua me ngā tini koiora. Kua whakaritea Te Tahua Whakahaumaru ki te pīwai, he manga anō ōna i whakaritea ai hei tautoko, hei whāngai hoki i ngā wāhanga rerekē o te rāngai toi. Ko te toiora, ko te oranga, ā, ko tētahi atu tikanga o te kupu nei, ko te toi e ora ana. Puta mai ai te toiora i te pīwai, arā, i Te Tahua Whakahaumaru.
The pīwai is the source of a waterway. The kuinga rau are the many streamlets that flow from that main watercourse sustaining the land and various forms of life. The CARE Fund has been likened to the pīwai, which has its own streams that were created to support and sustain different areas of the cultural sector. The word toiora means wellbeing, it can also be interpreted to mean living art. Wellbeing in regard to the arts is found at the pīwai, that is the CARE Fund.
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