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The Infometrics sector profiles 2022 provide data on a range of employment, business and productivity characteristics for the arts and creative sector.
Arts and creative sector economic profiles 2022
The Ministry's annual history grants have been awarded to 10 projects which will tell a wide range of histories - from the revival of Moko Mataora (facial tattoo) in the North, to a 1795 shipwreck in Tamatea Dusky Sound in the South. The Whiria Te Mahara NZ History Grants supports historians, researchers and writers working on non-fiction projects such as the woolsheds of the Wairarapa. Image is of Tora Station woolshed which originally had 20 stands for blade shearing.
Funding goes to the telling of NZ histories from Hokianga to Fiordland
From the great works of the classical canon to contemporary New Zealand artists and everything in between. View upcoming concerts and get tickets for your favourites on the NZSO's website. Superstar Maxim Vengerov joins conductor André de Ridder and the NZSO to perform one of the great violin concertos in August 2024.
NZSO unveils 2024 season
A new RNZ podcast 'Deer Wars' explores an era before workplace health and safety, when the battle against the exploding population of invasive environmental pest, the red deer, became a 'wild west' industry. 'Deer Wars' is a unique and compelling story told by those who lived it and is a recipient of the Ministry's Ngā Kōrero Tuku Iho, Piki Ake! Kake Ake! New Zealand Oral History Grants. The podcast was launched on 20 October with a new episode every Friday and Wednesday. Listen at rnz.co.nz/deer-wars
RNZ 'Deer Wars' podcast
A unique limited series podcast is shedding light on a previously overlooked chapter of New Zealand history. With a focus on a seemingly obsolete device - the typewriter - and its users, the Keystrokes Per Minute podcast is a celebration of the lives of women of the New Zealand Public Service Typing Pools from 1945 till the present day.
More than just a typist: new history podcast
Meet the astonishing dinosaurs of Patagonia, South America – including Patagotitan, one of the most massive creatures ever to walk the planet. Encounter life-sized casts, and real fossils up to 180 million years old. Get hands-on with models, and create your own virtual dino! Te Papa's latest exhibition opens on Saturday 16 December. More details are found on Te Papa's website.
Dinosaurs of Patagonia

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Sport New Zealand

The Ministry manages the Crown relationship with Sport New Zealand, administering its funding and Board appointments, monitoring its reporting and performance measures.

Contact details

Tel (04) 472 8058

Postal Address - PO Box 2251, Wellington 6140

Online contact form

Board Membership (expiry term in brackets*):

All members of the board are appointed by the Minister and the board will have between five and nine members including the Chair. When making appointments to the board the Minister must take into account the recommendation of the Nominations Advisory Group established under section 18 of the Sport and Recreation Act 2002.

Raewyn Lovett - Chair (June 2024)

Duane Kale - Deputy Chair (July 2024)

Dr Farah Palmer (June 2024)

Beatrice Faumuinā (December 2025)

Bill Moran (June 2024)

Suri Bartlett (July 2024)

Robyn Cockburn (July 2024)

Rakesh Naidoo (October 2024)

Karen Vercoe (July 2024)

*Members are subject to a rollover of their term under section 32 of the Crown Entities Act 2004.

Related links

Sport NZ website

Sport and Recreation New Zealand Act 2002

Ministry for Culture and Heritage annual reports

Ministry for Culture and Heritage agency boards and nominations

Updated on 9th August 2023