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COVID-19 is having an enormous impact on those involved in the arts, culture, heritage and sports sectors. Manatū Taonga is working closely with Crown entities and funded agencies to understand the ongoing impact of COVID-19 on our sector and to determine the most effective response in this fast-changing situation.
COVID-19 – Information for our sector
Māori language week is an opportunity for concentrated celebration, promotion and encouragement. And every minute of every hour of every day is a Māori language minute – we can choose to use te reo – every time we do, even just a ‘Kia ora!’ contributes to revitalisation.
Kia Kaha Te Reo Māori
The journey towards recognising Māori as an official language and taonga has been captured as a web series and launched today during Te Wiki o te Reo Māori. The Treaty Settlement story: Te Mana o te Reo Māori is published online by Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage, in partnership with Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori (Māori Language Commission). It was created as part of the Te Tai Treaty Settlements programme that is aimed at increasing understanding of the past by exploring Treaty settlements and their enduring impact.
Te Mana o te Reo Māori
New Zealand women won the right to vote on 19 September 1893. 127 years on, check out NZHistory's feature on 'Women, the Vote and Activism' which marked Suffrage 125 in 2018.
Suffrage Day 2020
The Museum Hardship Fund administered by Te Papa is accepting applications, welcoming cultural organisations across Aotearoa to apply for up to $25,000 per grant.
The Museum Hardship Fund now welcoming applications across Aotearoa
The Ministry's Heritage EQUIP programme provides advice and funding to help building owners strengthen their earthquake prone heritage buildings. The next funding round closes on 28 September 2020. For more details and how to apply, visit https://heritageequip.govt.nz/
Call for Heritage EQUIP applications
Applications for the 2021 Commemorating Waitangi Day Fund open today and communities throughout the country are encouraged to apply for funding to support their local events. Applications for funding grants, which generally range from $1000 to $5000, are open until 19 October 2020.
2021 Commemorating Waitangi Day Fund now open
An award-winning children’s story in Te Reo Māori about a giant with a kind heart has been reimagined by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Te Tira Pūoro o Aotearoa for a special whānau-friendly video to premiere this Sunday 20 September 2020.
NZSO to stream award-winning story in Te Reo Māori to music
An appeal for relatives is a search to locate the next of kin for soldiers who fell in war. Could you be connected to this individual, Gunner Rayner Harris?
Appeal for relatives - Commonwealth War Graves Manawatu District

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Kāinga Tahua - Ō Aotearoa tikanga Ngā Pokapū i tautokohia

Agencies we fund

The Ministry funds some of New Zealand's most iconic arts, media, heritage and sports organisations such as Heritage New Zealand and the Royal New Zealand Ballet. Find out more about the following agencies that are supported by the Ministry.

Details about cultural sector Crown funding administered by the Ministry are available on our Crown Entity funding page.

Arts and music

Creative New Zealand (Arts Council of New Zealand)

New Zealand Music Commission

New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

Royal New Zealand Ballet

Te Matatini Society Inc.

Broadcasting and film

Broadcasting Standards Authority

New Zealand Film Commission

NZ On Air

RNZ Pacific

Heritage

Antarctic Heritage Trust

Heritage New Zealand

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (Te Papa)

Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision

Pukaki Trust

Te Māori Manaaki Taonga Trust

Sport and recreation

Drug Free Sport New Zealand

Sport New Zealand (Sport NZ)

Updated on 31st August 2020