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The COVID-19 Cultural Recovery Programme Impacts Report 2021/22 looks at the impact of COVID-19 funding for the arts, culture, heritage, media and broadcasting sectors delivered between June 2021 and July 2022. 
COVID-19 Cultural Recovery Programme Impacts Report 2021/22
The Government is making it easier for the screen sector to access support in order to attract more domestic and international productions to help grow the economy.
Supporting a strong future for screen sector
More than forty cultural sector initiatives have been announced today as the latest recipients of the Cultural Sector Regeneration Fund, giving them the backing they need to make a lasting impact for the arts, culture and heritage sectors.
Third Regeneration Fund decisions to support key cultural infrastructure
Creative New Zealand Toi Aotearoa is calling for public nominations for ngā toi Māori artists, arts practitioners to be recognised at this year’s Ngā Taonga Toi a Te Waka Toi Awards 2023. The purpose of Ngā Taonga Toi a Te Waka Toi Awards is to recognise artistic excellence, achievement and the contribution of Māori artists working in customary and contemporary ngā toi Māori to Aotearoa New Zealand. Three awards are open for public nomination from 5 May to 12 June 2023.
Nga Taonga Toi a Te Waka Toi 2023 Nominations Open Now
Shakespeare’s greatest love story returns to the Royal New Zealand Ballet in a passionate re-telling choreographed by Andrea Schermoly (Stand to Reason, Within Without). Exquisite sets and costumes by Academy Award-winning designer James Acheson, first seen onstage in 2017 to universal acclaim, bring to life all the splendour and seduction of Renaissance Verona, swept up in Prokofiev’s exhilarating, sensuous score. Touring nationwide, the latest production finishes in Napier on 10 June.
RNZB presents Romeo & Juliet
Saturday 1 July and Sunday 2 July will see senior Māori performers from around the country take the stage in Te Papa’s Soundings Theatre. More than a dozen groups from the far north to Te Waipounamu are travelling to Te Papa to perform kapa haka over the two days. The event is free to the public, and the performances are live-streamed by Te Papa on Facebook and YouTube to reach a national and global audience – in the past more than 100,000 people have viewed live-streams of the performances.
Taikura Kapa Haka returns to Te Papa Saturday 1 and Sunday 2 July
The New Zealand Symphony will perform selections from a landmark work by legendary Baroque violin virtuoso Heinrich Biber from Kerikeri to Blenheim in June.
Bohemian rhapsody: NZSO to perform Baroque masterpiece
Significant damage caused at the National Erebus Memorial site by recent extreme and unprecedented weather events in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, means a new enduring home for the memorial needs to be found.
New site required for National Erebus Memorial due to safety concerns
As the Mānawatia a Matariki exhibition opens, Te Papa is sharing nationwide research and visitor insights that show how New Zealanders are embracing the indigenous New Year. The museum has also released its Matariki events programme including Taikura Kapa Haka, and launched new online resources at https://tepapa.nz/matariki.
Te Papa research reveals how New Zealanders mark Matariki

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Sustainable cultural sector careers

Supporting sustainable creative careers in the arts and cultural sector – our policy work.

What we’re doing

Our Arts Policy team is investigating a number of policy options to better support people to have sustainable cultural sector careers, including:

The Ministry for Culture and Heritage is also involved in cross-agency policy work that will help support sustainable cultural sector careers.

  • We are working with the music industry and other government agencies to develop options for enhancing the international potential of New Zealand music.
  • We are supporting the screen sector to develop a 10-year strategy which will set out the sector’s aspirations for 2030, and how to get there. We expect that supporting sustainable careers for screen workers will be a key component of this strategy.
  • We are continuing to work with the Ministry for Social Development to establish cultural sector apprenticeship/trainee opportunities through Mana in Mahi.
  • With the Ministry of Education we’ve established the Creatives in Schools programme, in which professional artists and creative practitioners partner with schools and kura to share their specialist artistic knowledge and creative practice with students. This programme will also provide a supplementary source of income for participating creatives, and inspire awareness of creative careers in young people.
  • We are contributing to policy work led by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment on ways to promote the growth of New Zealand’s creative industries. A growing creative sector means more opportunities for people wanting creative careers.
  • We are contributing to the review of the Copyright Act, which is led by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment. Copyright is an important legislative tool that enables creative people to earn revenue from their work.

The latest round of Creatives in Schools funding applications opens on 16 June 2023 and will close on 21 August 2023 for creative projects to be implemented in 2024.

Check Arts Online website for updates.

Updated on 24th May 2023