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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
$4 million of funds from the Government’s $50 million media support package will be targeted at media organisations that have yet to receive significant relief from the fund – in particular magazines and community newspapers. Applications close on 9 October 2020.
Cash-flow relief for New Zealand community publications
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
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 on Sunday 20 September 2020.
NZSO to stream award-winning story in Te Reo Māori to music
For the first time, Te Putanga Toi Arts Access Awards 2020 will be presented online instead of live on Tuesday 13 October. With the ongoing uncertainty surrounding COVID-19, Arts Access Aotearoa will go digital so it can be sure the awards can be presented.
Te Putanga Toi Arts Access Awards 2020 online
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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Our Ministers

The Ministry is accountable to the Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage, Minister of Broadcasting, Communications and Digital Media and to the Minister for Sport and Recreation in relation to Crown-funded sports agencies.

Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern, Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage

Prime Minister Ardern's email address is [email protected]

Other contact details for Prime Minister Ardern are listed here.

Hon Grant Robertson,  Minister for Sport and Recreation; Associate Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage

Minister Robertson's email address is [email protected]

Other contact details for Minister Robertson are listed here.

Hon Carmel Sepuloni, Associate Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage

Minister Sepuloni's email address is [email protected]

Other contact details for Minister Sepuloni are listed here.

Hon Kris Faafoi, Minister of Broadcasting, Communications and Digital Media

 

Minister Faafoi's email address is [email protected]

Other contact details for Minister Faafoi are listed here.

 

Updated on 6th August 2020