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The Cultural Sector Innovation Fund provides $60 million over three years to support innovative projects that improve the sustainability and resilience of the sector. Round one of the Fund will be delivered through a nationwide events series, Te Urungi: Innovating Aotearoa. These immersive, collaborative events are designed to harness our collective creative energy and innovative spirit to fuel bold ideas that enable arts, culture and heritage to thrive.
Join us in innovating Aotearoa through a series of 14 regional events held across the country
Join us on Wednesday 05 May to hear author Nigel Robson discuss his book 'Our First Foreign War' at the National Library of NZ.
Come along to our next Public History talk on Wednesday 05 May
Round one funding between $1,000 and $20,000 is available now to create installations and events. They must be free to experience and bring culture and creativity to people in our communities. They’ll be 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.
Cultural Installations and Events Fund open now
Kei Roto i te Miru: Inside the Bubble is a podcast series capturing New Zealander’s experiences during the 2020 lockdown. The series uses oral histories collected during the lockdown to reflect on how we responded collectively as a nation to this moment in history, and shares some of the many ways New Zealander’s experienced the lockdown. The series is available on RNZ’s podcast channel.
Kei Roto i te Miru - Inside the Bubble
Minister Sepuloni has announced the opening of the $5.7 million Mātauranga Māori Marae Ora Fund. This Fund is one of 18 initiatives within the wider $20 million Mātauranga Māori Te Awe Kōtuku programme being led by Manatū Taonga in partnership with other government and cultural agencies. There will be six funding rounds between now and June 2022. The first round is open now and closes on 24 March 2021.
New fund to help preserve mātauranga and taonga Māori on marae
Aotearoa’s Alien Weaponry, hailed as one of the most exciting young metal bands in the world, unite with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra for two special performances in May 2021.
Metal stars Alien Weaponry set to explode with the NZSO in May
A Governance Group of eight experts has been appointed to lead the next phase of work on a potential new public media entity, Minister for Broadcasting and Media Kris Faafoi announced today.
Governance Group to lead next phase of work on a potential new public media entity
Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage Hon Carmel Sepuloni launched a unique creative project in Tāmaki Makaurau at the new Media Design School Campus in Wynyard Quarter. Aho Wahine is a series of interactive bi-lingual apps that breathe new life into the traditional stories of Aotearoa, interpreting them from the point of view of the female characters.
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Our Ministers

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

Hon Carmel Sepuloni, Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage

Minister Sepuloni's email address is [email protected]

Other contact details for Minister Sepuloni are listed on the Beehive website.

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

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

Other contact details for Prime Minister Ardern are listed on the Beehive website.

Hon Kiri Allan, Associate Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage

Minister Allan is currently on medical leave.  Minister Henare is the Acting Associate Minister during this time.

Hon Peeni Henare, Acting Associate Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage

Minister Henare's email address is [email protected]

Other contact details for Minister Henare are listed on the Beehive website.

Hon Grant Robertson, Minister for Sport and Recreation

Minister Robertson's email address is [email protected]

Other contact details for Minister Robertson are listed on the Beehive website.

Hon Kris Faafoi, Minister for Broadcasting and Media

Minister Faafoi's email address is [email protected]

Other contact details for Minister Faafoi are listed on the Beehive website.

Updated on 9th April 2021