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Helping organisers of arts and cultural events working under the COVID-19 Protection Framework.
Arts and Culture Event Support Scheme
Join us for our next Public History Talk : A biography of Lake Tūtira on Wednesday 06 July 2022. Historian Jonathan West will follow in the traces of Herbert Guthrie Smith, whose obsessive records of the changes witnessed while farming by the lake made him the founder of environmental history here. In-person or online at the National Library at 12.10pm.
Public History Talk - A biography of Lake Tūtira
Aotearoa New Zealand’s best young orchestral musicians unite in Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington on 7 July to perform one of the greatest symphonic works ever written: Gustav Mahler’s First Symphony Titan. The NZSO National Youth Orchestra will be led by acclaimed Australian conductor Fabian Russell, who founded The Orchestra Project, a training programme for pre-eminent young Australian musicians.
Youth Orchestra takes on a titan of the music world in Wellington
Applications for the seventh round of the Regional Culture and Heritage Fund (RCHF) are now open with up to $13 million is available for distribution. Applications close at 5pm on Friday 15 July 2022. Image is courtesy of Whirinaki Whare Taonga.
Regional Culture and Heritage Fund
Kura and schools around New Zealand can start applying for Round 4 of the Creatives in Schools programme, Minister for Education Chris Hipkins and Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage Carmel Sepuloni announced on 17 June 2022
Creatives in Schools Round 4 open for applications
To herald the new public holiday, Te Papa will open a special interactive exhibition about Matariki to encourage everyone to participate in marking our New Year. The key themes of the experience are: remember, celebrate, and hope. The Matariki exhibition opens Saturday 10 June and closes Sunday 21 August. Entry is free.
Te Papa hosts official launch of Matariki, opens exhibition, announces events
Do you know a Pasifika creative that deserves to be celebrated for their contribution to our arts community over the past year? Creative New Zealand's annual Arts Pasifika Awards are back - and they're calling for nominations! This year, there are seven award categories open for public nominations which closes on 4 July.
2022 Arts Pasifika Awards: nominations now open!
The National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa is inviting nominations for the next New Zealand Poet Laureate. The award celebrates outstanding contributions to New Zealand poetry. Nominations close Friday, 29 July at 5pm and the next Poet Laureate will be named on National Poetry Day, Friday, August 26 2022.
Call for Poet Laureate nominations

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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.

Hon Willie Jackson, Minister for Broadcasting and Media

Minister Jackson's email address is [email protected]

Other contact details for Minister Jackson 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's email address is [email protected]

Other contact details for Minister Allan 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.

Updated on 14th June 2022