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Kāinga Te tuakiri, te taonga tuku iho o Aotearoa Te Ara Taonga Pūtea Tautoko – Funding Pūtea Tautoko

Pūtea Tautoko

Ka taea nei e koe ki te tono, ki te taupatupatu mō ngā pūtea e wātea ana ki te tautoko i o kaupapa mahi.

Pūtea Tautoko Marae Kāinga

Ngā Toi

Kōrero hekeiho, te rangahau me te hangarau matihiko

Whakawhanake Mātanga

Ētahi atu pūtea

Pāwhiri ki konei kia hoki anō ki te whārangi kāinga o Te Ara Taonga.

Pūtea Tautoko Marae Kāinga

Tahua Marae Kāinga, Taputapu hoki

http://www.communitymatters.govt.nz/Funding-and-grants---Lottery-grants---Lottery-Marae-Heritage-and-Facilities

Kei Te Puna Tahua he Tahua Marae Kāinga, Taputapu hoki arā, he pūtea tautoko ā-moni ki te whakarauora ki te whakahoungia ngā marae kāinga tae atu ki ngā wharenui, ngā wharekai, ngā whare karakia, ngā urupā, ngā pātaka, me ngā whare taonga. Ka tohaina e Te Puna Tahua he pūtea tautoko ā, mā ngā Kaitohutohu Tiakitaonga e tohutohu e āwhina i ngā iwi ngā hapū e whakarite ana e tautoko ana ki te tonotono ki te komiti, e whakarite hoki i ngā kupu hangarau.

Tahua Whapoapoa Tiaki Taonga ā-Motu

http://www.heritage.org.nz/~/~/link.aspx?_id=A9FDCB7C87D74281BFEEC9F264F291BB&_z=z

Tahua Tikanga Tukuiho ā-Rohe

http://www.mch.govt.nz/RegionalCultureHeritageFund

Mā te Tahua Tikanga Tukuiho ā-Rohe e āhei ai te kāwanatanga matua ki te tuku takitahi he pūtea rautaki hei āwhina kia oti ai ngā kaupapa nunui ā-rohe ā-moni mahi toi mahi ahurea mahi taonga tuku iho hoki. Ka tautokona te pūtea te whakapaipai, te whakahouhou, te tāpiripiri, te hangahanga whare i te rāngai whānui o whare whakairi toi o whare taonga (tae noa ki ngā whare taonga ā-iwi)

Ngā Toi

Ngā Toi Māori

http://www.creativenz.govt.nz/find-funding/funds?artform=5&reset=1

E hia ngā pūtea me te Toi Tipu Toi Rea he pūtea tautoko i te ringatoi Māori tauira rānei, he tauhou tonu, me te hōtaka whakaruruhau Tohunga Tukunga he pūtea āwhina kia rauora ai Ngā Toi Māori, te mātauranga me ngā mahi o mua noa atu ā mohoa noa nei.

Kaupapa Hapori Auaha

http://www.creativenz.govt.nz/find-funding/funds/creative-communities-scheme

Ia te tau ka tohaina e Toi Aotearoa he pūtea Kaupapa Hapori Auaha (CCS) ki ngā kaunihera ā-taonenui ā-rohe hoki ki Aotearoa whānui mā rātou anō e tohatoha i ōna ake takiwā. Ka tautokona e te putea ngā kaupapa 1,800 nui atu ia tau ia tau. Te rahi: Ko te nuinga iti iho i te $2,000. Whakapā atu ki tō kaunihera ā-taonenui ā-rohe rānei me te roanga o te kōrero.

Te Tumu Whakaata Taonga

http://www.nzfilm.co.nz/funding

Ka tohaina e Te Tumu Whakaata Taonga he pūtea taurewa taurite hoki ki te tautoko i te whanaketanga me te whakaotinga o ngā kiriata whāroa kiriata whāiti hoki.

Iringa Te Motu

http://www.nzonair.govt.nz/search/?q=funding#menu

Ka tohaina e Iringa Te Motu he pūtea tautoko kaupapa matarau ā-rohe pouaka whakaata mai, ipurangi mai tae atu ki te matihiko, te puoro me te reo irirangi. Ka tautoko taua pūtea matihiko i ngā kaupapa auaha, kaupapa taunekeneke tae noa ki ngā tautono ā-ipurangi me ngā pūmanawa tautono ā-waea pūkoro, ko ngā tākarokaro me ngā kaupapa ara rau, waka rau hoki.

Te Māngai Pāho

http://www.tmp.govt.nz/our-funding

Ka tohaina e Te Māngai Pāho he pūtea ki tautoko i ngā teihana reo irirangi Māori ki te motu whānui ā, ki te tautoko i te whakaotinga me te pāpāhotanga o ngā hōtaka pouaka whakaata i te reo Māori, ngā hōtaka reo irirangi me ngā hopunga puoro.

Kōrero hekeiho, te rangahau me te hangarau matihiko

Pūtea Whakamaumahara i te Rā o Waitangi

http://www.mch.govt.nz/funding-nz-culture/ministry-grants-awards/commemorating-waitangi-day-fund

Ko te Pūtea Whakamaumahara i te Rā o Waitangi hei tautoko i ngā huihuinga whakanui i te hainatanga o te Tiriti o Waitangi, hei hāpai kia rewa te motu me te hapori hoki. Aro ana te pūtea ki te whakamanawa i ngā hapori tāwhitiwhiti ki te whakanui i te Rā o Waitangi.

Tarāti Rangahau Hītori o Aotearoa

http://www.mch.govt.nz/funding-nz-culture/ministry-grants-awards/new-zealand-history-research-trust

Ko te Tahua Tarāti Rangahau Hītori o Aotearoa hei tautoko ā-moni ki ngā tāngata e mau haere ana ngā kaupapa e tino whakanuia rawatia te whakamāramatanga i ngā hītori o Aotearoa. Ka taea te pūtea ki te tautoko i ngā kaupapa maha: e āhei ana ngā tumukōrero ki te ukiuki i ana mahi ki tētahi kaupapa; te utu rangahau utu tuhituhi; me te utu Hāereere hāngai ana ki te rangahau.

Whakawhiwhinga Hītori ā-Waha o Aotearoa

http://www.mch.govt.nz/funding-nz-culture/ministry-grants-awards/new-zealand-history-research-trust

Ko ngā Whakawhiwhinga Hītori ā-Waha o Aotearoa hei āwhina ā-moni ko te hopuhopu uiuitanga e pā atu ana ki ngā hītori o Aotearoa me ōna hononga toipoto ki Te Moananui-a-Kiwa.

Ko ngā kaupapa e tonoa ana kia aromatawaia me tino whakanuia rawatia te whakamāramatanga i ngā hītori o Aotearoa me ōna iwi.

Mātauranga matihiko, te rangahau me ngā karahipi me ngā whakawhiwhinga mahi wharepukapuka

https://natlib.govt.nz/about-us/scholarships-and-awards

Nā te Puna Mātauranga i raupapā ngā kōrero i ētahi karahipi i ētahi whakawhiwhinga hāngai ana ki te mātauranga matihiko, te rangahau me ngā karahipi me ngā whakawhiwhinga mahi wharepukapuka.

Ka Hao: Te tahua whakawhanake hangarau Māori

https://www.tpk.govt.nz/en/whakamahia/it-and-innovation/ka-hao-maori-digital-technology-development-fund/

I te tau 2014, i tohaina e te kāwanatanga $30 miriona i ngā tau e ono, nā tētahi Tahua Whakawhanake ICT Māori e tautoko:

  • ki te whakawhanake ōhanga Māori ki te akiaki i te Māori kia eke ki te rāngai ICT; ā

ki te whai reo ki te whai tikanga mā te ICT e kawe.

Whakawhanake Mātanga

Tahua Whakawhanake Mātanga

https://www.tepapa.govt.nz/learn/for-museums-and-galleries/help-and-support-for-museums-and-galleries/funding-and-grants-0

Mahia o mātou Tahua Whakawhanake Mātanga ki te whai hōtaka whakangungu tiaki taonga whakairi toi hoki – anō he huanga wā roa mōu, mō tō rōpū me te rāngai.

Tono atu ki te: $1,000 kore GST

Tahua Utu Hāereere

https://www.tepapa.govt.nz/learn/for-museums-and-galleries/help-and-support-for-museums-and-galleries/funding-and-grants/travel

He pūtea kia ea ai te utu hāereere a pā ana ki te whakangungu tiaki taonga whakairi toi hoki i Aotearoa.

Atu ki te: $300 GST mai

Ētahi atu pūtea

Te Tahua Taiao Ngā Taonga

http://www.communitymatters.govt.nz/Funding-and-grants---Lottery-grants---Lottery-Environment-and-Heritage

Ko Te Tahua Taiao Ngā Taonga hei āwhina ki te haumaru ki te tohutohu ki te tiaki i o tātou taonga o te taiao o te ahurea me te ao kikokiko, kia piki te māramatanga kia whai wāhi ai hoki tātou ki ēnei rauemi.

Tahua Ringa Āwhina

https://www.tepapa.govt.nz/learn/for-museums-and-galleries/help-and-support-for-museums-and-galleries/funding-and-grants

Mahia te Tahua Ringa Āwhina ki te whakawhiwhi rauemi, whiwhi hōtaka, pārongo hoki mō tō whare taonga whare whakairi toi rānei – mō te katoa rānei, ki te tautoko rānei i ētahi kaupapa kua tau.

Tahua Hapori

http://www.communitymatters.govt.nz/

Ko te Tari Taiwheua e āwhina ana ki te whakawhanake i ngā hapori mārohirohi i Aotearoa.

Mā te tuku kupu āwhina, te pārongo, te tautoko me ngā rauemi mātou e āwhina i ngā tāngata me ngā rōpū me o rātou hapori, ngā hapū, ngā iwi, kia tū māia kia angitū āianei ā āpōpō ake nei.

Tahua Hokinga Tere

http://www.creativenz.govt.nz/find-funding/funds/quick-response-grant

  • Ko te Tahua Hokinga Tere hei āwhina i ngā ringatoi, kaimahi toi, rōpū toi hoki ki te waihanga ki te tohatoha i o rātou mahi toi. E rima wiki ki te whakatau ai ko te hauwhā te haurima pea o ngā tono e angitū ai. Ka puakina ngā tono ā-ipurangi e ono wiki mua mai i te rā ka katia.

Updated on 14th March 2023