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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
Celebrations leading up to Matariki have begun as Aotearoa looks set to mark its newest public holiday for the second time. A booklet containing karakia for each of the nine stars of Matariki was launched today at an event at the Dark Sky Sanctuary in Takapō.
Matariki 2023 launched under stars in Tekapō
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
Firmly entrenched as part of our cultural landscape, the month of May has gone from a period of encouraging radio to play more local tunes, to a 31 day celebration of homegrown talent across the length and breadth of the country. Check out events and news on the NZ Music Commission's website.
Welcome to NZ Music Month
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 May 2023, 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 (The Last Emperor, Dangerous Liaisons), 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.
RNZB presents Romeo & Juliet
The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra takes audiences on a musical journey from Aotearoa to Italy with exciting performances in Kāpiti, Wairarapa, Hastings, Taupō and Hamilton in June. NZSO Music Director Emeritus James Judd conducts a breathtaking collection of music in Stravinsky & Mendelssohn Portraits of Italy as part of the Orchestra’s popular Setting Up Camp winter tour
Take a musical trip from Aotearoa to Italy with the NZSO in June
Crabs, shrimps, lobsters, barnacles, slaters and other crustaceans are the stars of a new mini exhibition presented by NIWA and Te Papa. Now open, Mawhiti Tino Rawe | Clever Crustaceans is a playful exploration of the bizarre and diverse world of five marine crustaceans. They can change their shape, circle the globe – crustaceans are the unsung heroes of the sea.
Crustacean celebrities of Aotearoa New Zealand on display at Te Papa
Equal Voices Arts aims to change the arts landscape in Aotearoa New Zealand so it welcomes and celebrates Deaf culture, artists and audiences, with the support of a grant from Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage.
Equal Voices Arts to lead pilot programme to improve access to the arts for Deaf artists and audiences

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Kāinga Te tuakiri, te taonga tuku iho o Aotearoa Te Ara Taonga

Te Ara Taonga

Ko tēnei ipurangi mō ngā iwi ki te whakapā ki te rapu i ngā tari tautoko ana i te kaupapa tiaki taonga. Kāore ngā pārongo o ēnei ipurangi e whakaatu i ngā mea katoa o ngā tari, ka whakahau mātou ki a koe ki te whakapā atu ki ngā tari kia mōhio ki ngā pārongo tika ana hāngai ana ki tō iwi.

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Mō mātou

Tirohia te āhua o ngā tari kāwana (kaupapa ahurea) o mātou mahi, e pēhea mātou e mahi ngātahi ana, ka tuku karere ki a wai, me pēhea tāua e mahi tahi te wā o te tukanga o te whakataunga, a muri ake nei hoki.

He taonga tuku iho

Ka whai wāhi te iwi ki te whakaputa kōrero kia kōrerotia ngā taonga tuku iho o tūāuriuri whāioio ā iwi, ā motu huri noa i te ao.

Tūhonohono

Tūhonotia ia iwi me ōna taonga – rapua i roto i ngā tari, whakapakari te whanaungatanga kia tūhura ai te iwi i ngā kura puipuiaki o nehe.

Tiaki taonga

Te raupī te rauhī kia haumaru ai ngā taonga, mā ngā tari kāwana e kumanu, e rokiroki, ngā taonga e tiaki kia tāwharautia: ahakoa kei te iwi e mau ana, kei te whānau, kei te hapū te Karauna rāneirānei.

Te Mātauranga me te akoranga

E āhei ana ki te ako, mā ngā tari e tautoko kia ākona ai ngā iwi i te mahi tiaki taonga, ki te tohatoha hoki i te mātauranga. Tae atu ki ngā huihuinga whakawhiti kōrero whakaputa whakaaro, te hanga whare taonga, te whai mahi te whai hoki i te ara whakawhiwhi tohu.

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.

Hanga mahere

Hoahoaina ngā kaupapa ahurea, tiaki taonga hoki. Whai taputapu hei āwhina atu ki te waihanga mahere me ōna whānuitanga, te uaratanga, te whakaraupapa i ngā mahi i runga i te tika, me pēhea hoki e whakahaerehia te maha o ngā mahi.

Updated on 14th March 2023