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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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News and Events

News and events from our sectors and the Ministry for Culture and Heritage.

Chance Phone Call Sheds New Light On Pompallier Mission

A chance phone call between Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga Northland Manager Bill Edwards and retired solicitor Rick Norris has added a new layer of information about one of New Zealand’s oldest historic buildings.

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New book confirms dramatic increase in number of New Zealand soldiers at Gallipoli

Two NZDF historians have published an e-book confirming that the number of NZ soldiers who served at Gallipoli in 1915 was more than 16,000.

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Help Keep Sport “Kiwi” By Taking The 101 - DFSNZ Launches Clean Sport 101

Drug Free Sport New Zealand (DFSNZ) is encouraging club level sports people to “take the 101” and learn how the sports anti-doping rules apply to them.

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Challenging times for local media as global digital offerings lure audiences

2020 looks to be the year traditional media audiences are overtaken by digital media audiences, according to NZ On Air’s Where Are The Audiences? 2020 research.

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Heritage Toolkit Full Of Success Stories

A toolkit developed by Heritage NZ to provide councils and community stakeholders with information and strategies encouraging the retention, preservation and reuse of heritage buildings has been launched.

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