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Funding flows to Te Tau Ihu o te waka a Māui - Wairau Marlborough and Whakatū Nelson arts, culture and heritage sector

2022 Apr 06

Sixteen arts and culture projects have been awarded $2,214,840 million in funding following December’s Te Urungi: Innovating Aotearoa event in Te Tau Ihu o te waka a Māui - Wairau Marlborough and…

Funding flows to Waikato arts, culture and heritage sector

2022 Apr 06

Twelve arts and culture projects have been awarded $2,278,724 million in funding following November’s Te Urungi: Innovating Aotearoa event in Waikato. …

Funding flows to Te Matau-a-Māui Hawke's Bay arts, culture and heritage sector

2022 Apr 06

Fourteen arts and culture projects have been awarded $1,424,126 million in funding following November’s Te Urungi: Innovating Aotearoa event in Te Matau-a-Māui Hawke's Bay. …

Te Urungi: Innovating Aotearoa is coming to Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland in April and May

2022 Apr 06

Creatives and innovators with ideas for the post-COVID recovery of Aotearoa' arts and culture sector are encouraged to attend one of three Te Urungi: Innovating Aotearoa events to be held online for…

Te Urungi: Innovating Aotearoa is coming to Te Tai Tokerau Northland - Kerikeri in June

2022 Apr 06

Creatives and innovators with ideas for the post-COVID recovery of Aotearoa' arts and culture sector are encouraged to attend Te Urungi: Innovating Aotearoa in Te Tai Tokerau Northland - Kerikeri on…

Ministry welcomes the conclusion of the Chief Ombudsman’s report into the National Erebus Memorial project

2022 Mar 28

The completion of an investigation into complaints received by the Chief Ombudsman about aspects of the National Erebus Memorial has been welcomed by Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage,…

Kiwi legends of architecture and design featured in Dictionary of NZ Biography

2022 Mar 17

Fourteen new entries featuring legendary architects, industrial and fashion designers, and inventors have been added to Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau Dictionary of New Zealand Biography (DNZB).…

15 March anniversary: broadcasting the adhan

2022 Mar 10

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Celebrating 75 years of Aotearoa New Zealand’s national orchestra

2022 Mar 03

This week marks the 75th ‘birthday’ of Te Tira Pūoro o Aotearoa, the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, which gave its first public performance on 6 March 1947 in the Wellington Town Hall.…

Government fund supports Waitangi Day 2022 commemorations

2022 Feb 03

Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage is supporting communities across the motu to commemorate Waitangi Day 2022 in innovative ways, through its Commemorating Waitangi Day Fund.…

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