
Funding flows to Te Matau-a-Māui Hawke's Bay arts, culture and heritage sector
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. Manatū Taonga Min…

Innovation leading Aotearoa’s arts and culture recovery
Beehive media release. The Government’s ground-breaking COVID-19 recovery programme Te Urungi: Innovating Aotearoa is continuing to revitalise arts and culture through innovation in more regio…

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

Exhibition celebrating artist Robin White set to open at Te Papa and Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Te Papa media release. In 2022, Te Papa and Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki will come together to jointly present a retrospective exhibition of contemporary Aotearoa artist Dame Robin White (b.…

The brilliance of Kiwi opera shines bright with big win at the Grammy Awards
Beehive media release. The Government congratulates New Zealand tenor Simon O’Neill for his double nomination and big win of the Grammy for Best Choral Performance for his performance as Doctor1…

Star power shines for Kiwi screen sector after Oscars win
Beehive media release. The Arts and Economic Development Ministers say the New Zealand screen sector can take a bow after The Power of the Dog won the coveted Best Director Oscar at today’s1Ac…

Spotlight on Kiwi film The Power of the Dog
Beehive media release. A New Zealand delegation has headed to Los Angeles to lift the profile of our screen sector as Kiwi co-production The Power of the Dog goes up against the world’s best1f…

Dame Patsy Reddy appointed Trustee of NZSO Foundation
NZSO media release. Former Governor-General, Dame Patsy Reddy, has been appointed a trustee of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Foundation. She takes up her appointment on Friday 1 April 2022.…

How the arts build social cohesion
Arts Access Aotearoa blog by Richard Benge, Executive Director, Arts Access Aotearoa. Access and inclusion to arts and culture affirms our identity and sense of belonging. A pandemic, however,1ha…