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The Cultural Sector Emergency Relief Fund is now open. The Emergency Relief Fund is a fund of last resort which provides up to $5m to support cultural organisations, including sole traders, at clear risk of no longer operating viably.
Cultural Sector Emergency Relief Fund
The 50th anniversary of the presentation of the Māori language petition and Māori Language Day will be commemorated as a major anniversary next year, Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage Carmel Sepuloni and Minister for Māori Development Willie Jackson announced on 14 October 2021.
Government lays foundations as Māori Language Petition commemorations take shape for 2022
The Cultural Sector Innovation Fund provides $60 million over three years to support innovative projects that improve the sustainability and resilience of the sector. Round one of the Fund will be delivered through a nationwide events series, Te Urungi: Innovating Aotearoa. These immersive, collaborative events are designed to harness our collective creative energy and innovative spirit to fuel bold ideas that enable arts, culture and heritage to thrive.
Join us in innovating Aotearoa through a series of 14 regional events held across the country
Come along to our 03 November Public History talk about New Zealand’s involvement in the Senussi Campaign, fought in Libya in 1915.
November's Public History talk at the National Library
Wellington Heritage Week celebrates its fifth year during 25–31 October with over 60 events across the Wellington region’s five districts.
Wellington Heritage Week 2021 this October
With a little Kiwi ingenuity, Wellington’s Opera House has made a swift pivot for the Royal New Zealand Ballet’s (RNZB) Ryman Healthcare season of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, opening 28 October.
Royal New Zealand Ballet Cancels Shows But Opera House Pivot Keeps Dream Alive
Manatū Taonga is developing a Long-Term Insights Briefing (LTIB) on the topic of cultural sector infrastructure. The LTIB is a way for the public to contribute meaningfully on what matters the most for the future of New Zealand. It uses a futures lens to help understand the drivers of change and the long-term issues or challenges shaping the future development of policy.
Long-Term Insights Briefing Cultural Sector
Te Tai Treaty Settlement Stories has released a bilingual suite of teaching and learning tools designed to help students and teachers explore their own personal connections to te reo Māori. Through this resource, learners will explore their place in the history of Waitangi Tribunal claims about te reo Māori and the wider Māori language revitalisation movement. Students will develop their understanding of themes like Whakapapa, Tūrangawaewae, Whanaungatanga, Mana Motuhake, and Kaitiakitanga through studying the history of te reo Māori.
Te Mana o te Reo Māori — He Rauemi Marau/Education Resources
This page provides links to guidance and support for the arts and culture sector during COVID-19 Alert Levels. For general guidance visit the official COVID-19 website.  
COVID-19 resources and links for our sector

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Licensed Dealers

Auctioneers or secondhand dealers licensed to trade in taonga tūturu - 31 January 2021 to 31 January 2022

Licensed dealers must renew their license annually. The Ministry will contact licensed dealers to renew their licences in late January. If a person, who is not shown below, is claiming to be a licensed dealer, please contact the Ministry for Culture and Heritage immediately.

If you would like to apply to become licensed to trade in taonga tūturu, please download the application form here (Word 103 KB). Please send the completed form to the address below with the licence fee of $57.50.

Protected Objects

Ministry for Culture and Heritage

PO Box 5364

Wellington 6140

For more information on licensed dealers, please read the Guidelines for licensed traders in taonga tūturu (PDF 155 KB)

FHE Galleries

221 Ponsonby Road, Ponsonby, Auckland

Gow Langsford Gallery

26 Lorne Street, Auckland

Webb Fine Art Ltd

23-25 Falcon St, Parnell, Auckland

Jems of Remuera

346 Remuera Road, Remuera, Auckland

Lindy Sweet Pea Antiques and Collectables

16 Oruanui Street, Taupō

Mowbray Collectables

Mowbray Collectables, Otaki

Dunbar Sloane Ltd

7 Maginnity Street, Wellington

375 Parnell Road, Parnell, Auckland

Goldco International Ltd.

 

John Bertrand (Collectables) Ltd

  

Militaria Auction Ltd

48 Para Street, Miramar, Wellington
The Nelson Auction House

53 Rutherford Street, Nelson

 

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Updated on 13th August 2021