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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
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
Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage is now accepting applications for the 2022 Commemorating Waitangi Day Fund, and communities across the motu are encouraged to apply for funding to support their local events. Applications for funding grants are open until Friday 22 October 2021.
Applications open for Commemorating Waitangi Day Fund
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
The Grimshaw Sargeson Fellowship is one of New Zealand’s leading national literary awards and has a distinguished history of previous fellows. Applications are now open for 2022, closing on Friday 15th October with selection in November. Any published New Zealand writer living either in New Zealand or overseas is eligible to apply for the fellowship.
Applications for the Grimshaw Sargeson Fellowship are now open
Aotearoa’s youngest viewers are in for a treat with $13.3m worth of new content to stimulate and entertain across a range of digital platforms, games and television. With more than a hint of nostalgia, Goodnight Kiwi’s own kiwi and cat will star in an animated series, bringing to life the Māori calendar and Matariki in Kiwi And Cat – Mānawatia A Matariki.
NZ On Air invests over $13 million in new content to engage tamariki
Auckland is at Alert level 3. The rest of New Zealand is at alert Level 2. At Alert Level 3 only certain businesses and services may operate from a workplace but may continue to operate from home.
News and Media Services during COVID-19 Alert Levels
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
Creative New Zealand is pleased to announce a new funding opportunity is now available to support Pasifika festivals in New Zealand. The Tolu Wave fund will provide up to two-years of funding for eligible Pasifika festivals across Aotearoa to help them continue operating through the ongoing disruptions due to COVID-19.
Multi-year funding Tolu Wave to strengthen Pasifika festivals in Aotearoa

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