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An Artist Resale Royalty Scheme is being established to ensure the creators of visual arts are recognised and rewarded when their work is resold on the secondary art market. Cabinet agreed to the establishment of this Scheme on 15 August 2022. Standalone legislation will be written and will pass through the House before the Scheme is introduced by late 2024.
Artist Resale Royalty Scheme
Come along to our next Public History talk featuring Cybèle Locke discussing her recently published biography of Bill Andersen, Comrade, which examines labour activism, communism and social change, from the 1930s until the turn of the twenty-first century. This talk offers possibilities for how Bill Andersen’s Communist, working-class life might speak to us in the current moment. Join us via Zoom or at the National Library on Wednesday 05 April at 12.10pm.
Public History talk featuring Cybèle Locke - Wednesday 05 April
Following on from a significant first round of funding in 2022, Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga is delighted to announce a further 12 grants of up to $25,000 each have been awarded to iwi, hapū and hāpori Māori projects which support revitalisation of vulnerable mātauranga Māori. For more details, visit Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga's website.
Mātauranga Māori Grants programme recipients announced
Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage has been alerted to an incident of vandalism at Massey Memorial in Wellington. The Massey Memorial is a national monument and commemorates William Ferguson Massey (1856 - 1925), Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1912-1925. The Memorial is also the burial ground for Massey and his wife Christina.
Appeal for information: damage to Massey Memorial - Point Halswell, Wellington
Shakespeare’s greatest love story returns to the Royal New Zealand Ballet in May 2023, in a passionate re-telling choreographed by Andrea Schermoly (Stand to Reason, Within Without). Exquisite sets and costumes by Academy Award-winning designer James Acheson (The Last Emperor, Dangerous Liaisons), first seen onstage in 2017 to universal acclaim, bring to life all the splendour and seduction of Renaissance Verona, swept up in Prokofiev’s exhilarating, sensuous score.
RNZB presents Romeo & Juliet
Audio Described Aotearoa’s dream of increasing the number of Māori and Pacific audio describers has taken a step closer to reality, thanks to a grant from Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage.
Audio Described Aotearoa to train Māori and Pacific audio describers
The New Zealand Film Commission (NZFC) is pleased to announce the appointment of Taima Anne (Annie) Murray (Te Arawa) to the position of Chief Executive Officer for a five-year term. NZFC Board Chair Alastair Carruthers, in making the announcement today, said “I am delighted that we have found someone of Annie’s calibre to lead the Commission. She has exceptional experience and a deep commitment to stories from the diverse voices of Aotearoa. I have no doubt she will have a positive impact on filmmakers and the organisation in years to come”.
NZFC Announces New CEO
Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage has published its inaugural Long-term Insights Briefing for the cultural sector. The Briefing explores five key areas that will influence the vibrancy and resilience of the cultural sector ecosystem in the future.
Long-term Insights Briefing highlights opportunities for future of Aotearoa’s arts, culture and heritage

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Proactive Releases

Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage is committed to openness and accountability, and proactively release:

  • Cabinet Material
  • Titles of Advice we send to our Ministers
  • Our responses to some Official Information Act requests
  • General Information Releases
  • Strong Public Media Releases
  • Expenses incurred by the Chief Executive

Cabinet Material

We proactively release Cabinet papers, minutes and material our Ministers take to Cabinet. In line with Cabinet Office circular CO (18) 4 – Proactive Release of Cabinet Material, we aim to make this information available as soon as possible.

Cabinet Material

Titles of Advice to Ministers

We proactively releases lists of advice provided to Ministers by the Ministry on a monthly basis, as part of our ongoing commitment to openness and transparency.

Advice to Ministers 

Responses to OIA requests

We make OIA responses available where the information is considered to be of public interest, and where there is no risk to the privacy of individuals.

Responses to OIA requests 

General information releases

The Ministry will occasionally publish information releases where there is a high degree of public interest. The aim of this is to increase public access to the work we do.

General information releases

Strong Public Media proactive releases

The Strong Public Media programme is supporting the creation of a new public media entity that will subsume Television New Zealand and Radio New Zealand. 

Strong Public Media proactive releases

Chief Executive expenses

The Ministry for Culture and Heritage publishes the business expenses of its Chief Executive on an annual basis, as required by Te Kawa Mataaho Public Service Commission.

Chief Executive expenses 

Making an OIA request

The Official Information Act 1982 (or OIA) enables eligible persons to make a request for official information held by government agencies, including the Ministry for Culture and Heritage.

Making an OIA request

Updated on 2nd September 2022