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Tutus on Tour brings a ray of summer sunshine to stages from Auckland’s North Shore to Invercargill. Artistic Director Patricia Barker has curated a gala programme which showcases the dancers of your national ballet company at their best, from beloved classical favourites to recent works that have claimed a rightful place on the international stage.
Tutus on Tour 2022
The 2023 Commemorating Waitangi Day Fund (the Fund) is open now to support local events which celebrate the past and future of Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
Grants Available to Support Community Waitangi Day Celebrations
Join us for the next Public History talk on Wednesday 12 October about the new book, New Zealand’s Foreign Service: A History, which examines how the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade responded to ever-evolving political and military allegiances, trade globalisation, economic threats, natural disasters and military conflict on behalf of a small nation that seeks to engage on the global stage while maintaining the principles that underpin its political institutions.
New Zealand's Foreign Service Public History talk
A national commemoration in honour of all Coastwatchers who served in the Pacific during the Second World War will be held at 11am on Saturday 15 October at the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior in Pukeahu National War Memorial Park.
National ceremony to honour Coastwatchers on 15 October
International stars and local music legends join with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra in Association with New Zealand Listener for three diverse and exhilarating concerts from 30 September. The line-up for the NZSO’s Immerse 2022 festival features the NZSO debut of acclaimed Venezuelan pianist Gabriela Montero, renowned British-Australian organist Joseph Nolan and a special collaboration with singer-songwriter Shayne Carter of seminal bands Straitjacket Fits and Dimmer.
From Bach to Bowie – NZSO festival has music for everyone
Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage encourages people undertaking community-led history projects to apply for funding through Ngā Kōrero Tuku Iho Piki Ake! Kake Ake! New Zealand Oral History Grants and Whiria te Mahara History Research Grants before applications close in October 2022.
Applications Invited for Oral History and History Grants for Community-led Projects
Te Māngai Pāho has launched a new funding initiative, Oro Kura Roa, which seeks to support an emerging music artist to write a series of waiata in te reo Māori. The intention is to aid in the development of their repertoire, experience, and professional music career. More details are available on Te Māngai Pāho 's website.
Applications now open for Oro Kura Roa
Arts Access Aotearoa is calling for registrations to Ngā Wāhi Auaha Creative Spaces Conference 2022, a free event taking place online over 1 and 2 November 2022. The conference’s theme of “igniting possibilities” celebrates everything that creative spaces make possible through creativity, connection and collaboration, says Richard Benge, Executive Director, Arts Access Aotearoa.
Conference to ignite creative spaces sector

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Responses to OIA requests

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

2022

Published Date  Title 
25 March Information on OIA requests received (PDF 510 KB)
25 March Public Sector Carbon Neutrality Accountability Project (PDF 440 KB)
25 March Information on flexible working at MCH (PDF 3.2 MB)


2021

Published Date  Title 
10 November Strengthening protections for heritage buildings: Report identifying issues within New Zealand’s heritage protection system, November 2018 (PDF 2MB)
1 September Accessibility consultation before Innovation Fund delivery (PDF 97KB)
23 August National Library request to export the Overseas Published Collection under POA (PDF 7 MB)
30 June Approved uses of the word 'royal' in New Zealand (PDF 456 KB)
30 June  Sensitive expenditure on gifts and koha (PDF 1.4 MB)
30 June  Capturing and recording OIA requests (PDF 300 KB) 
30 June  Charging for OIA requests (PDF 335 KB)
30 June  Use of Aotearoa New Zealand in naming conventions and style guides (PDF 244 KB)


2020

Published Date  Title 
16 June  RNZ Concert and RNZ’s Music Strategy (PDF 5.4 MB)
10 January Te Motuni Epa o Aotearoa (PDF 7MB)


2019

Published Date  Title 
10 September Departmental advertising spend (PDF 339 KB)
10 September Departmental leave entitlements (PDF 162 KB)
10 September Pukeahu skateboard policy (PDF 212 KB)
29 August Diversity information (PDF 182 KB)
29 August New office furniture and supplies in the last five years (PDF 122 KB)
29 August Fees payable to Tuia - Encounters 250 Committee Members (PDF 127 KB)

Updated on 1st September 2022