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COVID-19 is having an enormous impact on those involved in the arts, culture, heritage and sports sectors. Manatū Taonga is working closely with Crown entities and funded agencies to understand the ongoing impact of COVID-19 on our sector and to determine the most effective response in this fast-changing situation.
COVID-19 – Information for our sector
The Capability Fund supports the cultural sector to adapt to the COVID-19 environment by funding activities that build skills and knowledge, and provide access to advice, services, tools and resources. After round one, Manatū Taonga will review the settings and may refine the approach for future funding rounds. More details and guidance will be available when the fund launches later in December.
Te Tahua Whakakaha | Cultural Sector Capability Fund overview
Manatū Taonga, The Ministry for Culture and Heritage (MCH) is establishing a panel of suppliers consisting of individuals and small-to-large sized companies who can undertake the services detailed below throughout Aotearoa and/or the Pacific Islands.
Requests for Quotes (RFQ) Monumental Stonemasons, and Conservators
The 34th Te Waka Toi Awards have recognised 13 outstanding Māori arts sector leaders and emerging artists across multiple artforms in this year’s signature awards event. Renowned visual artist Robyn Kahukiwa has been named the Supreme Award winner in recognition of her extensive career as a painter, illustrator, sculptor and author, as well as her unyielding political and cultural commentary.
Excellence celebrated in the 2020 Te Waka Toi Awards
Book now for the Royal New Zealand Ballet's The Sleeping Beauty, a quintessential classical ballet. The grandest of fairy tales, luxuriating in Tchaikovsky’s gorgeous orchestral score, it spills over with fairies, woodland sprites, handsome princes and, at its heart, an enchanting princess. This new Sleeping Beauty will unfurl like a fragrant summer rose, with all the radiance and joy that any ballet lover, young or old, could wish for.
RNZB presents The Sleeping Beauty
Handel’s Messiah returns to ring in the Christmas Season. A joyful end-of-year classic for three centuries, Messiah combines soloists, choir and orchestra in a dramatic celebration in music and song. The NZSO is joined by soprano Anna Leese, mezzo-soprano Sarah Court, tenor Frederick Jones and baritone Robert Tucker, a cast drawn from the top tier of Australasian opera stars, ably supported by The Tudor Consort. Book now for this Wellington 12 December performance.
NZSO's Messiah 2020 performance
An appeal for relatives is a search to locate the next of kin for soldiers who fell in war. Could you be connected to this individual - Sergeant Edward Reid Dodson?
Appeal for relatives - Commonwealth War Graves Nelson District
The 2019/20 year has been an extraordinary one. Responding to COVID-19 has seen Manatū Taonga and the wider cultural sector undertake a significant programme of activity aimed at recovery, regeneration and revitalisation.
Annual Report 2020
The most comprehensive timeline of significant events in the history of te reo Māori is now available online, tracing key milestones in the revitalisation of the language.
Biggest Timeline Of Te Reo Māori History Launched

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Support for the media sector

Working with the sector, Government looks at how a range of support can be shaped and implemented in both the short and long term.

Programme Overview

COVID-19 has presented unprecedented challenges for Aotearoa. The cultural sector has been hit particularly hard. As part of the COVID-19 Recovery Budget, the Government made a landmark investment to help ensure the sector not only survives – it adapts and thrives.

Pukeahu National War Memorial Park

Pukeahu National War Memorial Park commemorates more than 30,000 New Zealanders who died in conflict and honours all who have served.

Strong Public Media

National Erebus Memorial

Sustainable cultural sector careers

Our Arts and Media Policy team is investigating a number of policy options to better support people to have sustainable cultural sector careers.

Tohu Whenua

Discover, experience and enjoy the places that have shaped New Zealand and created our stories. Tohu Whenua are the places that have shaped Aotearoa New Zealand. Located in stunning landscapes and rich with stories, they offer some of our best heritage experiences.

Kei roto i te miru - Inside the Bubble

During the Covid-19 pandemci Manatū Taonga, Ministry for Culture and Heritage staff have been working with Auckland Libraries to develop resources for people at home to collect oral histories using the technologies they had to hand.

Te Tai Treaty Settlement Stories

Te Tai Treaty Settlement Stories will produce a comprehensive account of the recent history of Treaty of Waitangi settlements from all perspectives.

28th (Māori) Battalion company histories

Histories of A and D Companies of the 28th Māori Battalion are being undertaken.

Updated on 7th October 2019