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Te Papa believes Matariki should be celebrated by all New Zealanders as an indigenous event of national identity.
Te Papa wants Matariki celebrated as an event of national identity
To celebrate the completion of a 4 year restoration of the National War Memorial Carillon, we invite you to Pukeahu to hear National Carillonist, Timothy Hurd QSM, playing the Carillon bells at a series of free recitals. Spice up your weekday lunchtime or Sunday afternoon with the sounds of the Carillon.
National War Memorial Carillon recitals
A world first sensory experience will be officially opened at The Great War Exhibition to the public on Saturday April 14. Set at Quinn’s Post, a tenuously held frontline position on the Gallipoli Peninsula, visitors will enter another world of the grit and hardship experienced by New Zealand soldiers during this ill-fated campaign.
Peter Jackson uses cutting edge technology to bring Quinn’s Post Trench Experience to The Great War Exhibition
Once the guns fell silent on 11 November 1918, communities went to monumental lengths to remember those who had served and died in the First World War. WW100 New Zealand has put together some resources to help you discover the history and significance of the 500 or so memorials that still cover our landscape.
Monumental – Understanding New Zealand's First World War memorials
In 2019, New Zealand will mark 250 years since the first meetings between Māori and Europeans during James Cook and the Endeavour's 1769 voyage to Aotearoa New Zealand. Funding is available for community projects that align with the kaupapa of Tuia – Encounters 250.
Tuia - Encounters 250 Lottery Grants funding
One of the world’s most exciting pianists returns to New Zealand in July to play one of the best loved pieces of music ever written for piano. Macedonian musician Simon Trpčeski will perform Edvard Grieg’s powerful and exhilarating Piano Concerto with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra in a six-city tour from 13 July.
Peerless virtuoso pianist to perform with the NZSO in July
The Minister for Women Hon Julie Anne Genter has announced a new community contestable fund of $300,000 for activities to celebrate Suffrage 125.
$300,000 community fund for Suffrage 125 launched
The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra joins forces with The Phoenix Foundation, one of the country’s most lauded bands. The remarkable concert experience will take place in Wellington, Auckland, Christchurch and Dunedin during August.
Celebrate! with the NZSO and Kiwi band The Phoenix Foundation
Iconic Wellington landmark The Manor, a building that houses Nelson’s famed Lambretta’s café and a Christchurch substation that has its own Facebook page are to receive funding for earthquake strengthening, acting Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage Carmel Sepuloni announced today.
Seismic funding supports all manner of heritage buildings

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Landmarks Whenua Tohunga

Discover, experience and enjoy the places that have shaped our nation and created our stories.

Tuia Encounters 250

In 2019, New Zealand will mark 250 years since the first meetings between Māori and Europeans during James Cook and the Endeavour's 1769 voyage to Aotearoa New Zealand.

Pukeahu National War Memorial Park

Pukeahu National War Memorial Park commemorates more than 300,000 New Zealanders who served their country and the 30,000 who died.

Return of the bells – National War Memorial Carillon recital series

Christchurch Recovery Strategy

Manatū Taonga – Ministry for Culture & Heritage is working to renew greater Christchurch’s unique identity and its vitality expressed through sport, recreation, art, history, heritage and traditions.

28th (Māori) Battalion company histories

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

First World War Centenary Projects

Our historians are developing a series of projects to commemorate the centennial of the First World War.

Landmarks Whenua Tohunga

The stories of Aotearoa New Zealand weave together places and events, creating a rich tapestry. Rising up from our past, they tell us about ourselves, and help visitors to our country understand who we are.

Public Media Advisory Group

The Ministry is the Secretariat for the Ministerial Advisory Group established by Hon Clare Curran, Minister for Broadcasting, Communications and Digital Media. The Advisory Group will be advising the Minister on the establishment of a Public Media Funding Commission, and on the allocation of public media funding.

Suffrage 125

2018 marks the 125th anniversary of women’s suffrage in New Zealand.

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.

Watts Peninsula

The Ministry is working with other government agencies on the creation of the Watts Peninsula site as a reserve under the Reserves Act 1977.

Updated on 6th March 2018