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Manatū Taonga (Ministry for Culture and Heritage) is able to sponsor up to 20 Managed Isolation Quarantine (MIQ) rooms per month to support the sector.
MIQ Applications for Cultural Sector
The Manatū Taonga COVID-19 Response Impacts Report 2020/21 focuses on the initial impacts of 13 initiatives delivered during the first year of the four-year Arts and Culture COVID recovery programme. These initiatives have received $94m of support from the total $374m programme.
Manatū Taonga COVID-19 Response Impacts Report 2020/21
$37.5m funding will be brought forward from the Arts and Culture COVID Recovery Programme to support the cultural sector through the COVID-19 Delta response.
COVID-19 Delta Relief Funding
Congratulations to the six New Zealand-based arts practitioners chosen for the inaugural Digital Fellowship Program, an opportunity to collaborate with each other and six Australia-based arts practitioners to explore and co-develop their digital practice. Read more on Creative NZ's website.
Six Kiwi arts practitioners chosen for Trans-Tasman digital collaboration
The Cultural Sector Emergency Relief Fund is now open. The Emergency Relief Fund is a fund of last resort which provides up to $5m to support cultural organisations, including sole traders, at clear risk of no longer operating viably.
Cultural Sector Emergency Relief Fund
The Innovation Fund supports innovative projects that improve the sustainability and resilience of the sector. Round one is being delivered through a nationwide events series, Te Urungi: Innovating Aotearoa. 
Join us in innovating Aotearoa through a series of 14 regional events held across the country
Minister of Sport and Recreation Grant Robertson has congratulated Olympian Lisa Carrington and Paralympian Sophie Pascoe on being made Dames Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (DNZM) in the 2022 New Year Honours.
Top honours for women in sport
Rita Angus is one of New Zealand’s most iconic artists. Over the course of her life she produced a remarkable body of drawings, watercolours, and paintings. This landmark exhibition at Te Papa celebrates 40 years of her work.
Rita Angus: New Zealand Modernist Rita Angus: He Ringatoi Hou o Aotearoa
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

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Covid Recovery Programme

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.

CARE Fund

He toiora kei te pīwai kuing​a rau 
There is well-being at the water source of a hundred streamlets* 

Cultural Sector Capability Fund

Mā ngā huruhuru, ka rere ai te manu
The bird who is adorned with feathers is able to fly

Innovation Fund

Kia rapahoe te uru, anō he matimati nō Tangaroa ā te Toi
When the blade of the steering paddle - Te Urungi - plunges into the water, it becomes the creative fingers of Tangaroa.

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.

National Erebus Memorial

MIQ Applications for Cultural Sector

Manatū Taonga (Ministry for Culture and Heritage) is able to sponsor up to 20 Managed Isolation Quarantine (MIQ) rooms per month to support the sector.

Sustainable cultural sector careers

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

Review of Government investment in the screen sector

The government is undertaking a review of funding to the screen sector. The review will ensure that Crown investment in the screen sector is effective and generates economic and cultural value for sector and for New Zealand. The review is being jointly led by Hīkina Whakatutuki the Ministry for Business, Innovation and Employment and Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage.

Manatū Taonga endorsement for time sensitive travel allocation MIQ requests

Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage can provide endorsement for time sensitive travel allocation requests for members of the arts and culture sector who meet the MIQ eligibility criteria.

Long-Term Insights Briefing Cultural Sector

Manatū Taonga is developing a Long-Term Insights Briefing (LTIB) on the topic of cultural 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. Find out more.

28th (Māori) Battalion company histories

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

Kei Roto i te Miru - Inside the Bubble

During the Covid-19 pandemic 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.

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.

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.

Updated on 9th December 2021