Our work | Regional development and communities
The arts of New Zealand are flourishing in our culturally diverse communities - in rural communities, towns and cities, and in a range of ways and places. Creative New Zealand is committed to supporting opportunities for New Zealanders to engage in the arts - wherever they live and whatever their circumstances.
- Since 2000, the Regional Strengths Maurangi Toi programme, jointly funded by Creative New Zealand and the Ministry for Social Development, has supported arts and cultural projects led by regional partnerships.
- Waitakere City Council's commitment to ensuring vibrant public spaces and an arts-rich city was recognised when it won the Premier Creative Places Award 2007, presented by Creative New Zealand at the Local Government New Zealand Conference in Dunedin from 15 to 17 July 2007.
- The Creative Communities Scheme is a partnership between Creative New Zealand and local authorities, working with communities throughout New Zealand.
