About Creative NZ

Creative New Zealand encourages, promotes and supports the arts in New Zealand for the benefit of all New Zealanders through funding, capability building, our international programme and advocacy.

Our vision is one of dynamic and resilient New Zealand arts valued in Aotearoa and internationally.

Creative New Zealand is a Crown entity governed by the Arts Council. The council encourages, promotes and support New Zealand arts to benefit all New Zealanders. It upholds the right to artistic freedom and promotes a New Zealand identity in the arts.

Creative New Zealand has 85 staff based in Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland and Ōtepoti Dunedin. Our team has a range of experience and expertise across many artforms. 

You’ll find three types of documents here: the planning and reporting documents we produce as a Crown entity, the strategies and policies we develop to guide our work, and the submissions we make on matters that affect the arts sector.

Creative New Zealand is subject to the Official Information Act 1982. This means we will make information available on request unless there is good reason for withholding it.

If you’re not happy with your interaction with Creative New Zealand, you can make a complaint. We have a standard process for customer service and procedure related complaints.

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