International Presenters Fund

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Key dates

Expressions of interest open: 8 September 2025
Expressions of interest close: 15 October 2025
Applications open: 15 September 2025
Applications close: 1:00 PM, 23 October 2025 (NZ time)
For activities taking place between: 1 February 2026 and 30 June 2027
Results due: 12 December 2025

Who can apply

International presenters or agents looking to tour the work of New Zealand artists. Presenters can include venues, arts festivals and curators.

Who cannot apply

New Zealand-based presenters.

New Zealand-based artists, practitioners, organisations and groups

If you are a New Zealand artist, organisation or group with an international presentation opportunity, you are welcome to inform your presenter about this fund.

New Zealand-based applicants can apply for funding to support international exhibitions, performances, or touring via the Creative Impact Fund, Creative Fellowship Fund, Early Career Fund, or Arts Organisations and Groups Fund.

What can be funded

International touring of New Zealand work which includes at least one of the following:

• A multi-city tour, with two or more presentations of the same New Zealand work in different locations.
• A programme highlighting New Zealand art, featuring two or more works by different New Zealand artists or groups.

You must pay guaranteed, fair fees to participating New Zealand artists. Presentations that pay artists from ticket sales or box-office splits are not eligible.

New Zealand artists supported by the grant must be New Zealand citizens or Permanent Residents.

The funded activity must take place between 1 February 2026 and 30 June 2027.

How much you can apply for

You can request up to $50,000 towards touring costs for New Zealand artists, but due to budget constraints, grants over $40,000 will be by exception.

The grant can only be used towards:

• flights and transit
• accommodation
• freight

What cannot be funded

Artist fees cannot be funded by the Creative New Zealand grant.

This fund cannot be used to support arts organisations or companies currently contracted to deliver international outcomes through Creative New Zealand's Toi Tōtara Haemata or Toi Uru Kahikatea investment programmes.

How to apply

Step 1: Submit an expression of interest

You must submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) to confirm you are eligible to apply by 15 October.

Expression of Interest form

Step 2: Start your application in the CNZ Portal

The application form will be available to eligible applicants in the CNZ Portal from 15 September 2025.
Submissions close at 1.00 PM on the closing date (New Zealand time).

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Prepare answers to the application questions

1. Who are you and what do you do?
   Provide details about your organisation, platform, and any other presenters involved in this application.
2. Tell us about the New Zealand work you want to present.
   Include details of all participating New Zealand artists.
3. Why do you want to present this work and why now?
4. How will you present the work?
   Include details of the support you will provide to the artists, projected audience statistics, and a presentation timeline with key dates.

Prepare support material

You must supply evidence of the offer you have made to the New Zealand artists, including information about artist fees.

If you apply for a multi-city tour, you must provide evidence of offers from participating presenters.

Read more about support material, and which file formats can be attached to your application.

Create a budget

You must supply a budget in New Zealand Dollars that shows which costs are covered by you or other partners, and which costs are covered by the grant.

The grant cannot be used to pay New Zealand artist fees.

How your application is assessed

Assessment criteria

Creative New Zealand staff consider:

• How your application will support dynamic, diverse, and resilient New Zealand arts, valued in Aotearoa and internationally, in line with our Interim Investment Intentions 2023-25.
• The timeliness and value of the opportunity for New Zealand artists and the development of sustainable careers.
• Your investment in the activity, as outlined in your budget. Applications with greater investment and support from presenters will be scored higher. This includes artist fees, production costs, touring costs, and per diems. 

• Whether the proposed activity is the result of a Creative New Zealand initiative or previous investment.

Who assesses your application

Your application is assessed by Creative New Zealand staff.

Decision making

Funding decisions are made by Creative New Zealand staff and approved by Creative New Zealand’s Senior Leadership team.

Get advice before you apply

Talk to a Practice Adviser about applying to this fund