International Presenters Fund

Funding rounds

Opens: 10 Mar 2025
Closes: 1PM, 17 April 2025
For activities taking place between: 1 Jun 2025 and 31 Oct 2026
Results due: 21 May 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.

Get advice before you apply

You must talk to an International adviser before you apply.

They will check that you are eligible and your activities can be funded.

Once they have confirmed you are eligible, they will give you access to the application form from 10 March 2025.

Get accessibility support

If our systems are not accessible for you, we will help you find an accessible way to apply.

Talk to a an adviser about your access needs.

Read more about how we can support your access needs when making an application.

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.

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

The funded activity must take place between 1 June 2025 and 31 October 2026

How much you can apply for

You can request up to $50,000 towards touring costs for New Zealand artists.

The grant can only be used towards:

• flights and transit
• accommodation
• freight

What cannot be funded

You must pay a fair fee to the New Zealand artists, but it cannot be funded by the Creative New Zealand grant.

The funding cannot be used to support companies who are in Creative New Zealand's Toi Tōtara Haemata or Toi Uru Kahikatea investment programmes.

How to apply

Start your application in the CNZ Portal

You must speak to an International adviser to be given access to the application form.

The application form is available from 10 March 2025.

Register or sign into the CNZ Portal.

Get help using the CNZ Portal.

Prepare answers to the application questions

1. Who are you and what do you do?
2. What is the New Zealand work you want to present?
3. Why do you want to present this work and why now?
4. How will you present the work? Include details of your support and a presentation timeline.

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 and touring costs, per diems, and in-kind support.

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.

International advisers