International Presenters Fund

On this page:

• Timing
• Who can apply
• What can be funded
• What to include in your application
• How to apply
• How we assess your application and make decisions
• Who to talk to

Timing

• For activities taking place between 1 Jun 2024 and 31 Oct 2025
• Opens: 25 Mar 2024
• Closes: 1PM, 2 May 2024
• Results due: 30 May 2024

Who can apply

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

Before you apply, you must speak to one of our International advisers, to ensure you are eligible for this fund.

What can be funded

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

You must pay a fair artist fee to the New Zealand artists. Artist fees cannot be funded by the Creative New Zealand grant.

The grant can only be used towards:

• flights
• accommodation
• freight  

The funded activity must take place between 1 June 2024 and 31 October 2025 and include 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

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

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

What to include in your application

Your application must include responses to the following four 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?
4. How will you present the work? 

You also need to supply:

• evidence of the offer you have made to the New Zealand artists, including information about artist fees
• if applying for a multi-city tour, evidence of offers from participating presenters
• a budget that shows which costs are covered by you or other partners, and which costs are covered by the grant

How to apply

1. Before you apply, speak to an International adviser to ensure you are eligible
2. Once we have confirmed you are eligible, we will give you access to the online application form in the CNZ Portal
3. Complete and submit the application form by 1PM, Thursday 2 May 2024

Support making an application

If our systems are not accessible for you, speak with an International adviser to find the best way for you to apply.

How we assess your application and make decisions

Creative New Zealand staff assess the applications and make the decisions.

Who to talk to