Results posted: 25 June 2026
95
Projects funded
$927,845
Total funding awarded
138
Eligible applications received
$1,335,476
Total funding requested
95 grants totalling $927,845 have been offered to support development projects by New Zealand arts organisations and groups this funding round across three funding pools (Ngā toi Māori, Pacific arts and General arts). We received 138 eligible applications, with a total of $1,335,476 requested.
This was broken down as follows:
- Ngā toi Māori: 19 grants totalling $188,000 were supported. $238,000 was requested by 24 applicants.
- Pacific Arts: 11 grants totalling $110,000 were supported. $120,000 was requested by 12 applicants.
- General Arts: 65 grants totalling $629,845 were supported. $977,476 was requested by 102 applicants.
Artforms were supported as follows:
- 1 - Craft/Object
- 4 - Customary Māori arts
- 8 - Dance
- 8 - Literature
- 28 - Multidisciplinary arts
- 16 - Music
- 3 - Pacific heritage arts
- 18 - Theatre
- 9 -Visual arts