Results posted: 2 July 2025
55
Projects funded
$520,286
Total funding awarded
93
Eligible applications received
$1,679,867
Total funding requested
55 grants totalling $520,286 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 93 eligible applications, with a total of $ $876,649 requested.
Funding Type Summary
- Ngā toi Māori: 10 grants totalling $92,000 were supported. $92,000 was requested by 10 applicants.
- Pacific Arts: 6 grants totalling $57,000 were supported. $128,907 was requested by 14 applicants.
- General Arts: 39 grants totalling $371,286 were supported. $655,742 was requested by 69 applicants.
Artform summary
- 3 – Craft/Object
- 5 – Customary Māori arts
- 4 - Dance
- 3 - Literature
- 26 - Multidisciplinary arts
- 6 - Music
- 2 - Theatre
- 6 - Visual arts
Funded projects
$10,000 - towards corporate marketing strategy and assets for financial resiliency
This content is tagged as Literature .
APPLICANT: Action Education Incorporated
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
OUTCOME: New Zealand's art sector is resilient
$10,000 - towards diversifying income through building a robust fundraising campaign for a three year timeframe
This content is tagged as Craft and Object art .
APPLICANT: Anatole Bogatski
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
OUTCOME: New Zealand's art sector is resilient
$9,700 - towards support to strengthen the fundraising capability of Arohanui Strings
This content is tagged as Music .
APPLICANT: Arohanui Strings-Sistema Hutt Valley
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
OUTCOME: New Zealand's art sector is resilient
$10,000 - towards establishing the governance and strategic direction of Ars NZ, platform in art, science, and technology
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
APPLICANT: Ars NZ
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
OUTCOME: New Zealand's art sector is resilient
$10,000 - towards transitioning ArtPoint into a sustainable, formally governed, community-anchored arts organisation
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
APPLICANT: ArtPoint
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
OUTCOME: New Zealand's art sector is resilient
$10,000 - towards strategic and financial planning work led by a consultant, to ensure Big Fan’s long-term sustainability
This content is tagged as Music .
APPLICANT: Big Fan
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
OUTCOME: New Zealand's art sector is resilient
$10,000 - towards developing Kōrero Me Thai (Let's Talk First)- a Te Tiriti Responsiveness Framework
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
APPLICANT: Black Creatives Aotearoa Limited
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
OUTCOME: New Zealand's art sector is resilient
$10,000 - towards working with Funding HQ on a revenue generation strategy to diversify our income stream to build financial resilience
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
APPLICANT: Canterbury Society of Arts Charitable Trust - CoCA Toi Moroki
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
OUTCOME: New Zealand's art sector is resilient
$10,000 - towards a financially resilient national ceramics association
This content is tagged as Craft and Object art .
APPLICANT: Ceramics Association of New Zealand Incorporated
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
OUTCOME: New Zealand's art sector is resilient
$10,000 - towards developing a BIPOC Artists Directory
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
APPLICANT: Cultural Conversations
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
OUTCOME: New Zealand's art sector is resilient
$10,000 - towards consulting business mentoring to achieve better revenue generation and stronger business strategy
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
APPLICANT: First Generation Studios
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
OUTCOME: New Zealand's art sector is resilient
$10,000 - towards preparation of a strategic plan to position the Society as an umbrella organisation to support art groups in Franklin
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
APPLICANT: Franklin Arts Festival Society (Incorporated)
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
OUTCOME: New Zealand's art sector is resilient
$10,000 - towards positive strategy planning and increased audience engagement
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
APPLICANT: FROM SCRATCH (NZ), Christopher O'Connor
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
OUTCOME: New Zealand's art sector is resilient
$10,000 - towards development of an intranet resource page and creating a series of training videos
This content is tagged as Music .
APPLICANT: Girls Rock Aotearoa
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
OUTCOME: New Zealand's art sector is resilient
$4,000 - towards training in audience engagement and financial resilience
This content is tagged as Customary Māori arts .
APPLICANT: Harakeke ora
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
OUTCOME: New Zealand's art sector is resilient
$10,000 - towards a business strand evaluation
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
APPLICANT: Hawaiki Tu Arts Foundation
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
OUTCOME: New Zealand's art sector is resilient
$10,000 - towards a diversification strategy
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
APPLICANT: Hawaiki Tu Productions Limited
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
OUTCOME: New Zealand's art sector is resilient
$10,000 - towards helping bring three of the trusts websites into WCAG standards
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
APPLICANT: He Waka Eke Noa Charitable Trust
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
OUTCOME: New Zealand's art sector is resilient
$10,000 - towards focusing on two pivotal areas of development- financial resilience and cultural competency
This content is tagged as Dance .
APPLICANT: Jolt Charitable Trust Incorporated
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
OUTCOME: New Zealand's art sector is resilient
$10,000 - towards Aotearoa to Taiwan Cultural Exchange
This content is tagged as Customary Māori arts .
APPLICANT: Mai Raano Limted
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
OUTCOME: New Zealand's art sector is resilient
$10,000 - towards online sales portal via website upgrade and development of an international strategy
This content is tagged as Literature .
APPLICANT: Mila's Books Limited
FUNDING POOL: Pacific arts fund
OUTCOME: New Zealand's art sector is resilient
$7,000 - towards a series of in-house professional development fono for Moana Fresh
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
APPLICANT: Moana Fresh Ltd
FUNDING POOL: Pacific arts fund
OUTCOME: New Zealand's art sector is resilient
$7,000 - towards developing our strategic plan around diversity, inclusion, partnership
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
APPLICANT: Motueka Arts Council
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
OUTCOME: New Zealand's art sector is resilient
$10,000 - towards revenue diversification and Te Tiriti responsiveness
This content is tagged as Theatre .
APPLICANT: Northland Youth Theatre
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
OUTCOME: New Zealand's art sector is resilient
$10,000 - towards a foundational wānanga series to build mōhiotanga and competency within our team in a variety of areas.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
APPLICANT: Okahukura
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
OUTCOME: New Zealand's art sector is resilient
$10,000 - towards engaging a cultural consultant from local hapu Te Parawhau to help ONEONESIX engage in deeper relationships with mana whenua
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
APPLICANT: ONEONESIX Trust
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
OUTCOME: New Zealand's art sector is resilient
$10,000 - towards cultural competency, responsiveness to Te Tiriti o Waitangi and financial resilience
This content is tagged as Music .
APPLICANT: Opus Orchestra
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
OUTCOME: New Zealand's art sector is resilient
$10,000 - towards financial resilience (revenue generation and funding diversification)
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
APPLICANT: Otautahi Tiny Performance Festival Trust
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
OUTCOME: New Zealand's art sector is resilient
$10,000 - towards developing a comprehensive strategic plan to support the long-term sustainability of our organisation
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
APPLICANT: Pirate and Queen Limited
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
OUTCOME: New Zealand's art sector is resilient
$1,950 - towards funding to enable three Play It Strange staff to attend a cultural competency - Te Tiriti o Waitangi workshop
This content is tagged as Music .
APPLICANT: Play It Strange Trust
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
OUTCOME: New Zealand's art sector is resilient
$10,000 - towards building financial resilience through revenue generation and philanthropic development
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
APPLICANT: Port Noise Music Festival
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
OUTCOME: New Zealand's art sector is resilient
$10,000 - towards governance and financial growth for Projekt Team’s long-term sustainability.
This content is tagged as Dance .
APPLICANT: Projekt Team
FUNDING POOL: Pacific arts fund
OUTCOME: New Zealand's art sector is resilient
$10,000 - towards Te Reo & Tikanga capability building with Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei - Term 2
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
APPLICANT: Q Theatre Limited
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
OUTCOME: New Zealand's art sector is resilient
$10,000 - towards community engagement, partnership development and measuring and articulating impact
This content is tagged as Craft and Object art .
APPLICANT: Quarry Arts Centre
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
OUTCOME: New Zealand's art sector is resilient
$10,000 - towards cultural competency and governance development
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
APPLICANT: Raynham Park
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
OUTCOME: New Zealand's art sector is resilient
$10,000 - towards development and implementation of a membership and private giving programme for Shepherdess
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
APPLICANT: Shepherdess
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
OUTCOME: New Zealand's art sector is resilient
$10,000 - towards cultural competency and responsiveness to Te Tiriti O Waitangi
This content is tagged as Theatre .
APPLICANT: Strictly Brown Limited
FUNDING POOL: Pacific arts fund
OUTCOME: New Zealand's art sector is resilient
$10,000 - towards audience engagement
This content is tagged as Customary Māori arts .
APPLICANT: Tairawhiti Museum
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
OUTCOME: New Zealand's art sector is resilient
$10,000 - towards Governance Development for Indigenous Creative Leadership – Vea Mafile’o
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
APPLICANT: Taro Patch Creative Limited
FUNDING POOL: Pacific arts fund
OUTCOME: New Zealand's art sector is resilient
$10,000 - towards strategic development of a creative arts stream for Te Arawa Waka Trust
This content is tagged as Customary Māori arts .
APPLICANT: Te Arawa Whanau Ora
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
OUTCOME: New Zealand's art sector is resilient
$10,000 - towards cultural competency
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
APPLICANT: Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
OUTCOME: New Zealand's art sector is resilient
$10,000 - towards strategic planning and building financial resilience to continue providing this space for our communities
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
APPLICANT: Te wa - The Space
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
OUTCOME: New Zealand's art sector is resilient
$10,000 - towards developing cultural competency and responsiveness to Te Tiriti o Waitangi at Te Matatiki Toi Ora The Arts Centre
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
APPLICANT: The Arts Centre of Christchurch Trust Board
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
OUTCOME: New Zealand's art sector is resilient
$10,000 - towards a development project to support Crescendo's youth music mentoring programmes
This content is tagged as Music .
APPLICANT: The Crescendo Trust of Aotearoa
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
OUTCOME: New Zealand's art sector is resilient
$10,000 - towards stategic audience development
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
APPLICANT: The Lake House Trust
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
OUTCOME: New Zealand's art sector is resilient
$6,536 - towards Māori cultural competency training for trustees and staff at The Meteor Theatre
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
APPLICANT: The Meteor Theatre
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
OUTCOME: New Zealand's art sector is resilient
$6,100 - towards a two-part marae-based capability building initiative to strengthen The Suter Art Gallery's cultural competency
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
APPLICANT: The Suter Art Gallery Te Aratoi o Whakatu
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
OUTCOME: New Zealand's art sector is resilient
$10,000 - towards Toi Māori programming and Audience Development Coordinator
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
APPLICANT: The Turner Centre
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
OUTCOME: New Zealand's art sector is resilient
$10,000 - towards supporting the research and development of an appropriate governance framework
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
APPLICANT: The White Room Creative Community Space
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
OUTCOME: New Zealand's art sector is resilient
$8,000 - towards capability building for financial resilience and environmental responsiveness
This content is tagged as Literature .
APPLICANT: Titirangi Waka Ama And Wellbeing Trust
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
OUTCOME: New Zealand's art sector is resilient
$10,000 - towards building business and financial resilience and a Te Tiriti framework for TOHU and Ngāti Tūwharetoa
This content is tagged as Dance .
APPLICANT: TOHU Productions Ltd
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
OUTCOME: New Zealand's art sector is resilient
$10,000 - towards developing a business strategy with Spacific Consultancy Ltd to aid in revenue generation and website upgrade
This content is tagged as Dance .
APPLICANT: Ura Tabu Pacific Dance
FUNDING POOL: Pacific arts fund
OUTCOME: New Zealand's art sector is resilient
$10,000 - towards audience engagement for Māori communities in Te Tai Tokerau
This content is tagged as Customary Māori arts .
APPLICANT: Wairau Maori Art Gallery Charitable Trust
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
OUTCOME: New Zealand's art sector is resilient
$10,000 - towards building cultural competency through visual arts workshops
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
APPLICANT: Waitakere Arts and Cultural Development Trust
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
OUTCOME: New Zealand's art sector is resilient
$10,000 - towards support for website development to increase revenue and revenue diversification and audience engagment
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
APPLICANT: Whirinaki Whare Taonga
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
OUTCOME: New Zealand's art sector is resilient
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