Results posted: 5 November 2025
44
Projects funded
$289,536
Total funding awarded
353
Eligible applications received
$3,266,475
Total funding requested
44 grants totalling $289,536.72 have been offered to support artists, practitioners and groups at an early stage of their career. We received 353 eligible applications, with a total of $3,266,475 requested.
Funded projects
$5,000 - towards research and development of an original middle-grade graphic novel project about wildlife
This content is tagged as Literature .
APPLICANT: Aki Hisashi
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$9,500 - towards a new electronic music album by Ghost Score
This content is tagged as Music .
APPLICANT: Alan Molina
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$6,000 - towards making and installing artwork for upcoming exhibitions
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
APPLICANT: Amanda Mackenzie
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$9,000 - towards a multidisciplinary magazine that spotlights and showcases emerging artists within Aotearoa
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
APPLICANT: Anndivya Ram
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$6,000 - towards the creation and presentation of a new contemporary dance work
This content is tagged as Dance .
APPLICANT: Aylin Atalay
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$5,000 - towards the progressive development as an emerging glass artist
This content is tagged as Craft and Object art .
APPLICANT: Belinda Nimmo
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$7,000 - towards education in metalwork and the development of a sculptural work to present at Melbourne Art Fair
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
APPLICANT: Bena Jackson
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$9,500 - to record and release an album and live show
This content is tagged as Music .
APPLICANT: Bryony Matthews
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$8,000 - towards the creation of a moving-image artwork
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
APPLICANT: Christopher Thompson, Hannah van Seventer
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$6,000 - towards the workshopping and completion of a new theatre script
This content is tagged as Theatre .
APPLICANT: Connor Amor-Bendall
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$5,000 - to create a picturebook from the perspective of a young Māori man with a disability living in New Zealand
This content is tagged as Literature .
APPLICANT: Cyrus Dahl
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$5,000 - towards the writing of a book
This content is tagged as Literature .
APPLICANT: Danika Plowman
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$5,000 - towards a graphic novel about the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
This content is tagged as Literature .
APPLICANT: Darren Sheehan
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$8,000 - towards the completion of my second year of my Masters in Music in New York City, and recording a debut album
This content is tagged as Music .
APPLICANT: Elizabeth Hocking
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
OUTCOME: New Zealand arts gain international success
$6,000 - towards the finalisation of the script GUIDO for Pride Season
This content is tagged as Theatre .
APPLICANT: Emilio Fuentes Mancilla
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$5,000 - towards training in countertechnique
This content is tagged as Dance .
APPLICANT: Emma Broad
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$5,000 - towards a final draft of the manuscript for a poetry and art collection
This content is tagged as Literature .
APPLICANT: Harvey Aughton
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$4,000 - towards an exhibition
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
APPLICANT: Isaac Tait
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$8,000 - to support mentorship and the production of a new body of work
This content is tagged as Craft and Object art .
APPLICANT: Jess Nicholson
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$10,000 - towards a Master of Fine Arts in Printmaking at Rhode Island School of Design
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
APPLICANT: Jessica Kanji
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$9,537 - towards the presentation of New Zealand music and participating in masterclasses
This content is tagged as Music .
APPLICANT: Joshua Kirk
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$7,000 - towards Milford Galleries Solo Show in 2026 'The New World'
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
APPLICANT: Laurelee Walmsley
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$5,000 - towards the creation of children's books
This content is tagged as Literature .
APPLICANT: Lauren Middleton
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$5,000 - towards the development of wood-fired ceramic practice
This content is tagged as Craft and Object art .
APPLICANT: Leva Kusari
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$7,000 - towards the development of new work for an artist book
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
APPLICANT: Luca Nicholas
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$9,500 - to develop an album and to develop technical and creative skills under mentorship
This content is tagged as Music .
APPLICANT: Lucy Beeler
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$5,000 - towards the development of debut novel
This content is tagged as Literature .
APPLICANT: Lucy Croft
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$7,000 - towards a debut novel
This content is tagged as Literature .
APPLICANT: Mark Peters
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$6,000 - towards costs associated with touring a NZ Fringe Award Winning show in North America
This content is tagged as Theatre .
APPLICANT: Marshall Lorenzo
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$9,000 - towards an international artist residency followed by exhibitions abroad and locally
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
APPLICANT: Maxwell Wollerman-Turner
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$6,000 - towards the completion of a third book in The Edge of Light Trilogy
This content is tagged as Literature .
APPLICANT: Melanie Dixon
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$8,000 - towards developing a new body of work for an exhibition
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
APPLICANT: Michael Lamb
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$5,000 - towards the completion of a short story collection
This content is tagged as Literature .
APPLICANT: Naomii Seah
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$5,000 - towards attending the Academy of Country Music in Tamworth, Australia
This content is tagged as Music .
APPLICANT: Nicola Mitchell
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$5,000 - to attend an overseas literary residency
This content is tagged as Literature .
APPLICANT: Patricia Deavoll
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$5,000 - to establish a safe creative space offering classes, workshops, and community events
This content is tagged as Dance .
APPLICANT: Paul Hawaikirangi
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$8,000 - towards the development of practice through mentorship and collaboration with leading artists
This content is tagged as Craft and Object art .
APPLICANT: Samuel Montgomery
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$5,000 - towards the publication of a book focussing on supporting carers of people with dementia
This content is tagged as Literature .
APPLICANT: Sarah-May Potter
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$6,000 - towards research, development, mentorship and writing of a debut full-length play
This content is tagged as Theatre .
APPLICANT: Sepelini Mua'au
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$7,000 - to develop and present a new theatre work called Mangrove Eaters
This content is tagged as Theatre .
APPLICANT: Sugar Rea-Bruce
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$5,000 - towards music experience and development opportunities in Australia
This content is tagged as Music .
APPLICANT: Tahla Ward
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$9,500 - towards the launch of a debut album
This content is tagged as Music .
APPLICANT: Te Atawhai Ponga
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$5,000 - towards the development of a debut novel
This content is tagged as Literature .
APPLICANT: Ursula Robinson-Shaw
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$8,000 - to creating a bouncy castle replica of a New build New Zealand tiny home and host an 'open home' exhibition
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
APPLICANT: Zachariah Whiteside
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
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