Results posted: 17 June 2026
34
Projects funded
$249,828
Total funding awarded
425
Eligible applications received
$3,939,824
Total funding requested
34 grants totalling $249,828 have been offered to support artists, practitioners and groups at an early stage of their career. We received 425 eligible applications, with a total of $3,939,824 requested.
Funding type summary
- Ngā toi Māori: 5 grants were offered totalling $49,828
$467,918 was requested by 48 applicants - Pacific arts: 4 grants were offered totalling $30,000
$154,000 was requested by 16 applicants - General arts: 25 grants were offered totalling $170,000
$3,317,907 was requested by 361 applicants
Artform summary
- 4 – Craft and Object art
- 1 – Customary Māori arts
- 3 – Dance
- 8 – Literature
- 3 – Multidisciplinary arts
- 5 – Music
- 2 – Theatre
- 8 – Visual arts
Funded projects
$10,000 - to connect to contemporary indigenous artists locally and globally
This content is tagged as Craft and Object art .
APPLICANT: Aroha Matchitt Millar
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
$5,000 - towards developing and writing a fantasy adventure novel for children
This content is tagged as Literature .
APPLICANT: Becca Barnes
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$4,300 - towards the development of new work using found and recycled material
This content is tagged as Craft and Object art .
APPLICANT: Brie Rate
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$7,000 - to develop sculpture practice and participate in exhibitions
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
APPLICANT: Carlos Knight
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$5,000 - towards the development of a debut novel
This content is tagged as Literature .
APPLICANT: Charlotte Forrester
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$7,500 - towards the mentorship and development to become an arts in corrections facilitator
This content is tagged as Dance .
APPLICANT: Connor Masseurs
FUNDING POOL: Pacific arts fund
$10,000 - towards the development and showing of a new contemporary dance work
This content is tagged as Dance .
APPLICANT: Dana Moore-Mudgway
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$9,000 - to attend the Independent Study Program at Maumaus/Lumiar Cité in Lisbon
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
APPLICANT: Dayle Palfreyman
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$9,040 - towards the release of a sophomore album
This content is tagged as Music .
APPLICANT: Dean Blackwell
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$8,000 - to attend Homo Faber Biennial 2026, Venice
This content is tagged as Craft and Object art .
APPLICANT: Georgia Hood
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$7,000 - towards the creation of a new body of work celebrating Aotearoa's native lichen biodiversity for exhibition in 2027
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
APPLICANT: Hannah Salmon
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$9,828 - to gain deeper knowledge of whakapapa and material potential of Mata through iwi-led research to develop Ngāti Oneone focused stone carvings
This content is tagged as Customary Māori arts .
APPLICANT: Huia Edmonds
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
$7,000 - towards an artistic residency, mentorship and to develop interactive and reactive lighting installation
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
APPLICANT: Isadora Lao
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$10,000 - towards Whakaora
This content is tagged as Dance .
APPLICANT: Jade Whaanga
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
$7,000 - towards mentoring and the creation, development and recording of original songs
This content is tagged as Music .
APPLICANT: Jessica Karamjeet
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$8,000 - towards the research and development of a new series of work
This content is tagged as Craft and Object art .
APPLICANT: Jessica Swney
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$7,000 - towards the creation of new chamber and opera works for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
This content is tagged as Music .
APPLICANT: Jonah Vakapora-Hall
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$7,500 - towards the completion of the second novel in a fiction series for young readers
This content is tagged as Literature .
APPLICANT: Kenneth Chapman
FUNDING POOL: Pacific arts fund
$10,000 - towards the presentation of an original absurdist theatre piece
This content is tagged as Theatre .
APPLICANT: Lachie Oliver-Kerby
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$7,000 - towards the release of Arjuna Oakes x Gallery Orchestra original album
This content is tagged as Music .
APPLICANT: Leah Thomas
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$10,000 - towards a four week residency at L'Air Arts Atelier 11 Residency in Paris and to develop 'severing our tāngaengae from the whenua'
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
APPLICANT: Mahina Bennett
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
$4,000 - towards writing a young adult novel about trans youth
This content is tagged as Literature .
APPLICANT: Mary Catherine Mosteller
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$5,000 - towards the development of a debut novel titled 'Miramar'
This content is tagged as Literature .
APPLICANT: Mikee Sto Domingo
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$9,000 - towards a new film and installation work to be exhibited internationally and Aotearoa
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
APPLICANT: Obadiah Russon
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$4,660 - towards a poetry and flash fiction anthology for emerging women writers over 40 years old
This content is tagged as Literature .
APPLICANT: Paula Granger
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$5,000 - towards research and multiple exhibitions
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
APPLICANT: Rangi White
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$6,000 - towards the creation of new work, mentoring and development as a music producer and mixing engineer
This content is tagged as Music .
APPLICANT: Ruby Walsh
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$7,500 - towards an exhibition exploring Pasifika Gen Z experiences through illustration, animation, and mixed media
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
APPLICANT: Shiloh Sagapolu
FUNDING POOL: Pacific arts fund
$9,000 - towards creating new work for the Canberra Biennial 2026
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
APPLICANT: Te Ara Minhinnick
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$10,000 - towards the transition of storytelling from screen into live performance, and to develop the craft of writing and directing for theatre
This content is tagged as Theatre .
APPLICANT: Te Waiarangi Ratana
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
$7,000 - towards developing and sustaining an oil painting practice
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
APPLICANT: Tony Guo
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$7,500 - towards the exhibition of new and existing works at Tuvalu Arts Festival
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
APPLICANT: Ululau Ama
FUNDING POOL: Pacific arts fund
$5,000 - towards completing a collection of poetry
This content is tagged as Literature .
APPLICANT: William Salmon
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
$5,000 - towards completing a debut novel
This content is tagged as Literature .
APPLICANT: Zoe Meager
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund