Results posted: 2 August 2023
35
Projects funded
$2,765,180
Total funding awarded
86
Eligible applications received
$9,354,279
Total funding requested
35 grants totalling $2,765,180 have been offered to support established festivals who continue to be impacted by the effects of COVID-19 in 2023 to deliver festival programmes that celebrate the life experiences, stories, cultures and regional identities of New Zealanders.
This funding has been made possible by a one-off allocation from the Manatū Taonga Ministry of Culture and Heritage as part of their Arts and Culture COVID Recovery Programme.
Funded projects
$149,800 - towards the 2023 and 2024 Aronui Arts Festival
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
APPLICANT: Aronui Arts Festival
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
OUTCOME: New Zealanders experience high-quality arts
$50,000 - towards Nelson Ceramics Week 2024
This content is tagged as Craft/Object .
APPLICANT: Arts Council Nelson Inc
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
OUTCOME: New Zealand's art sector is resilient
$100,000 - towards the delivery of a year-round programme of activity under two festival brands
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
APPLICANT: Arts Festival Taranaki Charitable Trust
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
OUTCOME: New Zealanders experience high-quality arts
$85,000 - towards Auckland Pride’s Arts and Culture programming 2024
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
APPLICANT: Auckland Pride Festival Inc
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
OUTCOME: High quality New Zealand art is developed
$100,000 - towards the 2024 NZ Fringe Artist Development (Kākano, Tour Ready and Seminars) FOH & Venues support , Art commissions)
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
APPLICANT: CCAT - NZ Fringe Festival
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
OUTCOME: New Zealanders participate in the arts
$50,000 - towards delivery of a youth-led circus festival in 2023
This content is tagged as Community arts .
APPLICANT: Circability Trust
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
OUTCOME: New Zealanders participate in the arts
$85,000 - towards the programme of CubaDupa 2024
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
APPLICANT: CubaDupa Street Arts Festival
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
OUTCOME: New Zealanders experience high-quality arts
$50,000 - towards a two-week festival highlighting, celebrating, and focusing on artists with disabilities.
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
APPLICANT: DAFT (Disabled Artists Festival of Theatre), Kate Spencer
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
OUTCOME: New Zealanders participate in the arts
$75,000 - towards the delivery of Dunedin Fringe Festival 2024
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
APPLICANT: Dunedin Fringe Arts Trust
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
OUTCOME: New Zealanders participate in the arts
$50,000 - to produce a boutique literary festival with a programme that celebrates diverse writers, genres and ideas
This content is tagged as Literature .
APPLICANT: Dunedin Writers and Readers Festival
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
OUTCOME: New Zealanders experience high-quality arts
$50,000 - towards a festival of Pacific Cultures, Arts and Food
This content is tagged as Community arts .
APPLICANT: Fale Pasifika Horowhenua
FUNDING POOL: Pacific arts fund
OUTCOME: New Zealanders participate in the arts
$90,000 - towards Tongan Day Festival an annual Festival where our Tongan people come together to celebrate being Tongan here in NZ
This content is tagged as Pacific heritage arts .
APPLICANT: Fe'unu Koula Global Academy of Tongan Arts Dance and Culture Ltd
FUNDING POOL: Pacific arts fund
OUTCOME: New Zealanders participate in the arts
$22,938 - towards the Hawke's Bay Readers and Writers Festival 2024
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APPLICANT: Hawke's Bay Readers and Writers Charitable Trust
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
OUTCOME: New Zealanders experience high-quality arts
$63,000 - towards 'KUPU - Ngā Ringa Tuhituhi', a literary festival which celebrates Māori writers from the past, present, and future
This content is tagged as Literature .
APPLICANT: KUPU Trust
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
OUTCOME: New Zealanders experience high-quality arts
$150,000 - towards commissioning of four large artworks by leading Māori artists to present at MFF2024
This content is tagged as Visual arts .
APPLICANT: Maoriland Film Festival
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
OUTCOME: New Zealanders experience high-quality arts
$80,000 - towards a festival of small Pacific canoe and associated knowledges
This content is tagged as Pacific heritage arts .
APPLICANT: Mata o Ali'i Trust
FUNDING POOL: Pacific arts fund
OUTCOME: New Zealanders participate in the arts
$75,000 - towards a 3-day cultural event connecting tamariki, rangatahi and hapori through performing arts for the Central Otago region
This content is tagged as Community arts .
APPLICANT: Miharo Murihiku Trust
FUNDING POOL: Pacific arts fund
OUTCOME: New Zealanders participate in the arts
$100,000 - towards the Nelson Arts Festival 2024
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
APPLICANT: Nelson Festivals Trust
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
OUTCOME: New Zealanders experience high-quality arts
$17,993 - towards the development of the curatorial vision and a solid strategic plan for Ōtautahi Tiny Performance Festival 2024
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
$70,000 - towards Pasifika Festival in the Bay a dance, music, and cultural festival in the Bay of Plenty
This content is tagged as Community arts .
APPLICANT: Pasifika in the Bay Trust
FUNDING POOL: Pacific arts fund
OUTCOME: New Zealanders participate in the arts
$90,000 - towards Siva Afi Festival a two-day event celebrating and promoting the heritage art of siva Ailao
This content is tagged as Pacific heritage arts .
APPLICANT: Polynesian Entertainers Limited
FUNDING POOL: Pacific arts fund
OUTCOME: New Zealanders participate in the arts
$75,000 - towards a two day Hip Hop and Street Dance festival
This content is tagged as Community arts .
APPLICANT: Projekt Team
FUNDING POOL: Pacific arts fund
OUTCOME: New Zealanders participate in the arts
$40,000 - towards writers' festival held annually during Auckland Pride, highlighting the mahi of LGBTQI+ writers
This content is tagged as Literature .
APPLICANT: samesame but different Festival Charitable Trust
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
OUTCOME: New Zealanders participate in the arts
$75,000 - towards the development of new work in 2024 for presentation at TAHI New Zealand Festival of Solo Performance 2025
This content is tagged as Theatre .
APPLICANT: TAHI New Zealand Festival of Solo Performance Limited
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
OUTCOME: New Zealand's art sector is resilient
$50,000 - towards the delivery of the Tauranga National Jazz Festival 2024
This content is tagged as Music .
APPLICANT: Tauranga Jazz Society
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
OUTCOME: High quality New Zealand art is developed
$57,000 - towards a series of Wānanga (workshops) to support the third National Waka Hourua Festival to be held in Kaiteriteri 7th-14th April 2024
This content is tagged as Customary Māori arts .
APPLICANT: Te Hau Komaru National Waka Hourua Charitable Trust
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
OUTCOME: New Zealanders participate in the arts
$60,000 - towards 30th anniversary celebration including the return of Te Moananui a Kiwa Community Concert
This content is tagged as Pacific heritage arts .
APPLICANT: Te Mana Ahua Ake Charitable Trust
FUNDING POOL: Pacific arts fund
OUTCOME: New Zealanders participate in the arts
$149,449 - towards an international wananga-a-matauranga and festival exhibition of indigenous Tā Moko, Ta Tatau, and Cultural Arts
This content is tagged as Customary Māori arts .
APPLICANT: Te Tuhi Mareikura Trust
FUNDING POOL: Ngā toi Māori fund
OUTCOME: New Zealanders participate in the arts
$65,000 - towards delivery of the Off Centre festival 2024
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
APPLICANT: The Arts Centre Te Matatiki Toi Ora
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
OUTCOME: New Zealanders experience high-quality arts
$100,000 - towards the presentation of the 2024 New Zealand International Comedy Festival
This content is tagged as Theatre .
APPLICANT: The New Zealand Comedy Trust
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
OUTCOME: New Zealanders experience high-quality arts
$150,000 - towards the ASB Polyfest celebrates Maori and Pacific, music, dance, speeches and cultural wear from Auckland secondary schools
This content is tagged as Community arts .
APPLICANT: The Polyfest Trust
FUNDING POOL: Pacific arts fund
OUTCOME: New Zealanders experience high-quality arts
$90,000 - towards delivery of Upsurge Festival 2024 around the Bay of Islands rohe
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
APPLICANT: Upsurge Festival
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
OUTCOME: New Zealanders experience high-quality arts
$100,000 - towards artist fees and delivery costs of Verb Readers & Writers Festival 2024
This content is tagged as Literature .
APPLICANT: Wellington Treasure Trust
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
OUTCOME: New Zealanders experience high-quality arts
$75,000 - towards delivery of the Whakatane Summer Arts Festival 2024
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
APPLICANT: Whakatane District Community Arts Council Incorporated
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
OUTCOME: New Zealanders participate in the arts
$75,000 - towards the delivery of Whangārei Fringe Festival in 2024
This content is tagged as Multi-disciplinary .
APPLICANT: WHANGAREI FRINGE FESTIVAL
FUNDING POOL: General arts fund
OUTCOME: New Zealanders participate in the arts
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