Creative New Zealand

Creative New Zealand

Government Administration

Wellington, WGN 2,431 followers

We encourage, promote and support the arts in Aotearoa for the benefit of all New Zealanders.

About us

Creative New Zealand encourages, promotes and supports the arts in New Zealand for the benefit of all New Zealanders through funding, capability building, our international programme and advocacy.

Website
http://www.creativenz.govt.nz
Industry
Government Administration
Company size
51-200 employees
Headquarters
Wellington, WGN
Type
Government Agency
Founded
1994
Specialties
Arts funding, Arts awards, and Capability building

Locations

Employees at Creative New Zealand

Updates

  • Fashion designer Karen Walker CNZM and former All Black Keven Mealamu MNZM have been appointed to the Arts Council of New Zealand Toi Aotearoa. The Minister has also reappointed Hilary Poole for another three-year term and acknowledged Ane Tonga for her service over the past three years.   The appointments of the two new members take effect from 6 January 2025, so their first Council meeting will be on 20 February 2025.   You can read the Minister's release on the parliament website here: https://lnkd.in/gJ6CB_yR

    Karen Walker and Keven Mealamu join CNZ Board

    Karen Walker and Keven Mealamu join CNZ Board

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  • Creative New Zealand’s work is for the benefit of all New Zealanders. We’re committed to ensuring our services are accessible to everyone. We’ve just released our Diversity Report 2022/23 that reports on the diversity of those who apply for funding and support, those who attend or participate in activities we fund, and those who make or contribute to decisions about funding allocation. https://lnkd.in/geQvnDTw

    Creative New Zealand reports on the diversity of those who access our services

    Creative New Zealand reports on the diversity of those who access our services

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  • He toi ora, he toi hora, ko Te Waka Toi ka pae ki uta, ka hoki ki te kāinga. We're thrilled to announce the winners of the 2024 Te Waka Toi Awards! This year we've awarded 14 winners, with the Supreme award going to academic, curator and musician Aroha Yates-Smith. Read about all the winners on our website: https://ow.ly/RjEJ50UcmYt and tune in to Whakaata Māori at 5.30pm to hear from the winners themselves.

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  • We’re pleased to be partnered with RNZ and NZ On Air to support new arts and culture stories being told. 🎧

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    A podcast taking listeners on a gallery visit with an art critic, an artist and rangatahi Māori; an exploration through New Zealand’s bold Māori art history and its intersection with societal change; and a podcast of collective voices, bringing Māori and Pasifika queer artists, academics and thinkers together to exchange ideas, are the three podcasts that have been backed to bring more arts and culture coverage to New Zealanders’ ears. Creative New Zealand, NZ On Air and RNZ have together supported the podcast proposals through a one-off co-fund designed to address a deficit in media coverage about arts and culture in Aotearoa. RNZ’s Māori Commissioner, Jana Te Nahu Owen, who is a strategic advisor on the co-fund says the three proposals all had a unique and fresh approach to the concept of an arts podcast. “The successful podcast applicants all demonstrated a deep understanding of the fund's purpose by covering a broad range of arts and culture practices and critique. Each podcast responded thoughtfully to the New Mirrors Report and the producers had considered how their concept would translate into a creative and engaging aural experience for the listener.” Read the full release here: https://lnkd.in/g8tTBEjC More information about the fund can be found here: https://lnkd.in/g7vZ8TBi

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  • This year five New Zealand artists were invited to exhibit at the Venice Biennale’s prestigious 60th International Art Exhibition, Stranieri Ovunque – Foreigners Everywhere. Most of the works had already been created, but one was under construction in Waiuku. In 2023 Brett Graham’s captivating, large-scale sculpture, Wastelands, was being hand-carved out of Macrocarpa. One morning, we filmed as Brett carved and spoke about his work; that afternoon we visited his father, Fred Graham, who had four works going to Venice. The following film is a conversation with both father and son, spanning ideas, history and the evolution of making art in New Zealand. The Venice Biennale closes in two months, on the 24th of November. 📌 Watch the full documentary here: https://lnkd.in/gb3ayZGB

  • Creative New Zealand Toi Aotearoa needs a fixed-term part-time Māori Programming Manager, Nui Te Kōrero, Te Kaiwhiri Kaupapa Kōrero O Nui Te Kōrero, to join our Project team for our biennial leadership conference, Nui te Kōrero. 🙌   Nui te Kōrero develops the arts sector’s leadership capability to adapt to the changing needs of Aotearoa and its people and build resilience for the future. Guided by Te Ao Māori values and perspectives, the biennial hui focuses on strategic challenges and opportunities for exploration and advancement.   Read more about the role and how to apply here: https://ow.ly/m7W150TjFsu   📷 by iStudios, Parihaka footage used with permission of the Parihaka Papakāinga Trust

  • Nine Girls by Stacy Gregg (Ngāti Mahuta, Ngāti Pūkeko, Ngāti Maru Hauraki) won the Margaret Mahy Book of the Year Award and the Wright Family Foundation Esther Glen Award for Junior Fiction at the 2024 New Zealand Book Award for Children and Young Adults. 🎉 We’ve long been partners in these awards, which are a vital part of our literary landscape. In recognition of that partnership, our Chief Executive Pou Whakahaere Stephen Wainwright spoke at the event and had the pleasure of presenting the Book of the Year Award to Stacy.   Awards boost the careers of finalists and winners. And more than that, the works – the stories, the books, the pictures – reach and engage young readers.  Our support for these awards reflects the significance of storytelling across the arts and our commitment to supporting the arts for the benefit of all New Zealanders. Young New Zealanders need access to stories that they can relate to – stories of their culture, their place, and their time. And they need stories that expose them to other cultures, other places, other times.    📖 See the full list of winners here https://ow.ly/NMyj50SYacP

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