Culture

Budget 2022 has allocated more than $185m to support the country’s cultural sector.

A Tauranga reserve commemorating the 1864 Battle of Re Ranga is being upgraded to create a place of remembrance and storytelling.

The National Library’s He Tohu exhibition has hosted almost 100,000 people over the last five years.

The government’s Arts and Culture Covid Recovery Programme has paid out more than $20m to arts and culture events that were cancelled or suffered a loss of income due to Covid.

Kapa haka festival Te Matatini is celebrating 50 years of the best of Māori performing arts and kaihaka.

Twenty-seven arts, culture and heritage projects across the Taranaki, Bay of Plenty and Manawatū regions will benefit from the latest round of Te Urungi: Innovating Aotearoa culture sector funding, says Arts, Culture and Heritage Minister Carmel Sepuloni.

The region can become a major showcase for NZ culture, says Northland Inc’s Tania Burt.

The government will provide more support for events through expanding the amount of money and eligibility timeframes for key funding schemes.

The Coastal Arts Trail has teamed up with Quirky Campers NZ to launch a new art-immersive campervan.

Waitangi Treaty Grounds occupies a unique space in the nation’s psyche and its profile as a tourism destination is slowly changing.

An open-air opera event will be held on the Auckland waterfront on 11 – 14 February 2022.

The first round of funding for Ngā Puninga Toi ā-Ahurea me ngā Kaupapa Cultural Installations and Events has opened.

The cultural artworks along SH1 and the railway line on the Kaikōura coastline have been completed. 

Four popular Māori and Pasifika events are set to receive government funding of up to $100,000 apiece through the new Creative and Cultural Events Incubator fund.

Community members of the Queenstown Lakes District have commissioned a “cultural masterplan” to improve arts and culture in the region.