This fund supports emerging Māori artists or practitioners at an early stage of their career to undertake an arts project.

Arts Grants offer short-term project funding for New Zealand artists, arts practitioners and arts organisations (including groups and collectives). This funding enables more sustainable careers, encourages innovation and the development of arts practice, and provides opportunities for diverse communities to access the arts.

This fund supports in-person/physical, digital or hybrid international presentations of work that are the result of one of Creative New Zealand's international initiatives. This includes adapting existing work to respond to this international presentation opportunity.

We have extended the contracts of 17 New Zealand arts organisations in the Toi Uru Kahikatea programme.

The Tolu Wave fund provides up to two-years of funding for eligible Pasifika festivals across Aotearoa to help them continue operating through the ongoing disruptions due to COVID-19.

This fund supports marae, hapū, iwi, whakapapa-based rōpū and mātāwaka to protect, cultivate and retain mātauranga Māori related to heritage ngā toi Māori (Māori arts) and foster their distinctive arts and cultural practices.

Arts Grants offer short-term project funding for New Zealand artists, arts practitioners and arts organisations (including groups and collectives). This funding enables more sustainable careers, encourages innovation and the development of arts practice, and provides opportunities for diverse communities to access the arts.

Annual Arts Grants offer funding to enable artists, arts practitioners and arts organisations to present a regular or continuous programme of activity over a 12-month period and/or produce or present a significant event or project.

This fund provides support for existing Pasifika-led festivals with a track record of success that have a long-term strategic focus. Funding can be used for building the capability needs of your organisation in the areas of governance, leadership, digital capacity and festival staffing.

The Resilience Fund round two provided support for existing investment clients who were impacted by the COVID-19 alert level changes that occurred in February and March 2021.

The Tasi 21 Wave of the Pasifika Festivals Fund is a contestable fund for support for eligible Pasifika festivals to present a festival in the 2021 calendar year. Tasi 21 addresses the impacts of COVID-19 so that eligible Pasifika festivals who are unable to secure sufficient funding to stage a festival in 2021 can receive a funding contribution.