Ngā Toi ā Rohe - Arts in the Regions Fund 2020 Closing date: 30 Oct 2020
This fund, created for organisations, aims to incentivise local and regional investment in the development and presentation of new local arts activity outside the main centres of Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch.
More about the Ngā Toi ā Rohe - Arts in the Regions programme
10 grants totalling $1,236,989 have been offered to support projects by New Zealand artists and practitioners.
31 eligible applications were received, with a total of $3,329,634 requested.
Creative New Zealand Strategic Outcomes supported:
- 6 projects enabling New Zealanders to experience high-quality arts
- 3 projects enabling New Zealanders to participate in the arts
- 1 project building the resilience of the New Zealand arts sector.
Artforms were supported as follows:
- 1 Community Arts
- 1 Craft/object
- 1 Customary Māori Arts
- 4 Multidisciplinary Arts
- 1 Theatre
- 2 Visual Arts
Successful applications will lead to activities in Dunedin, Far North, Kapiti Coast, Marlborough, Nelson, New Plymouth, Opotiki, Tauranga and Whanganui.
Funding recipients
Arts Council Nelson Inc
Towards the Nelson Jewellery Week, an inaugural contemporary jewellery event, to be held in Nelson, Aotearoa March 26 - April 4 2021.
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AWARDED: $30,865
Arts Festival Taranaki CT
To research, develop and produce a community theatre piece on Native Land Hearings 1880-1920.
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AWARDED: $150,000
Dunedin Fringe Arts Trust
Towards phase two of creating a collaborative arts infrastructure in Ōtepoti/Dunedin.
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AWARDED: $150,000
Fua Creative Limited
Towards capability building of multi-disciplinary arts through pre-professional programme in Marlborough.
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AWARDED: $111,075
Maoriland Charitable Trust
To enable Māoriland Hub to present a 12 month music and theatre programme including a Kāpiti wide Matariki Festival 2021.
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AWARDED: $150,000
Ngati Kuri Trust Board
Towards a co-curated exhibition between Ngāti Kuri Taitamariki (4th Gen) and Haumi (NZ) Ltd for the Ngāti Kuri cultural centre.
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AWARDED: $150,000
Opotiki District Council, Sarah Jones
Towards a series of new Toi Māori in central Opotiki.
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AWARDED: $149,700
Paemanu
Towards commissioned artworks by leading Kāi Tahu contemporary visual artists to go on long term loan with DPAG.
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AWARDED: $149,863
Supercut Projects
Towards a series of temporary and longer term creative projects for Tauranga City.
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AWARDED: $143,684
Te Runanga o Tupoho
Towards an iwi arts festival for the Whanganui community.
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AWARDED: $51,800