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Expand your horizons and connect with arts, cultrual and heritage organisations across Aotearoa.
Across Aotearoa New Zealand
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MCH leads government work in the arts, heritage, broadcasting and sports sectors.
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The Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi was established in 1998 to honour extraordinary New Zealand artists, and to help them make their mark.
Since then, it has gathered a collective of people who believe that artists and creatives are central to a thriving Aotearoa New Zealand. The Foundation is building a movement that invests in the most important capital of all: people.
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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.
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Toi Māori Aotearoa emerged from the need for a collective Māori artists’ forum to foster the development of Māori art and support the national Māori art form committees.
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DANZ is the national support organisation for dance in Aotearoa. For over 20 years, it has helped support and grow the dance community.
As a leader in the field, DANZ gives dance a strong voice and works to raise its profile. It offers information, support, and professional development opportunities for all areas of dance, including education, professional, and recreational dance.
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Museums Aotearoa is the membership organisation for museums and galleries that care for and exhibit art and artifacts for the benefit of communities and our wider society.
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PANNZ supports the NZ professional performing arts sector. Its core objectives are to promote and encourage a sustainable performing arts touring network, and to facilitate and develop communications networks within the professional performing arts community.
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Film Otago Southland is a not-for-profit Trust supporting screen production in the region. We work in collaboration to provide pan-regional cohesion and a seamless experience for filmmakers, productions and film businesses no matter where you operate, create or film in Otago and Southland.
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The home of Aotearoa New Zealand
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RANA seeks to act as a source of information and advice on regional arts issues, and as a communications channel to regional communities of arts practitioners and organisations.
RANA also seeks to collaborate on the development of a stronger regional arts, culture, and creative sector to support community wellbeing and resilience.
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Southern Filmmakers Collective is empowering Otago & Southland filmmakers with tools, knowledge, and community.
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Arts Makers / Kāhui Ringatoi Aotearoa (AMA) believes in the power of arts, culture and creativity to enrich the lives of all New Zealanders.
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NZ Game Developers Association champion, support, and grow game development in New Zealand.
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Our vision is to foster a vibrant and inclusive arts community within the Upper Clutha region.
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CODAT work toward ensuring the arts in Central Otago continue to flourish by responding to the Central Otago Arts Strategy, the immediate requirements of our wider artistic community, and those of Central Otago people by supporting, developing, and promoting artists and the arts in our region.
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APRA AMCOS NZ are a music rights management organisation. Their licences help music creators get paid for their work and provide a straightforward way to legally play and copy our music.
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NZ Film Commission supports a diverse range of New Zealand and international stories to be told here and seen everywhere.
It promotes talented individuals and strengthens the industry’s reputation for creativity, innovation and exceptional production values.
By balancing cultural and economic objectives, the NZFC achieves successful outcomes for both the industry and its people.
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Arts Access Aotearoa’s purpose is to increase access to the arts for people who experience barriers to participation as artists, performers, audience members, and gallery and museum visitors.
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The New Zealand Music Commission Te Reo Reka o Aotearoa is a government funded organisation that promotes music from New Zealand and supports the growth of New Zealand music businesses – both culturally and economically, at home and abroad.
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Arts Murihiku is Southland’s not-for-profit Regional Arts Organisation, who are heavily focused on capability building within the arts sector.
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PEN NZ Inc is the principal representative for the professional interests of writers. Protecting basic rights to freedom of expression, working to improve income and conditions, promoting Aotearoa New Zealand writing and literary culture.
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Websites, news and directories to follow
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The Big Idea is an online hub, providing news, updates, the latest jobs and opportunities, events as well as ideas and inspiration from across the creative industries to help individuals and organisations in Aotearoa create their own success.
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Campaign Brief has become the advertising industry must visit site for all the latest in news and new campaigns with just about everyone in the industry logging on at least once a day.
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Published quarterly, Art News is an essential touchstone for arts professionals and practitioners, engaged collectors and enthusiasts, who return to the magazine for discerning, informed and stylish writing from the country’s leading voices, supported by a committed team.
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Through a series of thoughtfully curated conversations and experiences spanning the cultural gamut - from art, music, fashion, film, theatre, dance and literature - Arts-Matter cultivate community, spark debate, and thrive on bridging cultural, social and gender divides.
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Contemporary HUM is a forum generating critical discussion of New Zealand visual arts presented overseas.
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Creative directory & what’s on guide for Queenstown, Wānaka & surrounds
Te Wāhi Toi / The Arts Place is the FREE creative directory and what’s on guide for arts and culture in the Queenstown Lakes District.
Whether you're an artist, musician, maker, or supporter of the arts, Te Wāhi Toi is your go-to place to connect, discover, and share. Find exhibitions, events, workshops, and tutors. Book a space, visit a gallery, or create a free listing to showcase your work, event, or venue—all in one place.
Subscribe to receive regular updates tailored to your interests and stay in the loop with arts and culture across the district.
Te Wāhi Toi is powered by Three Lakes Cultural Trust.
Multi Cultural Festival
Arts and culture expand the ways people may communicate with each other, develop, make sense of and express experiences, beyond merely verbal communication.
Sourced: Ministry for Culture & Heritage Manatū Taonga (NZ)2022, Valuing the Arts