To make best use of our resources we fund arts activities that achieve our programme outcomes within specified artforms.
There are other government agencies with mandates in the wider cultural, arts, creative and community sectors. We aim to ensure our investment complements that of other agencies, avoids duplication, and ensures effective and efficient use of public money. We encourage you to check which agency may fund your type of project or activity.
Creative New Zealand does not support the same project phase already supported by other government agencies that provide arts and culture funding. You can however apply for a different project or a different phase of the same project, if eligible. Please check our artform guidelines and additional guidelines regarding activities we do and don’t fund. Creative New Zealand and other funders share relevant information on applications for the purpose of ensuring there is no duplication of funding.
Government agencies supporting the arts, cultural and creative sector where duplication could occur
- Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage – Arts and Culture COVID Recovery Programme
- Support from Manatū Taonga Cultural Sector Emergency Relief Fund, the Arts and Culture Event Support Scheme and the Grant for Self-Employed Individuals are not considered project funding.
- New Zealand Film Commission – please refer to our guidelines for film/screen activities.
- NZ On Air – please refer to our Music guidelines. Creative New Zealand does not fund content for television and radio.
- New Zealand Music Commission – please refer to our Music guidelines.
- New Zealand History Research Trust and Ngā Kōrero Tuku Iho, New Zealand Oral History Grants – please refer to our Literature guidelines.
- Te Matatini – Creative New Zealand supports a range of ngā toi Māori artforms within kapa haka but will not fund activities or programmes already funded by Te Matatini in relation to whakataetae (competition). Please refer to our ngā toi Māori guidelines.
- Te Māngai Pāho – please refer to our Music guidelines and ngā toi Māori guidelines. Creative New Zealand does not fund content for television and radio.
- Te Puni Kōkiri – please refer to our ngā toi Māori guidelines.
We recognise that other government agencies whose general mandate is not within the arts and culture sector may wish to support an arts project. A project involving a partnership and/or co-investment with another government agency may be funded, but budget lines funded by these agencies will not be funded by Creative New Zealand.
We do not support activities carried out or supported by agencies directly funded by government i.e., New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Royal New Zealand Ballet, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Radio New Zealand for example.