Creative New Zealand

The Arts Council of New Zealand Toi Aotearoa (Creative New Zealand) is the national arts development agency of the New Zealand government, investing in artists and arts organisations, offering capability building programmes and developing markets and audiences for New Zealand arts domestically and internationally. Its funding consists of approximately 30% central government funding and the remaining amount from the Lotteries Commission. In 2014/15, the Arts Council invested a record $43.6 million in New Zealand arts and arts organisations.

Funding is available for artists, community groups and arts organisations. Creative New Zealand funds project and organisations across many art-forms, including theatre, dance, music, literature, visual art, craft object art, Māori arts, Pacific arts, Inter-arts and Multi-disciplinary.

Creative New Zealand funding is distributed under four broad funding programmes:

In 2012, Creative New Zealand introduced Arts Development/Leadership Investments to replace its Recurrently Funded Organisations funding. Arts Development Investments provide funding for extended periods for established artists, arts practitioners, groups and arts organisations.

The Toi Tōtara Haemata (Tōtara) and Toi Uru Kahikatea (Kahikatea) investment programmes support New Zealand’s arts infrastructure and the development of arts organisations by offering funding for fixed terms of between one and five years. Creative New Zealand’s total investment spend for the 2016 calendar year is $25.15 million across 81 arts organisations. Arts organisations funded include New Zealand Opera, Artspace Aotearoa, Playmarket, Chamber Music New Zealand, New Zealand Book Council, Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, Arts Access Aotearoa and Taki Rua theatre company.

Creative New Zealand administers a fund called the Creative Communities Scheme (CCS). CCS funding coordinators sit within local councils and receive biannual grants to be directed to local arts projects.

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