CREATIVE NEW ZEALAND MEDIA RELEASE
4 September 2013
Creative New Zealand awards $19.5 million to the arts
Thirty-seven arts organisations throughout the country have been awarded $19.5 million in funding over the next three
years (2014-2016) from Creative New Zealand’s two multi-year arts investment programmes.
Funding through the complementary programmes covers the full range of arts activities, spanning theatre, music, dance
and performing arts, literature, festivals, visual arts and craft/object arts.
Thirty-three organisations were awarded $10.9 million through the Toi Uru Kahikatea (Arts Development) investment programme and four were awarded $8.6 million through the Toi Tōtara Haemata (Arts
Leadership) investment programme.
There were six new entrants to the Toi Uru Kahikatea programme in 2014: The Conch theatre company; Otago University
Press; the New Zealand Opera School; Youth Performance Trust; the New Zealand Dance Festival and a mentoring programme
facilitated by jeweller Peter Deckers. The remaining 27 are existing clients who reapplied for one to three years of
continuous funding through the programme.
“It is gratifying to see such strong and diverse new entrants into this important arts development programme. We are
also pleased to announce increases in funding for many of our existing clients,’’ said Creative New Zealand’s Chief
Executive, Stephen Wainwright.
“As a new Toi Uru Kahikatea client, the New Zealand Opera School will provide intensive training for this country’s
emerging opera stars. Another new entrant, The Conch, will be developing and presenting two new works and teaching
theatre skills to Pacific Island youth.”
Creative New Zealand also offered four key roles in theatre and Māori arts, under the Toi Tōtara Haemata programme, to
Christchurch’s Court Theatre, Toi Māori Aotearoa, and Wellington’s Circa and Taki Rua theatre companies.
“We are pleased to fill these key roles in our Toi Tōtara Haemata programme. The Court Theatre has faced extraordinary
challenges post-quake. Despite this, it has increased its audience and played a vital role in rebuilding the cultural
life of Christchurch,” said Mr Wainwright.
Toi Uru Kahikatea provides funding to established New Zealand practitioners, groups and arts organisations for one to
three years to support ongoing activities and infrastructure. The complementary Toi Tōtara Haemata programme provides
funding for two to five years for organisations to fill specific key roles in creating, presenting, distributing or
encouraging participation in high-quality New Zealand arts experiences.
“Together, the Toi Tōtara Haemata and Toi Uru Kahikatea programmes support 80 arts organisations throughout New Zealand,
providing both stability and flexibility to Creative New Zealand’s arts funding, Mr Wainwright said. “These funding
rounds are a way to regularly assess and refresh the range of arts organisations to which we provide multi-year
funding.”
In addition to its investment programmes, Creative New Zealand also supports the arts through its Quick Response and
Arts Grants and capability building programmes.
Notes to Editors:
1.Toi Uru Kahikatea (Art Development) 2013 Investment Round Organisation
2014 $2015 $2016 $Total $Craft/ObjectDeckers & Gascard Partnership (Makers 101 Ltd) 77,97490,49780,217248,688DanceAtamira Dance Company332,500332,500665,000Footnote Dance Company400,000400,000800,000NZ Dance Advancement Trust (NZ Dance Company)500,000500,0001 millionNZ Dance Festival Trust (Tempo Dance Festival)110,000110,000110,000330,000Pacific Island Dance Fono Trust100,000100,000InterartsArts on Tour NZ Trust217,000217,000434,000Prompt Incorporated35,00035,000The Big Idea87,18287,182LiteratureAuckland University Press55,00055,000Otago University Press32,50032,500Penguin Group21,50021,500Random House NZ Ltd35,50035,500Victoria University Press37,00037,000Māori Performing ArtsKahurangi NZ Maori Dance Trust291,665291,665583,330MusicChoirs Aotearoa290,000286,000300,000876,000NZ Choral Federation155,000145,000179,000479,000NZ Opera School30,00020,00020,00070,000NZTrio Foundation156,000175,600183,500515,100Strike Percussion Trust99,90099,900Youth Performance Trust60,00060,000120,000Pan-artform FestivalsOtago Festival of the Arts Trust 60,00060,000Southern Lakes Arts Festival Trust10,00090,000100,000TheatreFortune Theatre Trust500,000500,000500,0001.5 millionIndian Ink Theatre Company214,132214,132Red Leap Charitable Trust298,500298,500Silo Theatre Trust420,000420,000Tawata Productions241,190256,292497,482Shakespeare Globe Theatre Company30,00050,00080,000The Conch Theatre Company221,670343,787565,457Young and Hungry Artist Trust97,00098,50098,500294,000Visual ArtsArt and Industry Biennial Trust (SCAPE)79,800126,000205,800McCahon House Trust44,64044,64089,280
2.Toi Tōtara Haemata (Arts Leadership) 2013 Investment RoundOrganisation
2014 $2015 $2016 $Total $Circa Theatre / TACT630,000600,000580,0001,810,000Taki Rua Productions455,000455,000455,0001,365,000The Court Theatre990,0001,029,6001,065,6363,085,236Toi Maori Aotearoa806,000786,000766,0002,358,000
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