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Ministry for Culture and Heritage
Manatū Taonga
Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage works to enrich the lives of all New Zealanders by promoting a confident and connected culture.
We support many of New Zealand's arts, media, heritage and sports organisations; advise government on cultural matters and provide research and resources for everyone to access. The organisations we fund deliver a wide range of cultural experiences for all to enjoy.
Ministry for Culture and Heritage - Latest News [Page 18]
NZ’s Frankfurt Book Fair pavilion takes out supreme award
Friday, 21 June 2013, 5:25 pm | Ministry for Culture and Heritage
The Ministry for Culture and Heritage congratulates Patterson Associates on their win at this year’s Interior Awards, where they won both the supreme award and the award for installation. More >>
50 year Anzac Day anniversary for NZ medics in Vietnam
Tuesday, 23 April 2013, 6:14 pm | Ministry For Culture And Heritage
The Ministry for Culture and Heritage and the Viet Nam Health Trust are marking the 50th anniversary of the New Zealand surgical team’s arrival in South Vietnam to treat civilian casualties of war-related accident and injury. More >>
NZ history buzzes with new research and fish and chips
Wednesday, 19 December 2012, 1:26 pm | Ministry For Culture And Heritage
The New Zealand History Research Trust Fund has announced 11 award winners for 2013. The Trust is administered by Manatū Taonga/the Ministry for Culture and Heritage. This year’s winning subject matter covers a range of topics from the history of ... More >>
Cleaning underway at National War Memorial due to graffiti
Tuesday, 4 December 2012, 4:09 pm | Ministry of Culture and Heritage
Today the National War Memorial is being scrubbed clean again after graffiti appeared on the building last week. The Memorial is undertaking a major refurbishment and has had scaffolding up for almost the whole year to carry out the necessary work. More >>
70 year old recordings from Māori soldiers rediscovered
Thursday, 29 November 2012, 11:20 am | Ministry For Culture And Heritage
Today recordings made by wounded Māori troops in North Africa 70 years ago have gone up on the 28th Māori Battalion website www.28maoribattalion.org.nz and help recognise official winding up of the 28th Māori Battalion Association this weekend. ... More >>
Gallipoli Survey Progresses
Monday, 29 October 2012, 10:15 am | Ministry For Culture And Heritage
Shrapnel shells and fragments, bullets, boot fragments, a Turkish bayonet and Roman remains have been found by Turkish, Australian and New Zealand historians and archaeologists during the recently completed third field session of the on-going battlefield survey ... More >>
NZ Breaks Records in Frankfurt
Sunday, 14 October 2012, 4:34 pm | Ministry of Culture and Heritage
New Zealand has broken all previous records as Guest of Honour at this year's Frankfurt Book Fair. More >>
New Zealand Publishers Set To Shine In Frankfurt
Monday, 8 October 2012, 5:21 pm | Ministry of Culture and Heritage
The New Zealand publishing industry is set for the biggest week in its history as Kiwi authors and their works take centrestage at the world’s largest book fair. More >>
Tape Art & Poetry at Frankfurt Book Fair
Thursday, 4 October 2012, 4:19 pm | Ministry of Culture and Heritage
A larger-than-life collaboration between tape artists Erica Duthie and Struan Ashby and poet Kate Camp will greet hundreds of thousands of visitors to the Frankfurt Book Fair this year, where New Zealand is the guest of honour. More >>
Tribute To Margaret Mahy In Germany
Tuesday, 2 October 2012, 2:20 pm | Ministry of Culture and Heritage
A tribute event to honour much-loved New Zealand children’s author Margaret Mahy will be held next week at the Frankfurt Book Fair where New Zealand is Guest of Honour. More >>
Facelift for National War Memorial
Wednesday, 26 September 2012, 3:15 pm | Ministry For Culture And Heritage
Scaffolding at the National War Memorial in Wellington will remain up until March after maintenance work revealed more necessary repairs need to be carried out, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage announced today. More >>
New Zealand launches writers’ walk in Frankfurt
Tuesday, 25 September 2012, 2:53 pm | Ministry of Culture and Heritage
New Zealand has this week launched a writers’ walk along the banks of the River Main in Germany to celebrate our Guest of Honour status at the next month’s Frankfurt Book Fair. More >>
Education Publishers Unite for Frankfurt Book Fair
Friday, 21 September 2012, 3:26 pm | Ministry For Culture And Heritage
New Zealand’s education publishers and Education New Zealand have joined forces to produce a web-book that will be launched at next month’s Frankfurt Book Fair. More >>
Auckland Writers Off To Frankfurt
Tuesday, 18 September 2012, 4:27 pm | Ministry For Culture And Heritage
Auckland's best-known writers are heading to Europe shortly to spread the word about New Zealand literature. More >>
Winning writer heads to Frankfurt for global culture
Monday, 10 September 2012, 10:21 am | Ministry For Culture And Heritage
Award-winning author Hamish Clayton is about to hop on a plane to Frankfurt to take up a month-long residency at the Weltkulturen Museum – one of the city’s cultural highlights. More >>
New Gallipoli Survey Session
Friday, 24 August 2012, 10:41 am | Ministry For Culture And Heritage
Ministry for Culture and Heritage historian Ian McGibbon returns to Turkey next month to take part in the third field session surveying the Anzac battlefield at Gallipoli. More >>
NZ Flag to Fly at Half-Mast
Monday, 6 August 2012, 9:52 am | Ministry of Culture and Heritage
The Ministry for Culture and Heritage advises that the New Zealand Flag is to be flown at half-mast on all Government and public buildings for the remainder of today, August 6, to mark the death of two soldiers of the New Zealand Defence Force, killed ... More >>
Discussion Document Released
Thursday, 2 August 2012, 3:15 pm | Ministry of Culture and Heritage
The Ministry for Culture and Heritage has today released a discussion document that canvases the benefits and risks of introducing legislation to protect New Zealand museums borrowing objects from overseas. More >>
Orchestra sector review discussion document released
Monday, 23 July 2012, 4:24 pm | Ministry For Culture And Heritage
The Ministry for Culture and Heritage has today published a discussion document as part of its review of the New Zealand professional orchestra sector. More >>
Oral History Awards reflect extraordinary diversity
Monday, 2 July 2012, 3:30 pm | Ministry of Culture and Heritage
Almost $110,000 has this year been awarded to 14 oral history projects that will span a huge range of subjects including workers on the Manapouri Hydro Dam, women living in the Chatham Islands and Auckland’s West Coasters Club – a group of ... More >>
