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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]
Te Ara translates its iwi entries into te reo Māori
Thursday, 7 July 2011, 10:27 am | Ministry For Culture And Heritage
Aotearoa has many different iwi (tribes) and each is represented in Te Ara (New Zealand’s online encyclopedia). Interesting facts, figures and stories in each iwi entry create an individual biography which is fully translated into te reo Māori. More >>
Māori Battalion site brings generations together w te reo
Tuesday, 5 July 2011, 5:27 pm | Ministry For Culture And Heritage
The 28th Māori Battalion website www.28maoribattalion.org.nz is dedicated to promoting the men who served with the battalion in the Second World War. Between 1941 and 1945 the Māori Battalion forged an outstanding reputation on the battlefields of Greece, ... More >>
Manatū Taonga showcases its Māori language content
Tuesday, 5 July 2011, 2:47 pm | Ministry for Culture and Heritage
Every year since 1975 New Zealand has marked Māori Language Week. This is a time for all New Zealanders to celebrate te reo Māori (the Māori language) and to use more Māori phrases in everyday life. In 2011 Māori Language Week is from 4–10 ... More >>
Manatū Taonga Showcases its Māori Language Content
Monday, 4 July 2011, 5:58 pm | Ministry of Culture and Heritage
Every year since 1975 New Zealand has marked Māori Language Week. This is a time for all New Zealanders to celebrate te reo Māori (the Māori language) and to use more Māori phrases in everyday life. More >>
High profile group to lead NZ to Frankfurt Book Fair
Friday, 1 July 2011, 11:23 am | Ministry of Culture and Heritage
A diverse group of high profile and successful New Zealanders has been selected to lead New Zealand’s Guest of Honour programme for the 2012 Frankfurt Book Fair. More >>
28 Māori Battalion website wins Public Sector Award
Thursday, 23 June 2011, 4:07 pm | Ministry For Culture And Heritage
The 28 Māori Battalion website www.28maoribattalion.org.nz won the top award in the Crown-Māori Relationships category of the IPANZ-Gen-I Public Sector awards, announced last night in Wellington. More >>
Oral History Awards reflect extraordinary diversity
Wednesday, 8 June 2011, 3:43 pm | Ministry For Culture And Heritage
Over $120,000 have been awarded to 14 oral history projects including subjects such as the Auckland beach suburb of Milford, women judges in New Zealand, the ”Dunedin Sound” in music, and the Christchurch earthquake. More >>
Regional rugby facts, figures and memories go online
Wednesday, 8 June 2011, 12:36 pm | Ministry For Culture And Heritage
To coincide with the 2011 Rugby World Cup, New Zealand’s online history resource NZHistory has created a new feature which documents the emergence of the provincial game in this country. Presenting facts and anecdotes about each of New Zealand’s ... More >>
Regional rugby facts, figures and memories go online
Wednesday, 8 June 2011, 11:52 am | Ministry For Culture And Heritage
To coincide with the 2011 Rugby World Cup, New Zealand’s online history resource NZHistory has created a new feature which documents the emergence of the provincial game in this country. Presenting facts and anecdotes about each of New Zealand’s ... More >>
Marlborough’s bright unexplained lights
Monday, 9 May 2011, 3:16 pm | Ministry of Culture and Heritage
Te Ara, New Zealand’s online encyclopedia, launches its new Marlborough region entry this Thursday in Blenheim. The entry is a detailed exploration of the area covering its history, culture, industry and strange phenomenon: More >>
Māori Battalion website finalist in Excellence Awards
Thursday, 5 May 2011, 1:40 pm | Ministry For Culture And Heritage
The 28th Māori Battalion website (www.28maoribattalion.org.nz) which keeps alive the legacy of the 3600 soldiers of the Battalion was announced as a finalist in the Crown - Māori relationships category at the IPANZ Gen-I Public Sector Excellence ... More >>
70 years since Greek ship sinks with Kiwi soliders
Wednesday, 20 April 2011, 2:49 pm | Ministry For Culture And Heritage
"Flames were everywhere enveloping the ship. The heat was overpowering and boiling water from fractured pipes scalded the flesh from people’s bones. 'I could see a woman with both legs trapped and her body engulfed in flames,' recalled Lance-Corporal ... More >>
Papakura Museum Anzac 2011 Exhibition 'How We Remember Them'
Tuesday, 19 April 2011, 4:07 pm | Ministry of Culture and Heritage
The new Papakura Museum's inaugural Anzac exhibition showcases memories and memorabilia of New Zealand veterans of two wars, the First World War and Vietnam. More >>
New Chief Historian Announced
Tuesday, 19 April 2011, 3:48 pm | Ministry of Culture and Heritage
Neill Atkinson has been appointed as Chief Historian at Mānatu Taonga - the Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Atkinson is a graduate of the University of Auckland and has worked as a historian in government since the early 1990s. More >>
New Zealand Flag at half mast on Friday 18 March
Wednesday, 16 March 2011, 9:19 pm | Ministry For Culture And Heritage
At the request of the Prime Minister, the Right Honourable John Key, the New Zealand Flag is to be half-masted on all Government and public buildings on Friday 18 March 2011, to mark the memorial service for the victims of the Christchurch earthquake. More >>
Goal To Locate 3600 Photos For Māori Battalion Website
Monday, 14 March 2011, 10:05 am | Ministry For Culture And Heritage
A website has set for itself the impressive task of locating a photo of every one of the 3600 soldiers of the 28th Māori Battalion. More >>
The Arts Rally for Christchurch
Tuesday, 8 March 2011, 5:36 pm | Ministry of Culture and Heritage
Nationally funded arts organisations are mobilising to raise money for and to support the people of Christchurch. Events for the people of Christchurch are being organised by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, the Royal New Zealand Ballet and Te Matatini. More >>
The Arts Rally for Christchurch
Tuesday, 8 March 2011, 2:07 pm | Ministry For Culture And Heritage
Nationally funded arts organisations are mobilising to raise money for and to support the people of Christchurch. More >>
NZ History Trust Awards celebrates 21st economically
Thursday, 16 December 2010, 11:41 am | Ministry of Culture and Heritage
For the first time in its 21 years the New Zealand History Research Trust has awarded a major grant of $60,000 – to Brian Easton for his project, ‘Not in Narrow Seas: A History of New Zealand from an Economic Perspective’. More >>
NZ Marks Battle of Britain Role on Anniversary
Friday, 10 September 2010, 12:07 pm | Ministry For Culture And Heritage
It is 70 years on 15 September since the Battle of Britain which was the turning point for the Second World War. Had Germany succeeded in conquering Britain, it would probably have won the war; its failure induced Hitler to make the fatal decision ... More >>
