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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 20]
Anniversary of Battle For Passchendaele To Be Marked
Friday, 7 October 2011, 10:42 am | Ministry For Culture And Heritage
The Ministry for Culture and Heritage advises that Wednesday 12 October marks the 94th anniversary of the bloodiest battle fought by New Zealand soldiers during the First World War. More >>
Gallipoli Survey Finds Malone’s Terraces at Quinn’s Post
Tuesday, 4 October 2011, 2:49 pm | Ministry of Culture and Heritage
A team of historians and archaeologists from New Zealand, Australia and Turkey have made an exciting discovery while surveying the Gallipoli battlefields. The second fieldwork exercise – the most significant of its kind since the First World War ... More >>
1893 women’s suffrage petition available online
Thursday, 15 September 2011, 10:34 am | Ministry For Culture And Heritage
Did one of your ancestors sign the historic 1893 petition calling for women’s right to vote? If so, you can now search for their names online and contribute information about them. To mark Women’s Suffrage Day on 19 September, Manatū Taonga/Ministry ... More >>
Roadside Stories: Listen for Unique Tales of Aotearoa NZ
Wednesday, 31 August 2011, 12:41 pm | Ministry For Culture And Heritage
Roadside Stories - an entertaining, free audio guide designed for domestic and international tourists - launches today to coincide with Rugby World Cup 2011 as part of the REAL New Zealand festival. More >>
Gallipoli Survey Effort to Resume
Friday, 26 August 2011, 3:28 pm | Ministry For Culture And Heritage
Ministry for Culture and Heritage war historian Ian McGibbon heads back to Gallipoli next month for the second field session of the joint historical and archaeological survey of the Anzac battlefield. He will link up with Turkish and Australian historians ... More >>
Te Ara, NZ's online encyclopedia, launches Gisborne entry
Wednesday, 24 August 2011, 5:36 pm | Ministry For Culture And Heritage
Gisborne is well known for its bright hot climate, chardonnay and relaxed coastal lifestyle, but as Te Ara – the online encyclopedia of New Zealand – reports, its history is filled with some of New Zealand’s most significant events, meetings ... More >>
Online Vietnam War roll launched for NZ Veterans
Friday, 19 August 2011, 9:46 am | Ministry For Culture And Heritage
A campaign is today being launched to mark NZ Vietnam Veterans’ Remembrance Day, also the anniversary of the 1966 Battle of Long Tan. More >>
Funding For 2012 Waitangi Day Activities Opens Today
Monday, 15 August 2011, 11:19 am | Ministry For Culture And Heritage
Waitangi Day 2012 is set to be filled with colourful events around the country thanks to community funding made available through Manatū Taonga/Ministry for Culture and Heritage. More >>
Eyes of the rugby world on NZ: 30 years ago and today
Thursday, 28 July 2011, 11:59 am | Ministry For Culture And Heritage
The eyes of the rugby loving world will be fixed on New Zealand in September 2011 when the All Blacks play Tonga in the opening game of the 2011 Rugby World Cup at Eden Park. Almost 30 years ago to the day the eyes of the world were on the same ... More >>
Local Non-commercial FM Radio Frequencies available
Friday, 22 July 2011, 10:19 am | Ministry For Culture And Heritage
The Ministry for Culture and Heritage has today announced it has non-commercial FM radio frequencies available in Hamilton, Tauranga and Invercargill. The Ministry is calling for applications from potential operators and broadcasters for the frequencies. ... More >>
Frankfurt Book Fair Guest of Honour Project Director
Friday, 15 July 2011, 2:12 pm | Ministry For Culture And Heritage
Tanea Heke will lead New Zealand’s year long Guest of Honour programme leading up to the 2012 Frankfurt Book Fair, Manatū Taonga – the Ministry for Culture and Heritage’s chief executive Lewis Holden announced today. More >>
e-book gives access to nearly 500 biographies in te reo
Friday, 8 July 2011, 11:18 am | Ministry For Culture And Heritage
Basil Keane, Director of Māori Digital Projects at Manatū Taonga/Ministry for Culture and Heritage has compiled nearly 500 biographies profiling significant figures in Māoridom into a te reo Māori e-book, Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, 1869-1960, to ... More >>
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 >>
