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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.
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Oral history awards reveal New Zealand’s stories
Tuesday, 18 June 2019, 11:20 am | Ministry For Culture And Heritage
Women’s sex lives, New Zealand’s transgender community, Dungeons and Dragons gaming, ZEALANDIA and ice skating are just some of the fascinating topics covered in this year’s New Zealand Oral History Awards, Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture ... More >>
Call to check names for the National Erebus Memorial
Monday, 17 June 2019, 9:50 am | Ministry For Culture And Heritage
Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage is asking family members of the 257 people who lost their lives to check the names that will be inscribed on the new National Erebus Memorial. More >>
Māori contribution to First World War revealed in new book
Wednesday, 5 June 2019, 5:22 pm | Ministry For Culture And Heritage
The important and poignant story of the Māori contribution to the First World War is told for the first time in the book Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori in the First World War, Neill Atkinson Chief Historian Manatū Taonga said today. More >>
75th Anniversary of the Normandy Landings
Thursday, 30 May 2019, 4:18 pm | Ministry For Culture And Heritage
New Zealand will mark the 75th anniversary of the Normandy Landings at Pukeahu National War Memorial Park on Thursday 6 June at 11.00am. The public is welcome to attend this commemoration More >>
Hui Aroha for Maori Pioneer Battalion recalled 100 years on
Wednesday, 29 May 2019, 5:47 pm | Ministry For Culture And Heritage
An Honour Guard of 100 men will march through Gisborne on 8 June to mark the century since the Hui Aroha was held there to welcome home Maori Pioneer Battalion soldiers from the First World War, Neill Atkinson Chief Historian Manatū Taonga Ministry ... More >>
Tuia 250 Voyage Trainee applications now open
Tuesday, 28 May 2019, 11:54 am | Ministry for Culture and Heritage
New Zealanders will get a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be part of the Tuia 250 Voyage and to sail aboard waka hourua (double-hulled canoes), va’a moana, heritage and youth ships as part of a flotilla, Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage ... More >>
Tuia 250 Voyage Flotilla announced
Tuesday, 14 May 2019, 1:40 pm | Ministry for Culture and Heritage
Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage Chief Executive Bernadette Cavanagh announced today the core vessels that will take part in the Tuia - Encounters 250 national commemoration. More >>
Maori Pioneer Battalion commemorating 100 years since return
Thursday, 4 April 2019, 3:38 pm | Ministry For Culture And Heritage
The New Zealand Maori (Pioneer) Battalion was the only battalion of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force to return to New Zealand as a complete unit and on 6 April 1919, thousands turned out to give its men a rousing welcome, says Dr Monty Soutar, Senior ... More >>
New Zealand Flag half-masting directive - Friday 15 March 20
Friday, 15 March 2019, 10:37 pm | Ministry For Culture And Heritage
Notification for the New Zealand Flag to be flown at half mast with immediate effect Tēnā koutou katoa At the request of the Prime Minister, the Right Honourable Jacinda Ardern, the New Zealand Flag is to be flown at half-mast on all Government and public ... More >>
Annual history awards reveal New Zealand’s stories
Monday, 11 March 2019, 9:28 am | Ministry For Culture And Heritage
Deeper insights into the life and times of Helen Kelly and Te Rauparaha are among the New Zealand stories to be revealed through this year’s annual New Zealand History Awards, Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage Chief Historian Neill Atkinson ... More >>
Let’s talk. Tuia 250 – a conversation about our nation
Thursday, 21 February 2019, 8:40 am | Ministry of Culture and Heritage
This year a commemoration marking 250 years since the first onshore encounters between Māori and Europeans will prompt New Zealanders to have conversations about our history, led by co-chairs of the Tuia – Encounters 250 National Coordinating Committee, ... More >>
Te Matatini brings dynamic Māori culture to Wellington
Thursday, 21 February 2019, 8:15 am | Ministry For Culture And Heritage
Aotearoa’s vibrant and dynamic Māori culture will be front and centre stage at the biennial Te Matatini festival taking place in Wellington for the first time in 20 years, Bernadette Cavanagh Chief Executive Manatū Taonga, Ministry for Culture ... More >>
Six designs submitted for National Erebus Memorial
Friday, 15 February 2019, 9:07 am | Ministry For Culture And Heritage
Concept designs for a new National Erebus Memorial have now been submitted to Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage, says Ministry for Culture and Heritage chief executive Bernadette Cavanagh. More >>
National Erebus Memorial designers shortlisted
Tuesday, 18 December 2018, 7:26 pm | Ministry For Culture And Heritage
Six designers for the National Erebus Memorial have been selected to proceed to the next stage in which their design will be developed, announced Chair of the National Erebus Memorial Design Panel Paul James. “We’ve had great interest in this Memorial, ... More >>
First vote for women celebrated
Wednesday, 28 November 2018, 8:36 am | Ministry For Culture And Heritage
A number of well-known women activists, historians, writers and supporters of women’s rights will gather for a special Voting Day breakfast today to mark the first time women voted in a New Zealand general election, says Tamsin Evans, Deputy Chief Executive, ... More >>
Auckland site approved for National Erebus Memorial
Wednesday, 21 November 2018, 10:10 am | Ministry For Culture And Heritage
The Waitematā Local Board has given support to the construction of the National Erebus Memorial at Auckland’s Dove-Myer Robinson Park / Taurarua Pā, commonly known as the Parnell Rose Gardens. More >>
Auckland site proposed for National Erebus Memorial
Friday, 16 November 2018, 9:12 am | Ministry For Culture And Heritage
Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage will be putting forward a proposal to the Waitemata Local Board for the National Erebus Memorial to be constructed at Dove-Myer Robinson Park / Taurarua Pā in Auckland, commonly known as the Parnell ... More >>
Te Tai Whakaea Treaty Settlement Stories launched today
Friday, 9 November 2018, 3:56 pm | Ministry For Culture And Heritage
Te Tai Whakaea Treaty Settlement Stories (Te Tai), launched today by the Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern, will help us connect with our past and share the multi-faceted history of Treaty settlements, says Dr Monty Soutar, ... More >>
Call for National Erebus Memorial designs
Tuesday, 6 November 2018, 9:11 am | Ministry For Culture And Heritage
Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage welcomes expressions of interest from architects, artists, landscape architects and designers, for the National Erebus Memorial planned to mark the 40th anniversary since the accident. More >>
Gallipoli diaries return to New Zealand
Thursday, 1 November 2018, 12:02 pm | Ministry For Culture And Heritage
Descendants of soldiers who served at Gallipoli in the First World War will hold and read the diaries of their loved ones today, in some cases for the first time, following a transfer of archive material from the United Kingdom, Neill Atkinson, ... More >>
