The Arts Foundation of New Zealand Te Tumu Toi is a New Zealand arts organisation that supports artistic excellence and facilitates private philanthropy through raising funds for the arts and allocating it to New Zealand artists. The foundation produces award programmes that provide recognition and money prizes to New Zealand artists working in across all art forms. This includes writers, fine artists, musicians, dancers, choreographers, theatre-makers and screen artists.

Background

The concept of setting up an organisation to raise private funding for the arts was initiated by Creative New Zealand in 1997. Its chair Brian Stevenson approached Richard Cathie to chair a working party on the subject and Sir Ronald Scott was appointed consultant, with help from Gisella Carr. Early working party members and trustees included Mary, Lady Hardie Boys; Gillian, Lady Deane; Dame Jenny Gibbs; Sir Paul Reeves; Sir John Todd; Sir Miles Warren; and Sir Eion Edgar. The foundation was incorporated as a charitable Trust in 1998 with Richard Cathie remaining as chair. Seed funding of $5m was secured from The Lottery Grants Board payable over five years and the foundation was launched in 2000. In 2002, Simon Bowden was appointed Executive Director and in 2003 the organisation held its first awards. By 2008 the Arts Foundation had established an endowment fund of 6 million and donated $3 million to over 100 artists across arts disciplines. In 2012, the Arts Foundation launched Boosted a crowdsourced funding platform. The Arts Foundation Awards celebrate achievement in an artists career. Donations come from Patrons of the Arts Foundation and other sources and are awarded directly to artists at the annual New Zealand Arts Awards. Promotion of the arts is also part of the mandate of the Arts Foundation. In September 2019, the Arts Foundation launched the first New Zealand Arts Month. This campaign was supported by Creative NZ, Chartwell Trust,

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, Phantom and Go Media. Jessica Palalagi was appointed general manager in 2022.

Awards

There is no application process for the awards. Artists are selected by an independent panel of arts peers or curators and recipients of awards are selected without their knowing they are under consideration. The Arts Foundation administers this process. The Icon Awards, Whakamana Hiranga recognise a lifetime of achievement. Artists considered to have prominence and outstanding potential receive The Laureate Award. Artists in the early stages of their career were selected to receive a New Generation Award, and now receive a Springboard Award and mentorship from a Laureate or Icon. In partnership, the foundation produces the Marti Friedlander Photographic Award, of $25,000NZD to assist the career of a photographer, and the Harriet Friedlander Residency, which is a

residency Residency may refer to: * Artist-in-residence, a program to sponsor the residence and work of visual artists, writers, musicians, etc. * Concert residency, a series of concerts performed at one venue * Domicile (law), the act of establishing or m ...

in New York valued at $80,000NZD. The Mallinson Rendel Illustrators Award was presented for the first time in 2011. The award is presented every two years to a

children's book Children's literature or juvenile literature includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are created for children. In addition to conventional literary genres, modern children's literature is classified by the intended age of the reade ...

illustrator with published work of a high standard and includes a cash gift of $15,000. In 2021, The Arts Foundation honoured artist and Māori Arts curator Nigel Borell with the "A Moment In Time He Momo" award. The Arts Foundation also administers the

Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellowship The Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellowship, formerly known as the New Zealand Post Katherine Mansfield Prize and the Meridian Energy Katherine Mansfield Memorial Fellowship, is one of New Zealand's foremost literary awards. Named after Katherine ...

awarding a residency to Menton in France for a writer.

Icon Award

The Arts Foundation of New Zealand established the Icon Awards as a means to celebrate and acknowledge New Zealand art-makers who have achieved the highest standards of

artistic expression Art is a diverse range of cultural activity centered around ''works'' utilizing creative or imaginative talents, which are expected to evoke a worthwhile experience, generally through an expression of emotional power, conceptual ideas, tec ...

. Limited to a living circle of 20, Icons are pioneers and leaders from all arts disciplines, living and working around the world. To date, 41 artists have been acknowledged as Icons. In 2003, eight artists were honoured, followed by one in 2004, seven in 2005, five in 2007, five in 2011, five in 2013, two in 2015, five in 2018, and three in 2020. Each Icon receives a

medallion A medal or medallion is a small portable artistic object, a thin disc, normally of metal, carrying a design, usually on both sides. They typically have a commemorative purpose of some kind, and many are presented as awards. They may be in ...

and pin designed by sculptor John Edgar. The recipient is gifted the pin in perpetuity, while the medallion is presented to a successor at a future Icon Award ceremony following the artist's death. In 2008 the Arts Foundation began commissioning oral histories from Icons. In time, the foundation hopes that an

oral history Oral history is the collection and study of historical information from people, families, important events, or everyday life using audiotapes, videotapes, or transcriptions of planned interviews. These interviews are conducted with people who pa ...

will be deposited with the

Alexander Turnbull Library The National Library of New Zealand () is charged with the obligation to "enrich the cultural and economic life of New Zealand and its interchanges with other nations" (National Library of New Zealand (Te Puna Mātauranga) Act 2003). Under the ...

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covering the life of each Icon artist. This will ensure the artists' stories are on public record and available for future generations. In October 2020, multiple allegations of historical sexual abuse were made against composer

Jack Body John Stanley Body (7 October 1944 – 10 May 2015) was a New Zealand composer, ethnomusicologist, photographer, teacher, and arts producer. As a composer, his work comprised concert music, music theatre, electronic music, music for film and d ...

, who had received the award in 2015 shortly before his death, by a number of his former students. In November 2020, the allegations were described by Victoria University as "very credible", and the Arts Foundation announced that it had suspended Body's status as an Arts Icon while it "awaited further information". In January 2022, following a formal apology by the university to these students, the Arts Foundation confirmed that his award was no longer recognised by the organisation.

Living Icons

Deceased Icons

Laureate Award

Initially there were five artists honoured annually at the New Zealand Arts Awards ceremony receiving a Laureate Award of a NZ$50,000 grant each and a commissioned sculpture by Terry Stringer. No awards were awarded in 2018, and in 2019 the amount of the prize changed to NZ$25,000, new partnerships and awards were introduced and the Laureate Award will be given to up to ten practising artists.

Named awards

Established in 2019: * The

Theresa Gattung Dame Theresa Elizabeth Gattung (born 1962) is a New Zealand businessperson and the former chief executive of Telecom New Zealand (1993–2007). Early life Gattung was born in Wellington in 1962, the eldest of four daughters. She was educa ...

Female Arts Practitioners Award (awarded every year) * The Burr/ Tatham Trust Award (awarded every second year) *

Gaylene Preston Dame Gaylene Mary Preston (born 1 June 1947) is a New Zealand filmmaker with a particular interest in documentary films. Early life and family Born in Greymouth on 1 June 1947, Preston was educated at Colenso High School (now William Colenso ...

Documentary Film Makers Award (NZ$30,000 awarded every second year) Established in 2020: * The Sir Roger Hall Theatre Award (NZ$25,000 awarded every second year, $5,000 awarded to more people the other year as Out of the Limelight awards) * The My Art Visual Arts Award (awarded every year) * Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa Award Laureate Artists are New Zealanders practicing in any arts discipline, located anywhere in the world. The criteria has changed away from the terminology of 'best' which is subjective in the arts, instead focusing on the significance of work and the impact on New Zealand. The Arts Foundation website states:

Arts Foundation Laureate Awards celebrate and empower New Zealand’s most outstanding practising artists - artists whose practise also has an impact on New Zealand.

Laureates are able to use their award in any way they choose, for example, in the creation of new works, or the freedom to concentrate time and resources into the development of their career.

Recipients

;2000 *

Briar Grace-Smith Briar Grace-Smith is a screenwriter, director, actor, and short story writer from New Zealand. She has worked as an actor and writer with the Māori theatre cooperative Te Ohu Whakaari and Māori theatre company He Ara Hou. Early plays ''Don't ...

, Theatre *

Elizabeth Knox Elizabeth Fiona Knox (born 15 February 1959) is a New Zealand writer. She has authored several novels for both adults and teenagers, autobiographical novellas, and a collection of essays. One of her best-known works is '' The Vintner's Luck'' ...

, Literature *

Peter Peryer Peter Chanel Peryer (2 November 1941 – 18 November 2018) was a New Zealand photographer. In 2000, he was one of the five inaugural laureates of the Arts Foundation of New Zealand. Career Born in Ōtāhuhu, Auckland, on 2 November 1941, Perye ...

, Visual Arts *

Gillian Whitehead Dame Gillian Karawe Whitehead (born 23 April 1941) is a New Zealand composer. She is of Māori Ngāi Te Rangi descent. Her Māori heritage has been an important influence on her composing. Early life Whitehead was born in Hamilton in 1941 ...

, Music * Douglas Wright, Dance ;2001 * Phil Dadson, Visual Arts *

Kate De Goldi Kate De Goldi (born 1959) is a New Zealand novelist, children's writer and short story writer. Her early work was published under the pseudonym Kate Flannery. Early life De Goldi was born in Christchurch in 1959. She is of mixed Irish and Italia ...

, Literature *

Michael Parekowhai Michael may refer to: People * Michael (given name), a given name * he He ..., a given name * Michael (surname), including a list of people with the surname Michael Given name * Michael (bishop elect)">Michael (surname)">he He ..., a given nam ...

, Visual Arts *

, Film/Moving Image ;2002 *

Warwick Freeman Warwick Stephen Freeman (born 5 January 1953) is a New Zealand jeweller. Biography Freeman was born in Nelson, New Zealand, Nelson in 1953, and was educated at Nelson College from 1966 to 1970. He began making jewellery with Peter Woods in Pert ...

, Visual Arts *

Shona McCullagh Shona Margaret McCullagh is a New Zealand choreographer, dancer, filmmaker and artistic director. McCullagh was the founding director of the New Zealand Dance Company and was appointed artistic director of the Auckland Festival in 2019. Bio ...

, Dance *

Don McGlashan Don McGlashan (born 18 July 1959) is a New Zealand composer, singer and multi-instrumentalist who is best known for membership in the bands Blam Blam Blam, The Front Lawn, and The Mutton Birds, before going solo. He has also composed for cin ...

, Music * Helen Medlyn, Music *

Jacob Rajan Jacob Rajan is a New Zealand playwright and actor. His highly successful plays include the trilogy ''Krishnan's Dairy'', ''The Candlestick Maker'' and ''The Pickle King''. Another work was ''The Dentist's Chair''. In 2002, he received the pres ...

, Theatre ;2003 * Jenny Bornholdt, Literature *

Neil Dawson Francis Neil Dawson (born 6 November 1948) is a New Zealand artist best known for his large-scale civic sculptures. Early life Dawson was born in Christchurch in 1948. The son of Methodist minister John Brent Dawson and Florence Emily (), ...

, Visual Arts *

Michael Hurst Michael Eric Hurst New Zealand Order of Merit, ONZM (born 20 September 1957) is a New Zealand actor, director and writer. He acted in the television programs ''Hercules: The Legendary Journeys'' and companion series ''Xena: Warrior Princess'' ...

, Theatre *

Humphrey Ikin Humphrey John Ikin (born 7 May 1957) is a New Zealand furniture designer. Early life and family Born in Lower Hutt on 7 May 1957, Ikin was educated at King's College in Auckland, before going on to study at Massey University from 1975 to 1977, ...

, Visual Arts *

John Psathas John Psathas, (born Ioannis Psathas, ; 1966) is a New Zealand Greek composer. He has works in the repertoire of such high-profile musicians as Evelyn Glennie, Michael Houstoun, Michael Brecker, Joshua Redman and the New Juilliard Ensemble, a ...

, Music ;2004 *

Barry Barclay Barry Ronald Barclay, New Zealand Order of Merit, MNZM (12 May 1944 – 19 February 2008) was a New Zealand filmmaker and writer of Māori people, Māori (Ngāti Apa, Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi, Ngāti Hauiti) and Pākehā (European) descent. ...

, Film/Moving Image *

, Music *

Derek Lardelli Sir Derek Arana Te Ahi Lardelli (born 1961) is a New Zealand tā moko artist, painter, carver, kapahaka performer, composer, graphic designer, researcher of whakapapa and oral histories and kaikōrero. He affiliates to the Ngāti Konohi hapū o ...

, Visual Arts * John Pule, Visual Arts *

Ann Robinson Ann Robinson (born May 25, 1929) is an American former actress and stunt horse rider. She had a leading role in the science-fiction classic ''The War of the Worlds (1953 film), The War of the Worlds'', and starred in the 1954 film ''Dragnet (1 ...

, Visual Arts ;2005 * Neil Ieremia, Dance *

Bill Manhire William Manhire (born 27 December 1946) is a New Zealand poet, short story writer, emeritus professor, and New Zealand's inaugural Poet Laureate (1997–1998). He founded New Zealand's first creative writing course at Victoria University of We ...

, Literature * Julia Morison, Visual Arts *

Simon O'Neill Simon O'Neill (born 1971) is a New Zealand operatic tenor internationally recognised for his performances of the major Heldentenor roles in the operas of Richard Wagner. Biography Simon O'Neill has performed with many of the world’s leading ...

, Music *

Ronnie van Hout Ronnie van Hout (born 22 February 1962) is a New Zealand artist and musician living in Melbourne, Australia. He works across a wide variety of media including sculpture, video, painting, photography, embroidery, and sound recordings. Early life a ...

, Visual Arts ;2006 *

Alun Bollinger Alun Robert Bollinger (born 1948) is a New Zealand cinematographer, who has worked on several Peter Jackson films, and many other films in New Zealand. He has also been a Director of Photography, including the second unit for Peter Jackson's tril ...

, Film/Moving Image *

Alastair Galbraith Alastair Galbraith (born 1965) is a New Zealand musician and sound artist from Dunedin. Career Galbraith's first band was The Rip, which he formed with Robbie Muir, and Mathew Ransome and later Jeff Harford (of Bored Games). They released two ...

, Music *

Oscar Kightley Oscar Vai To'elau Kightley (born 14 September 1969) is a Samoan-New Zealand actor, television presenter, writer, journalist, director, and comedian. He acted in and co-wrote the successful 2006 film '' Sione's Wedding''. Biography Kightley was ...

, Theatre * John Reynolds, Visual Arts *

Ian Wedde Ian Curtis Wedde (born 17 October 1946) is a New Zealand poet, fiction writer, critic, and art curator. Biography Born in Blenheim, New Zealand, Wedde lived in East Pakistan and England as a child before returning to New Zealand. He attended ...

, Literature ;2007 *

Michael Houstoun Michael James Houstoun (born 20 October 1952) is a concert pianist from New Zealand. He has twice in his life performed the complete cycle of Beethoven sonatas and in between these achievements, he overcame focal hand dystonia. Early life Ho ...

, Music *

Sarah-Jayne Howard Sarah-Jayne Howard (born 3 July 1976) is a South African-born New Zealand dancer and choreographer. Biography Howard was born in South Africa and emigrated to New Zealand with her family when she was five years old. The family settled in Strat ...

, Dance *

Colin McColl Sir Colin Hugh Verel McColl, (born 6 September 1932) was Head of the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) from 1989 to 1994. Career Educated at Shrewsbury School and at The Queen's College, Oxford, McColl joined the diplomatic service in 1 ...

, Theatre *

Moana Maniapoto Moana Maree Maniapoto (born 22 June 1961) is a New Zealand singer, songwriter and documentary maker. Widely considered one of New Zealand's most successful indigenous acts, her music is described as a fusion of traditional Māori haka, chants a ...

, Music * Merilyn Wiseman, Visual Arts ;2008 *

Shane Cotton Shane William Cotton (born 3 October 1964) is a New Zealand painter whose work explores biculturalism, colonialism, cultural identity, Māori spirituality, and life and death. Life Cotton was born in Upper Hutt with Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Rangi, N ...

, Visual Arts * Ngila Dickson, Visual Arts *

George Henare George Winiata Henare (born 11 September 1945) is a New Zealand actor with a career spanning over 50 years. Early life Born in Gisborne on 11 September 1945, the third youngest in a family of ten children, Henare affiliates to the Māori tri ...

, Theatre *

Lloyd Jones Lloyd Jones or Lloyd-Jones may refer to: People Sports * Lloyd Jones (athlete) (1884–1971), American athlete in the 1908 Summer Olympics *Lloyd Jones (figure skater) (born 1988), Welsh ice dancer * Lloyd Jones (English footballer) (born 1995), E ...

, Literature *

Teddy Tahu Rhodes Teddy Tahu Rhodes (born 30 August 1966) is a New Zealand-born operatic baritone based in Australia. He has performed at opera houses in New Zealand, Australia, San Francisco, Houston, Dallas, Philadelphia, Washington, New York City and throughou ...

, Music ;2009 * Lyonel Grant, Visual Arts *

Witi Ihimaera Witi Tame Ihimaera-Smiler (; born 7 February 1944) is a New Zealand author. Raised in the small town of Waituhi, he decided to become a writer as a teenager after being convinced that Māori people, Māori people were ignored or mischaracteri ...

, Literature *

Chris Knox Chris Knox (born 2 September 1952) is a New Zealand rock and roll musician, cartoonist and movie reviewer who emerged during the punk rock era with his bands The Enemy and Toy Love. After Toy Love disbanded in the early 1980s, he formed the gr ...

, Music *

Richard Nunns Richard Anthony Nunns (7 December 1945 – 7 June 2021) was a Māori traditional instrumentalist of Pākehā heritage. He was particularly known for playing taonga pūoro and his collaboration with fellow Māori instrumentalist Hirini Melbourn ...

, Music *

Anne Noble Anne Lysbeth Noble (born 1954) is a New Zealand photographer and Distinguished Professor of Fine Art (Photography) at Massey University's College of Creative Arts. Her work includes series of photographs examining Antarctica, her own daughter's ...

, Visual Arts ;2010 *

Stuart Devenie Stuart Forbes Devenie (born 1951) is a New Zealand actor and theatre director, whose career spans three decades on stage and screen. He has performed in theatre productions nationally and internationally. In the 1980s, he was the artistic dire ...

, Theatre * Michael Parmenter, Dance *

Leon Narbey Leon Gordon Alexander Narbey (born 2 August 1947) is a New Zealand cinematographer. Born in Helensville, Narbey was educated at the Elam School of Fine Arts, specialising in sculpture. He married Anita Janske Narbey (1944 - 2019) in 1966 and th ...

, Film/Moving Image *

Gareth Farr Gareth Vincent Farr (born 29 February 1968) is a New Zealand composer and percussionist. He has released a number of classical CDs and composed a number of works performed by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra (NZSO) and Royal New Zealand Ball ...

, Music * John Parker, Visual Arts ;2011 *

Whirimako Black Barbara Whirimako Black (born ) is a New Zealand Māori people, Māori recording artist and actress. Black sings mostly in the Māori language, uses traditional Māori musical forms and collaborates with traditional taonga pūoro instruments. ...

, Music * Fiona Pardington, Visual Arts *

Emily Perkins Emily Jean Perkins (born May 4, 1977) is a Canadian actress, known for her roles as Crystal Braywood in the TV series ''Hiccups'', young Beverly Marsh in '' Stephen King's It'', and Brigitte Fitzgerald in '' Ginger Snaps''. Since the late 1980s ...

, Literature * Lemi Ponifasio, Dance *

Leanne Pooley Leanne Pooley ONZM is a Canadian filmmaker based in Auckland, New Zealand. Pooley was born and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, she immigrated to New Zealand in the mid-1980s and began working in the New Zealand television and film industry ...

, Film/Moving Image ;2012 * Ruia Aperahama, Music * Tony de Lautour, Visual Arts *

Rachel House Rachel Jessica Te Ao Maarama House (born 20 October 1971) is a New Zealand actress and director. She is best known for her roles in the films of Taika Waititi. She has received numerous accolades including an Arts Laureate, NZ Order of Mer ...

, Theatre *

Gregory O'Brien Gregory Leo O’Brien (born 1961) is a New Zealand poet, painter, author and editor. He is also an art curator and writes art history and criticism for both adults and children. Life Born in Matamata in 1961, O'Brien trained as a journalist in ...

, Literature * Fiona Samuel, Theatre ;2013 *

Laurence Aberhart Laurence Geoffrey Aberhart (born 1949) is a New Zealand photographer. Biography Aberhart was born in Nelson in 1949, along with three siblings, and was educated at Nelson College from 1963 to 1966.''Nelson College Old Boys' Register, 1856–200 ...

, Visual Arts *

Jane Campion Dame Elizabeth Jane Campion (born 30 April 1954) is a New Zealand filmmaker. She is best known for writing and directing the critically acclaimed films ''The Piano'' (1993) and ''The Power of the Dog (film), The Power of the Dog'' (2021), for ...

, Film/Moving Image *

Dean Parker Dean Leo Parker (20 August 1947 – 14 April 2020) was a New Zealand screenwriter, playwright, journalist and political commentator based in Auckland. Known for the screenplay of iconic film ''Came a Hot Friday'' which he co-wrote with Ian Mune, th ...

, Theatre * Damien Wilkins, Literature * Megan Wraight, landscape architect ;2014 *

Cliff Curtis Clifford Vivian Devon Curtis (born July 27, 1968) is a New Zealand actor and film producer. After working in theatre, he made his film debut in Jane Campion's Academy Awards, Oscar-winning film ''The Piano'' (1993), followed by a breakout role ...

, Film *

Lisa Reihana Lisa Marie Reihana (born 1964) is a New Zealand artist. Her video work, ''In Pursuit of Venus nfected' (2015), which examines early encounters between Polynesians and European explorers, was featured at the 2017 Venice Biennale. Early life ...

, Visual Arts *

Geoff Cochrane Geoffrey O'Neill Cochrane (1951 – November 2022) was a New Zealand poet, novelist and short story writer. He published 19 collections of poetry, a novel and a collection of short fiction. Many of his works were set in or around his hometown o ...

, Literature * Ross Harris, Music * Charles Koroneho, Dance ;2015 *

Delaney Davidson Delaney Davidson (born 15 December 1972) is a singer-songwriter from Lyttelton, New Zealand. He is known for his musical production, guitar work, and being a multi-instrumentalist. Besides his music, Davidson is also involved in graphics, visu ...

– Music *

Sara Brodie Sara Brodie (born 1970) is a New Zealand theatre director and choreographer. Biography Brodie was born in Christchurch, New Zealand. She moved to London and spent seven years working there as an actress, dancer, casting director and behind the ...

– Theatre / Dance * Wetini Mitai-Ngatai – Performance / Cultural Entrepreneurship * Daniel Belton – Music / Dance / Film *

Lisa Walker Lisa Walker (born 1967) is a contemporary New Zealand jeweller. Education and training in New Zealand Born in Wellington in 1967, Walker graduated from Otago Polytechnic, Dunedin, in 1988 with a Certificate in Craft Design. In Dunedin her tu ...

– Visual Art ;2016 *

Eleanor Catton Eleanor Catton (born 1985) is a New Zealand novelist and screenwriter. Born in Canada, Catton moved to New Zealand as a child and grew up in Christchurch. She completed a master's degree in creative writing at the International Institute of M ...

– writer * Lyell Cresswell – composer *

Dylan Horrocks Dylan Horrocks (born 1966) is a New Zealand cartoonist best known for his graphic novel '' Hicksville'' and his scripts for the ''Batgirl'' comic book series. His works are published by the University of Auckland student magazine ''Craccum'', Aus ...

– cartoonist, graphic novelist, writer *

Peter Robinson Peter Robinson may refer to: Entertainment * Peter Robinson (sideshow artist) (1873–1947), American actor and sideshow performer, known for his appearance in film ''Freaks'' (1932) * J. Peter Robinson (born 1945), British musician and film score ...

– visual artist *

Taika Waititi Taika David Cohen (born 16 August 1975), known professionally as Taika Waititi ( ), is a New Zealand filmmaker, actor, and comedian. Known for quirky comedy films and expanding his career as a voice actor and producer on numerous projects, he ...

– filmmaker ;2017 *

Niki Caro Nikola Jean Caro (born 20 September 1966) is a New Zealand film, television, and music video director and screenwriter. Her 2002 film ''Whale Rider'' was critically praised and won a number of awards at international film festivals. She directe ...

– director, filmmaker *

Jemaine Clement Jemaine Atea Mahana Clement (born 10 January 1974) is a New Zealand actor, comedian, musician, and filmmaker. He has released several albums with Bret McKenzie as the musical comedy duo Flight of the Conchords, and created a comedy TV series t ...

– actor, writer, comedian, multi-instrumentalist *

Ross McCormack Ross McCormack (born 18 August 1986) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a striker for English side Doncaster City, who play in the Central Midlands Alliance League North Division. McCormack started his career with Scottish ...

– choreographer, contemporary dancer *

Rob Ruha Rob Ruha (born 1980), is a New Zealand musician from Wharekahika, Gisborne District. He debuted as a solo musician in 2013, and is known for his singles sung in te Reo Māori, including "Kalega" (2017), "Ka Mānu" (2019), " 35" with Ka Hao (202 ...

– haka soul musician * Robin White – painter, printmaker ;2019 *

Sima Urale Sima Urale is a New Zealand filmmaker. Her films explore social and political issues and have been screened worldwide. She is one of the few Polynesian film directors in the world with more than 15 years in the industry. Her accolades include th ...

– filmmaker *

Pietra Brettkelly Pietra Brettkelly (born 1965) is a New Zealand filmmaker, known for her documentaries. She is a documentary filmmaker submitted three times for Oscar consideration, a member of The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, and was recently ...

– filmmaker * Solomon Mortimer – photographer *

Laurence Fearnley Laurence Fearnley (born 1963) is a New Zealand short-story writer, novelist and non-fiction writer. Several of her books have been shortlisted for or have won awards, both in New Zealand and overseas, including ''The Hut Builder'', which won the ...

– writer *

Kris Sowersby The Klim Type Foundry is a digital type foundry operated by Kris Sowersby, a New Zealand typeface designer. Klim was founded in 2005 and is currently based in Wellington. Klim produces retail typefaces, custom typefaces and custom lettering and l ...

– typographer * Louise Potiki Bryant – choreographer * Ruth Paul – writer, illustrator *

Val Smith Valerie Christine Smith (born 29 July 1965) is an international lawn bowler from New Zealand. Bowls career World Championships Smith won a bronze medal at the 2004 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Leamington Spa before winning three medals ...

– performance artist * Coco Solid – mixed-media artist *

Yvonne Todd Yvonne Todd (born 1973) is a contemporary New Zealand photographer known for her manipulation of conventional photographic techniques and genres. Early life and education Todd was born in Takapuna, Auckland. In the mid 1990s, she studied profes ...

– photographer ;2020 *

Yuki Kihara Shigeyuki "Yuki" Kihara (born 1975) is an interdisciplinary artist of Japanese and Samoan descent. In 2008, her work was the subject of a solo exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York; it was the first time a New Zealander and t ...

– interdisciplinary artist *

Ariana Tikao Ariana Rahera Tikao (born 1971) is a New Zealand singer, musician and author. Her works explore her identity as a Kāi Tahu woman and her music often utilises taonga pūoro (traditional Māori musical instruments). Notably, she co-composed the ...

– singer, composer, taonga puoro player * Moss Te Ururangi Patterson – choreographer, artistic director *

Ahi Karunaharan Ahilan Karunaharan is writer, director, actor and producer of Sri Lankan descent from New Zealand. He is a recipient of the Arts Foundation of New Zealand, New Zealand Arts Laureate Award. Background and Education Ahi Karunaharan was born in ...

– actor, writer, director, producer *

FAFSWAG FAFSWAG is an arts collective of Māori and Pacific LGBTQI+ artists and activists founded in Auckland, New Zealand in 2013. They explore and celebrate the unique identity of gender fluid Pacific people and LGBTQI+ communities in multi-discipli ...

– interdisciplinary arts *

Shayne Carter Shayne P. Carter is a New Zealand musician best known for leading Straitjacket Fits from 1986 to 1994, and as the only permanent member of Dimmer (1995–2012). Carter is a member of the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame, and has been awarded the ...

– musician, author *

Tusiata Avia Donna Tusiata Avia (born 1966) is a New Zealand poet and children's author. She has been recognised for her work through receiving a 2020 Birthday Honours (New Zealand), 2020 Queen's Birthday Honour and in 2021 her collection ''The Savage Colo ...

– poet, writer, performer ;2021 *

Nigel Borell Nigel John Floyd Borell (born 1973) is a New Zealand Māori artist, museum curator, and Māori art advocate. He curated the exhibition ''Toi Tū Toi Ora: Contemporary Māori Art'' at the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki in 2020, the largest e ...

– art curator * Shane Bosher – actor, theatre director * Harry Culy – photographer *

Brett Graham Brett Graham (born 1967) is a New Zealand sculptor who creates large scale artworks and installations that explore histories of imperialism and global indigenous issues. Graham lives and works in Waiuku on the southern shore of Manukau Harbour ...

– sculptor *

Florian Habicht Florian Habicht is a New Zealand film director. Biography Habicht was born in Berlin, Germany, and moved with his family to the Bay of Islands, New Zealand, when he was eight. He went to high school in Kerikeri before attending the University of A ...

– film director *

Rangi Kipa Rangi Kipa (born 1966) is a New Zealand sculptor, carver, illustrator and tā moko (traditional Māori tattoo) artist. Education Kipa is a graduate of the Maraeroa Carving School in Porirua (1986), and completed a Bachelor of Social Sciences at ...

– carver, illustrator *

Nina Nawalowalo Nina Nawalowalo is a New Zealand theatre director and co-founder of the contemporary Pacific theatre company The Conch. She is known for directing the stage plays ''Vula'' and ''The White Guitar.'' The first film she directed ''A Boy Called Pi ...

– theatre director *

Maisey Rika Maisey Rika is a New Zealand singer, songwriter and composer, performing in both English and Māori language, Māori. Her five original albums have each reached the Top 40 in the Official New Zealand Music Chart. She was named an Arts Foundation ...

– musician * Vasanti Unka – writer, illustrator ;2022 * Lindah Lepou – fashion designer * Tame Iti – activist, artist, poet and actor *

Mata Aho Collective The Mataaho Collective is a group of four New Zealand artists: Erena Baker, Sarah Hudson, Bridget Reweti and Terri Te Tau. They are known for their large scale fibre-based artwork. In 2024 the Mataaho Collective received the Golden Lion award ...

– Māori women's art collective *

Maureen Lander Maureen Robin Lander (born 1942 in Rawene) is a New Zealand weaver, multimedia installation artist and academic. Lander is of Ngāpuhi (Te Hikutu subtribe) and Pākehā (New Zealand European) descent and is a well-respected and significant art ...

– multimedia installation artist * Areta Wilkinson – jeweller *

Hone Kouka Hone Vivian Kouka (born 1968) is a New Zealand playwright. He has written 13 plays, which have been staged in New Zealand and worldwide including Canada, South Africa, New Caledonia and Britain. Kouka's plays have won multiple awards at the Chap ...

– playwright *

Paula Morris Paula Jane Kiri Morris (born 18 August 1965) is a New Zealand novelist, short-story writer editor and literary academic. She is an associate professor at the University of Auckland and founder of the Academy of New Zealand Literature. Life Mor ...

– novelist, essayist and short story writer ;2023 * Peter Black – photography * Fiona Clark – visual activist, photographer * Giselle Clarkson – illustration *

Annie Goldson Anne Veronica Goldson is a New Zealand journalism and film academic specialising in documentaries. Her films include ''Punitive Damage'', ''Georgie Girl'', ''Brother Number One'' and '' Kim Dotcom:'' ''Caught in the Web''. Career Goldson has a ...

– documentary film * Bob Jahnke – sculpture * Sean MacDonald – dance *

Ladi6 Karoline Fuarosa Park-Tamati (born 7 November 1982), known professionally as Ladi6, is a New Zealand recording artist of Samoan descent. She spent six months living in Berlin and touring Europe in both 2010 and 2011. Her debut album '' Time Is ...

– music *

Taiaroa Royal Taiaroa Royal is a New Zealand dancer and choreographer. Royal co-founded the contemporary Māori dance company Okareka with Taane Mete. As a dancer he has performed with New Zealand companies the Royal New Zealand Ballet, Douglas Wright ...

– dance *

Filipe Tohi Sopolemalama Filipe Tohi (born 23 August 1959, in Tonga) is a Tongan artist who has lived in New Zealand since 1978. He has exhibited in major exhibitions in New Zealand and abroad. Several major collections include his work. The 2010 ''Art and A ...

– sculpture ;2024 *

Alison Wong Alison Wong (born 1960) is a New Zealand poet and novelist of Chinese heritage. Her background in mathematics comes across in her poetry, not as a subject, but in the careful formulation of words to white space and precision. She has a son wi ...

– literature * Claire Cowan – music * Carin Wilson – design/sculpture *

Horomona Horo Horomona Horo (born 1978) is a New Zealand Māori musician and composer. He is a practitioner of taonga pūoro, the collective term for the traditional musical instruments of the Māori, which include an array of flutes, trumpets and percussive ...

– taonga pūoro/composer *

Lonnie Hutchinson Lonnie Hutchinson (born Auckland 1963) is a New Zealand artist of Māori (Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Kurī ki Ngāi Tahu), Samoan and European descent. In 2024 Hutchinson was awarded the My ART Visual Arts Award, making an Arts Foundation of New Zeala ...

– visual arts *

Miriama McDowell Miriama McDowell is a New Zealand actor, director and playwright. She is a graduate of Toi Whakaari. McDowell has a long association with Massive Theatre Company in Auckland, and has both acted and directed for the Pop-up Globe, including direc ...

– theatre * Saskia Leek – visual arts *

Victor Rodger Victor John Rodger (born 1969) is a New Zealand journalist, actor and award-winning playwright
La Mama Theatre, N ...

– theatre Out of the Limelight Award recipients for 2021 were: *

Elizabeth Whiting Elizabeth Whiting is a stage costume designer from New Zealand. Career Whiting trained under designer Eve Schlup at Auckland's Theatre Corporate. Her first costume designs were for Limbs Dance Company (late 1970s to mid-1980s) and she has cos ...

– costume designer * Marcus McShane – lighting designer and visual artist * Harold Moot – set designer * Eric Gardiner – stage manager *

Playmarket Playmarket is a not-for-profit organisation providing script advisory services, representation for playwrights in New Zealand and access to New Zealand plays. Playmarket was founded in 1973 to encourage the professional production of New Zealand ...

– the playwrights’ agency and script development organisation

New Generation Award

The Arts Foundation of New Zealand New Generation Awards, celebrate artists’ early achievements through an investment in each recipient’s career. Biennially, five artists are awarded $25,000NZD each, and a sculpture designed by

glass art Glass art refers to individual works of art that are substantially or wholly made of glass. It ranges in size from monumental works and installation pieces to wall hangings and windows, to works of art made in studios and factories, including gl ...

ist Christine Cathie. Although still at an early stage of their career, the artists will have already demonstrated excellence and innovation through their work. Similar to other Arts Foundation Awards, the New Generation Award may be presented to an artist working in any arts discipline. Teacher, critic,

theorist A theory is a systematic and rational form of abstract thinking about a phenomenon, or the conclusions derived from such thinking. It involves contemplative and logical reasoning, often supported by processes such as observation, experimentation, ...

and organiser of contemporary creative practices, Jon Bywater (

Auckland Auckland ( ; ) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. It has an urban population of about It is located in the greater Auckland Region, the area governed by Auckland Council, which includes outlying rural areas and ...

) curated the award in 2006, while writer, teacher, painter, curator

(Wellington) undertook the role in 2008 and arts radio journalist Lynn Freeman in 2010.

Recipients

;2007 * Eve Armstrong, Visual artists *Warren Maxwell, Music * Tze Ming Mok, Literature *

Joe Sheehan Joseph S. Sheehan was born in New York City on February 26, 1971, and attended Regis High School. He graduated from the University of Southern California in 1994 with a degree in journalism. Sheehan lives in the New York City area. He is one of ...

, Visual arts *

, Film/moving image ;2008 *Jeff Henderson, Music *

Alex Monteith Alex Monteith (born 1977) is a new media artist and academic, born in Northern Ireland and resident in New Zealand. She is also a competitive surfer and has won national titles in the sport. Biography Monteith was born and grew up in Belfast, ...

, Visual arts* *

Madeleine Pierard Madeleine Pierard is a New Zealand lyric soprano opera singer and teacher. She holds the Dame Malvina Major Chair in Opera at the University of Waikato. Early life and education Pierard grew up in Napier. She was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin l ...

, Music *

Jo Randerson Joanna Ruth Randerson (born 1973) is a New Zealand writer, director and performer. She is the founder and artistic director of Barbarian Productions, a Wellington-based theatre production company. Biography Randerson was born in Auckland, New Ze ...

, Literature *Pippa Sanderson, Literature ;2010 *

, Literature * Ngaahina Hohaia, Visual arts *

Anna Leese Anna Leese (born 7 March 1981) is a New Zealand born soprano opera singer. Early life Leese was born in Napier, New Zealand. She sang in the New Zealand Secondary Schools Choir and the New Zealand Youth Choir. She attended the University of O ...

, Music *Kate Parker, Theatre/Puppetry* *

Mark Albiston Mark Albiston (born 19 March 1972) is a New Zealand film, television and advertising director. He graduated from University of Canterbury in Christchurch in 1992 with a degree in Fine Arts. Career In 2000, Albiston started the production comp ...

and

Louis Sutherland Louis Sutherland is a New Zealand film, television and advertising director and actor. He is of Samoan and Scottish descent, and based in Wellington. Sutherland studied at Toi Whakaari (The New Zealand Drama School, Wellington) where he worked ...

, Film/moving image (joint recipients) ;2011 * Ben Cauchi, Visual arts *Sam Hamilton, Music *

Eli Kent Eli Kent (born 1988) is a New Zealand playwright and actor. Kent holds a master's in scriptwriting from Victoria University of Wellington's International Institute of Modern Letters. Kent co-wrote, with James Ashcroft, the films ''Coming Home i ...

, Theatre ;2012 *

Pip Adam Pip Adam is a novelist, short story writer, and reviewer from New Zealand. Background Adam was born in Christchurch, New Zealand. She attended the New Zealand Film and Television School in Christchurch before moving to Dunedin. Adam has an ...

, Literature * Shigeyuki Kihara, Visual arts *Cameron McMillan, Dance ;2013 *

Kushana Bush Kushana Bush (born 1983) is a New Zealand artist based in Dunedin. She was born in Dunedin and is best known for her paintings which typically blend historic and contemporary styles. Bush has won several awards for her works and has held inter ...

, Visual Arts *Kip Chapman, Theatre * SJD (Sean James Donnelly), Music ;2014 * Dudley Benson, Music * Star Gossage, Visual Arts *

Vela Manusaute Vela Manusaute is a Niuean writer and director. He is the creator and writer of New Zealand's first bilingual English- Tongan television series, ''Brutal Lives - Mo'ui Faingata'a''. Background Vela is part Niuean and part Samoan; he was born in ...

and

Anapela Polataivao Anapela Polataivao is a New Zealand actor, writer, and director of stage and screen. Background Polataivao was born in Samoa and has heritage from Vailoa, Vaiusu, Fagae'e and Safune. She grew up in South Auckland. Career Polataivao b ...

, Theatre (joint recipients) ;2015 * Anna Smaill, Literature * Simon Denny, Visual artist * Tusi Timothy Tamasese, Film ;2016 * Alex Taylor, Composer ;2017 *

Hera Lindsay Bird Hera Lindsay Bird (born 31 December 1987) is a New Zealand poet. Life and career Hera Lindsay Bird was born and raised in Thames in the North Island of New Zealand. She attended Victoria University of Wellington and then received her Master's d ...

– Poet *

Salina Fisher Salina Fisher (born 6 October 1993) is a New Zealand composer and violinist currently based in Wellington. Fisher was Concertmaster of the NZSO National Youth Orchestra in 2012-2013. She graduated from the New Zealand School of Music and then s ...

– Contemporary classical composer, violinist * Tiffany Singh – Interdisciplinary site specific installation based artist

Springboard Award

From 2020 a Springboard award is given to up to ten emerging artists. This consists of NZ$15,000 and mentoring from one of the alumni of Arts Foundation Laureates, Icons, New Generation, residency or Fellowship recipients. Criteria relates to potential for a sustainable career.

Recipients

2024 *Emily Parr *

Emma Hislop Emma Hislop is a New Zealand short story writer. Her 2023 collection of short stories, ''Ruin'', won the Hubert Church Best First Book Award for fiction at the 2024 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. Life and career Hislop is of Kāi Tahu descen ...

*Flo Wilson *Hash Perambalam *Joshua Faleatua and Tyler Carney-Faleatua *Louie Zalk-Neale 2023 *‘Uhila Moe Langi Nai *Amit Noy *Freya Silas Finch *Jaycee Tanuvasa *Madison Kelly *Sung Hwan 'Bobby' Park *Tia Barrett 2022 *Ana Scotney *Bella Wilson *Chevron Hassett *Jesse Austin-Stewart *Turumeke Harrington *CONJAH *Tyrone Te Waa 2021 * Cora-Allan Wickliffe *Cian Parker *Ta’alili – Aloalii Tapu *Tori Manley-Tapu * Reuben Jelleyman *Maisie Chilton *Hōhua Ropate Kurene *Larsen Winiata Tito-Taylor 2020 *Min-Young Her - performance art, sculpture * Matasila Freshwater - writer, director * Ayesha Green - visual arts (painter) *Arjuna Oakes - musician *Moana Ete - writer, film maker, musician, curator *Bala Murali Shingade - film maker, writer, theatre maker

Mallinson Rendel Illustrators Award

The inaugural Mallinson Rendel Illustrators award, initially worth $10,000 occurred in 2011. It has been awarded every two years up to 2017, and has increased in value.

Recipients

* David Elliot (2011) *

Gavin Bishop Gavin John Bishop (born 1946) is an author and illustrator, from Invercargill, New Zealand. He is known for illustrating books from prominent New Zealand authors, including Joy Cowley and Margaret Mahy. Bishop's first published picture book was ...

(2013) *

Jenny Cooper Jenny Cooper (born 1975, formerly credited as Jenny Levine) is a Canadian actress. She made her professional debut in 1995 as series star Molly in the Canadian TV series ''Jake and the Kid'' as the series regular Molly, went on to star in the Sho ...

(2015) * Donovan Bixley (2017) * Ruth Paul (2019)

Award for Patronage

The Arts Foundation of New Zealand Award for Patronage is made annually to a person, couple, or private trust for the outstanding private contributions they have made to the arts. The Award for Patronage is presented by Perpetual Trust. As a community of artists and arts supporters, the Arts Foundation honours those who contribute significantly as patrons. Annually, a donation of $20,000NZD from the Arts Foundation is provided to the recipient of this award for them to distribute to artists, arts projects or arts organisations of their choice. Philanthropists Denis and Verna Adam (2006), Dame Jenny Gibbs (2007), Lady Gillian and Sir Roderick Deane (2008), Adrienne, Lady Stewart (2009) and Gus & Irene Fisher (2010) have been recipients. All recipients have chosen to double the funds for distribution through a matching contribution of $20,000NZD, with Gus and Irene Fisher donating $30,000NZD of their own funds, meaning an annual distribution of up to $50,000NZD. Recipients have also chosen to distribute an amount of $10,000 each to artists and /or arts projects.

Governors' Award

The Arts Foundation of New Zealand Governors' Award recognises an individual or institution that has contributed in a significant way to the development of the arts and artists in New Zealand. The recipients are chosen by Arts Foundation Governors, with each recipient receiving a

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in recognition of its contribution to the arts community through its

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, Hodgkins and

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s. The three

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ships were set up through the generosity of anonymous benefactors and have subsequently been funded by additional

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to maintain their value. The second presentation was made to Concert FM (now

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). The Arts Foundation of New Zealand Governors recognised the contribution that Concert FM has made in supporting New Zealand composers, musicians, writers and actors at a national level. The Arts Foundation also acknowledged Concert FM's contribution to the arts through its recording collaborations and the Douglas Lilburn Prize (a joint initiative between Concert FM and the

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). In 2009 a third presentation was made to the

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, New Plymouth. In making their selection, Arts Foundation Governors acknowledged the commitment by the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery to the cause of contemporary art, particularly from Aotearoa New Zealand, over the last four decades.

Marti Friedlander Photographic Award

The Marti Friedlander Photographic Award, supported by the Arts Foundation of New Zealand is presented every two years to an established photographer with a record of excellence and the potential to carry on producing work at high levels. The award includes a donation of $25,000NZD for the photographer to use as they please. The inaugural recipient selected and announced by Marti Friedlander, was

Edith Amituanai Edith Amituanai (born 1980) is a New Zealand photographic artist. In 2007, she was the inaugural recipient of the Marti Friedlander Photographic Award. Examples of her work are held in the collections of Te Papa, Auckland Art Gallery, and the ...

– a widely exhibited artist and a finalist in a number of awards, including the 2008

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. Extended family and immediate community are primary subjects for Edith; she collaborates closely with her

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and Auckland relatives as well as people she grew up with in West Auckland. John Miller (an independent social documentary photographer, renowned particularly for his protest images) and

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(a photographer working with subjects of cross-cultural significance) were joint recipients in 2009.

Recipients

(2007) * John Miller and Mark Adams (2009) * Neil Pardington (2011) * Jono Rotman (2013) * Rodney Charters (2015) * Roberta Thornley (2017) * Solomon Mortimer (2019)

Harriet Friedlander Residency

On 26 June 2008, the Harriet Friedlander Scholarship Trust and the Arts Foundation launched a new international residency. A supporter of the arts, Harriet Friedlander also loved the vibrant culture of New York. When

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and Harriet Friedlander and their sons Jason and Daniel designed the residency, Harriet was clear that she did not want to place any expectations or responsibilities on the recipient. An artist was to be sent to New York to have an "experience", all expenses paid, so that they could immerse themselves in the culture and process it in their own way. One of the most generous residencies offered to a New Zealand artist, up to $80,000NZD is made available every two years for their travel and living expenses. This opportunity is available to an artist aged 30 to 40, practicing in any discipline. The inaugural curator was Gregory O'Brien and the inaugural recipient was filmmaker

Recipients

* film maker

(2009) * multimedia visual artist Seung Yul Oh (2010) * playwright and actor

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(2012) * choreographer, dancer and video artist Louise Potiki Bryant (2014) * filmmaker/cinematographer Christopher Pryor (2016) * filmmaker/writer/director Miriam Smith (2016) * composer and saxophonist Lucien Johnson (2018) * dancer and choreographer Lucy Marinkovich (2018) * performance artist Kalisolaite ‘Uhila (2021)

References

External links

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