20 | January | 2016 | Auckland District Council of Social Services

Matariki Festival 2016 - Call for Submissions

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

CLOSING DATE 5^TH FEBRUARY 2016

INTRODUCTION

Matariki Festival heralds the Māori New Year in Tāmaki Makaurau.It is New Zealand’s premier Māori Winter Festival that provides a window into Te Ao Māori through stories, entertainment, discussions, performance, food and art.

The festival provides an opportunity to create an environment where communities can come together to reflect and celebrate our unique Māori tikanga as they relate to the season of Matariki.

Matariki Festival 2016 will take place between Saturday 18^th June and Sunday 17^th July 2016.

CRITERIA

To have your project/event considered for Matariki Festival 2016 please fill in the event submission form and return it by 10pm 5 February 2016 to

Your project/event must be held within festival dates 18 June to 17 July 2016 and align to at least one of the following programme categories

Tangata Whenua (Indigenous People of the land)
Taiao (Environment)
Mātauranga (Knowledge)
Whakangahau (Performance)
Ngā Mahi Toi (The Arts)

Please note: This is an opportunity to have your project or event included in the regional Matariki 2016 programme and to be promoted widely as part of that programme. It is not a contestable funding round. However, Auckland Council offers a range of funding opportunities supporting arts and culture delivery – open now. In order of closing dates these are –

Regional Event Fund Round 2 – Strategic Priorities, closing Monday 15 February 2016 at 5pm
Auckland Mayoral Writers Grant, closing Friday 19 February 2016 at 5pm
Creative Communities Scheme, closing Friday 26 February 2016 at 5pm
Regional Arts and Culture Grants Programme, closing Friday 4 March 2016
Local board grants – 21 local boards with various closing dates from early February 2016

Other funding opportunities include

CONTACT INFORMATION

Jennice Stringer – Matariki Festival Submissions Coordinator
Auckland Council – Arts & Culture
Email: [email protected]

Phone: 09 301 0101

Toi Whītiki weaves Auckland's creative strands together

Toi Whītiki has been chosen as the name for Auckland’s Arts and Culture Strategic Action Plan to recognise the important role culture and the creative sector plays in bringing the city together now and in the future.

“Toi” means “to walk on, march together” and also “the arts” in general. “Whītiki” translates as – to weave the strands together.

Toi Whītiki was officially launched on December 15, at the St James Theatre. In his address Mayor Len Brown said:

“Our strength is our cultural diversity. Toi Whītiki commits Auckland Council, the creative sector and the community to harness this potential over the next 10 years as we work to make Auckland the world’s most liveable city,”

Councillor Alf Filipaina thanked all those involved, particularly the many arts and culture stakeholders who contributed to the Plan, and expressed his delight at the council/creative sector partnership.

“Auckland is an exciting place to live right now. There’s no place in the world like it. Toi Whītiki puts down on paper where we need to head. This is just the beginning and we’ll only get there through strong partnerships between mana whenua, multicultural communities, Council, Creative New Zealand, our great facilities and of course the artists.”

Over 800 individuals and organisations, from the Auckland Art Gallery to grassroots community groups, were consulted and participated in the drafting of Toi Whītiki. You helped decide what the arts and culture priorities are for our region and indicated how you might help to make arts and culture part of Aucklanders’ everyday lives.

A link to Toi Whītiki is attached for your reference. Please share it.

http://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/EN/newseventsculture/Arts/Pages/artsculturestrategicactionplan.aspx