Creative New Zealand

Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council The Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council was an arts trust established in 1963 as a national gift to commemorate Queen Elizabeth II's visit to New Zealand. Elizabeth expressed a preference that gifts to her should be given to the community as scholarships, endowments, or trusts in her name. The Holyoake government accordingly set up the Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council as a statutory and independent body to foster the development of arts in New Zealand, financed by the government with contributions from organisations and individuals. A resolution to establish the council passed unanimously on 12 February, 1963, and Minister of Internal Affairs David Seath announced the council as active on April 3, 1964. The council replaced the superseded Arts Advisory Council and differed from the previous body in that it was an independent statutory body not entirely dependent on government funding. Prior to that in the 1940s because of centennial celebrations the government set up a cultural office within the Department of Internal Affairs, the New Zealand Film Unit and a national orchestra. A literary fund was also established. The Māori and South Pacific Arts Council (MASPAC) was part of the Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council. They were set up in 1978 to 'encourage, promote and develop the practice and appreciation of the arts and crafts of the Māori and South Pacific people in New Zealand.' One of the things they did in the early 1980s was acknowledge weaving as an artform which had been a desire of Ngoi Pēwhairangi. In 1983 MASPAC awarded funding to Misa Emma Kesha to establish the Dunedin Multicultural Weavers Association so cultures could exchange their artforms and Indigenous stories, In 1993 the Arts Council restructured with separate general and Māori arts boards. to replace the Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council. The council came into force on 1 July. The Arts Council was restructured and relaunched as Creative New Zealand in June, 1995. In 2012, Creative New Zealand introduced Toi Uru Kahikatea Arts Development and Toi Tōtara Haemata Leadership Investments to replace the Recurrently Funded Organisations funding. Arts Development Investments provide funding for three years for established artists, arts practitioners, groups and arts organisations. == Funding ==

Since the 1980s Creative New Zealand's funding came also from the Lottery Grants Board (now the Lotto New Zealand). In 2011/2012 Creative New Zealand received NZ$27.5 million of lottery funding and with NZ$15.7 million from the Arts Culture and Heritage budget. Between 2010 and 2019 Creative New Zealand's crown funding was static with NZ$15.89 million annually. central government funding and the remaining from Lotto. In 2015/2016 there was NZ$30 million in Lotto funds, in 2018/2019 it was NZ$39 million in Lotto funds and in 2019/2022 it was NZ$47 million. == Governance structure and legislation ==

The Arts Council of New Zealand Toi Aotearoa is the governing board of Creative New Zealand. In the 2015 report the Council consisted of 13 members. Creative New Zealand is a crown entity and works within a legislative framework formed by the Arts Council of New Zealand Toi Aotearoa Act 2014 and the Crown Entities Act 2004. ==See also==