Te Taumata Toi-a-Iwi
Arts Regional Trust
Te Taumata Toi-a-Iwi is Auckland’s regional arts trust. Through our two wings, Creative Tāmaki Makaurau and Te Manawa, we work across the arts, culture and creative landscape to facilitate conversations, build connections, provide impactful research, support artist development, and advocate for the infrastructure our sector needs to make Tāmaki Makaurau a region alive with creativity.
Partnerships are an important part of our kaupapa and help to connect with the wider creative ecosystem. We have managed successful partnerships and collaborations - from the co-funding of Te Manawa through to working with various organisations in advocacy campaigns. Our ability to collaborate, co-design and co-fund initiatives enables us to meet essential sector needs and achieve substantial impact in the creative community.
What We Do
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Insights
We platform research, reports and think pieces that respond to a range of creative sector topics - from timely issues such as the potential impact of Council budget cuts, to the visionary future of Rosabel Tan’s think piece on reimagining Aotearoa’s post-Covid arts and culture sector. Our insights are a way of capturing and telling stories that uplift our creative community, as well as providing the evidence and data to advocate for change.
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Advocacy
Backing creative practitioners and advocating for tangible change in the sector. We understand that championing the arts also means being actively involved in the community and supporting the policies, practices and investment that will benefit the sector. Te Taumata Toi-a-Iwi facilitates and participates in important campaigns to support systems change.
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Creative Capabilities
Providing opportunities for artist development and leadership is a key part of building a sustainable and lasting creative sector. From strengthening creative sector governance to facilitating leadership programmes, our Creative Capability Programmes identify the gaps in our sector and deliver important initiatives to bridge those gaps. Beyond just supporting career and leadership development, Te Taumata Toi-a-Iwi also builds relationships with current and emerging regional sector leaders.
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