Creative Communities Scheme

Overview

The Creative Communities Scheme is a partnership between Creative New Zealand (CNZ) and local authorities, such as Taupō District Council. The CNZ Creative Communities Scheme (CCS) helps to fund local arts projects. Projects that get funded do at least one of the following:

increase participation in the arts or culture at a local level, or
increase the range and diversity of arts and culture available, or
enable and encourage young people to engage in the arts.

Please be aware all applications received (including any personal information supplied) will be made available to the committee and the public.

Funding rounds

Applications for the most recent round of funding for the Creative Communities Scheme closed on 26 August 2022. Thank you for all of the applications received.

Applications for the next round of funding will be open from 6 March to 31 March 2023.

Creative Communities Scheme application guide (PDF, 60KB)

Further information

For further information please contact our community funding team:

Email: funding@taupo.govt.nz
Phone: 07 376 0899

Accountability

Please complete and submit the accountability form within one month of the project/activity being completed.

Grant accountability form

Past funding recipients

Creative Communities Scheme grant recipients September 2022

Creative Communities Scheme grant recipients March 2022

Organisation	Purpose	Allocation
Centre Stage Taupō	'RENT' Musical by Jonathan Larson	$6,547.00
George O'Connor Patena	Matariki Winter Festival of Light - Whareroa	$4,400.00
Little Green Man Productions Limited	Matariki Glow Show 2022	$2,000.00
Mountview School	Whaia Te Mana	$7,000.00
One Taupō Trust	Malcolm Flowers Insurances Taupō Winter Festival	$5,300.00
Sally-Ann Davies	Festive Printmaking For The Whole Whānau	$839.00
Taupō Concert Band Incorporated	Taupō Concert Band Winter Workshop	$920.00

Creative Communities Scheme grant recipients October 2021

Creative Communities Scheme grant recipients March 2021

Applicant	Purpose	Amount
Aaron Taiuru Hone Moeke	He Oro Taiohi	$4,000.00
Carol Murch-Wall	DWM Group Vocals	$2,000.00
Centre Stage Taupo Inc	The musical "Mama Mia"	$5,000.00
Jennifer Russell	Cosmo Sivergreen	$4,300.00
Lake Taupo Hospice Trust Inc.	Living well - Friday patient group	$618.00
Little Green Man Productions - Nga Tangata Kakariki	WONDERLAND GLOW SHOW	$4,000.00
Miruh Gardinner	Tokaanu Thermal Pools Mural Project	$3,000.00
Taupo Poets and Writing Group	Writing Workshops	$765.00
Te Roopu Toi A Tuwharetoa	Wananga Toi A Tuwharetoa	$3,000.00
Turangi ArtWorks Incorporated	Workshop for Glass Art	$1,934.73
Act2 Visual and Performing Arts School	Beauty and the Beast	Declined
David Ronald Clarke	Turangi ArtWorks replacement kiln	Declined

Creative Communities Scheme grant recipients September 2020

Applicant	Purpose	Allocation
All things Wonderful Limited	Taupō Indie festival	$1,950.00
Brass Band Association of NZ	2020 National Secondary Schools' Brass Band	$2,400.00
Foto iwi Charitable Trust	Foto iwi Creative workshop	$2,166.00
Green Start NZ	Project 'Reset'	Declined
Kids Greening Taupō	Kids Greening Taupō Nature Art with Sue Graham	$680.00
Lake Taupo Hospice Trust Inc.	Living well - Friday patient group	$800.00
Taupō School of Music	Taupō School of Music End of Year Concert	Withdrawn
Towncentre Taupō	Graffiato	$3,000.00
Robert Fugah	African Songs, Drumming and Dance Workshops	$1,500.00

Creative Communities Scheme grant recipients March 2020

Applicant	Purpose	Allocation
Taupo Art Connection	Queen's Birthday Weekend Art Trail	$650.00
Taupo Youth Arts Trust	Creation Station as part of the Taupo Winter Festival	$1,000.00
Mountview Primary School	Mountview 50th Jubilee Gala	$2,000.00
Taupo Choral Society	Easter Anthems Concert	$2,000.00
Yellow Eye Ltd		Withdrawn
Centre Stage (Taupo) inc	The Musical 'Mamma Mia!'	$3,910.00
Taupo Community Reo Group Inc		Declined
Taupo Art Connection	Get it out there!	Declined
Taupo Community Gardens Trust	Ten Year Anniversary Ceramic Seat	$2,200.00
Mangakino Central Charitable Trust	Weekly Rock'n'Roll classes	$1,600.00
One Taupo Trust	Taupō Winter Festival – Theatre Show – Live Live Cinema	Declined
Aaron Taiuru Hone Moeke	Music Single Release Event	Declined
Taupo Brass	Percussion purchase	Declined
Taupo Embroiderers Guild	NZ Embroiderers Conference	Declined
Taupo School of Music	Big Music Day	$2,000.00
David Jerome Nutt	The Lawn Mower	$1,800.00
Taupo Camera Club Inc.	PSNZ - 2020 Central Regional Convention	$1,000.00
Xanthe Wyse	Speak	$500.00

Creative Communities Scheme grant recipients October 2019

Applicant	Purpose	Allocation
Denise Theresa Edmonds	Short Film 'Taniwha'	$2,000.00
Nukuhau Marae - Ngati Rauhoto	2020 Waitangi Taupo Moana Festival	$2,000.00
Melody Close	Friendship Is Magic Dance Recital	$600.00
Kinloch Community Association	2020 Kinstock Music Festival	$1,000.00
Anamata CAFE (Youth One Stop Shop)	Through the Lens	$2,000.00
Jeffrey Addison	Mama Long-Fin Taupo tour	$2,000.00
Taupo Camera Club Inc	2020 Central Regional Convention	$500.00
Chris Eyes	Underlay	$500.00
Tina Shaw		Withdrawn
Mangakino School (formerly Mangakino Area School)	Preserving our past	$1,000.00
The Cheeky Kea Charitable Trust	Spooky Spring 2019	$1,000.00
Taupo School of Music		Withdrawn
Taupo Choral Society inc.	The Glory of Christmas	$1,000.00
Safe Turangi	Turangi Christmas in the Park 2019	$1,500.00
Towncentre Taupo	Graffiato Taupo Street Art Festival	$2,000.00
Dance Central Taupo	2019 Coca Cola Christmas in the Park	Declined
Pumice Valley Whoopee! Band	Sound System	$500.00
Te Roopu Puke Taumata / Hilltop School	Kapa Haka	$1,000.00
Sharon Joy Stevens	Before I Die Wall	Declined

Creative Communities Scheme grant recipients March 2019

Applicants	Purpose	Allocation
Active Arts	Display Screens	$100.00
Connie Takarangi	Colour My Autumn	$500.00
Dan Sharp	Taupo Songhubs	$1,500.00
Dance Central Taupo	2019 Coca Cola Christmas in the Park	$0.00
Ellen Miles Pilaar	A Gift of Music	$550.00
Fibres Unlimited	Small Worlds	$750.00
Global Partnership and Development Ltd	Asia-Pacific Security Innovation Summit - Post Event	$0.00
Grant Hohepa	Kapa Resource Pack	$1,600.00
Lake Taupo Hospice	Creative Stimulation project	$800.00
Lake Taupo Hospice	Creative Catwalk Competition	$0.00
LMG Productions	Matariki Glow Show	$0.00
NZCF Bay of Plenty	Sing Creation	$1,380.00
One Taupo Trust	Black and Light	$0.00
One Taupo Trust	Mrs Krishnan's Party	$2,000.00
Taupo Art Connection	Taupo Arts Trail 2019	$2,000.00
Taupo Community Reo Group Inc	Taupo Te Reo Classes	$1,200.00
Taupo Youth Arts Trust	Creative Station Taupo Winter Festival	$1,200.00
Whakamaru School	School Pool Mural	$1,500.00

Creative Communities Scheme grant recipients August 2018

Applicant	Purpose	Allocation
Connected Media	The Outlook for Someday	$0.00
Dide Chapman	Making Ceramic Kiwiana Garden Stakes	$1,900.00
Centre Stage	Jesus Christ Superstar	$3,000.00
Taupo Art Connection	Taupo Art Connection ''Summer' Exhibition	$1,000.00
Corbie Films	Taupo Halloween Film Festival 2018	$1,500.00
Taupo Sculpture Trust	Membership Drive	$0.00
Towncentre Taupo	Graffiato - Taupo Street Art Festival	$2,500.00
Safe Turangi	Turangi Christmas in the Park	$2,000.00
Pukawa Marae Fundraising	Waitangi Tuwharetoa Ki Pukawa	$2,000.00
Grant Hohepa	Kapahaka DVD Packs	$0.00
Active Arts	Replacement of Display screens	$1,000.00

Creative Communities Scheme grant recipients March 2018

Applicant	Purpose	Allocation
Christopher Eyes	SeeSaw and SaySay	$500.00
Dance Central	Christmas in the Park Auckland	$1,000.00
One Taupo Trust	Great Wall of Taupo	$2,000.00
Taupo Art Connection	Taupo Art Trail 2018	$3,000.00
Taupo Choral Society	Show Songs	$2,000.00
Taupo Sculpture Trust	Taupo Sculpture Trust Website	$0.00
Toro Pikopiko Puppets	Rock-Art Puppet Show and Rock-Art Puppetry Workshop	$2,000.00
Xanthe Wyse	Spinning Orbit	$500.00
Youthtown	Youth Concert	$2,000.00

Creative Communities Scheme grant recipients August 2017

Applicant	Purpose	Allocation
Centre Stage (Taupo) Incorporated	Centre Stage production of Nell Gwynn	$0.00
Deborah Kissick	Boomerang Bags Lake Taupō Incorporated	$800.00
Lance Ngata	Under the bridge	$2,000.00
Marotiri School	Kahurangi Maori Dance Company - Theatre in Education	$400.00
Taupo Family Playcentre	Weekly Drama Class	$300.00
Robert Fugah	West African drumming and dance workshops	$0.00
Safe Turangi	2017 Turangi Christmas in the Park	$2,000.00
Taupo Art Connection	Beautiful Marks – Taupo Art Connection group exhibition	$2,000.00
Taupo Sculpture Trust	Website for Taupo Sculpture Trust	$0.00
Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Whakarewa I te Reo ki Tuwharetoa	Te Taiopenga o Ngati Tuwharetoa	$2,000.00
Te Maari Gardiner	Turangi Tukua Mural	$3,000.00
Towncentre Taupo	Graffiato, Taupo Street Art Festival	$2,000.00
Tauhara College	Mural	$1,090.00

Creative Communities Scheme grant recipients March 2017

Applicant	Purpose	Allocation
Connected Media	The Outlook for Someday Free One-day Film-making Workshop	$1,900.00
Friends of the Museum	Minkisi Art and Belief in West and Central Africa	$1,000.00
Miranda Jeffries	ART School 2 Day Event	$545.00
One Taupo Trust	Taupo Winter Festival - 'Short Film Competition' - Battle of the Mountains	$900.00
Jane Penton	Playing in Paradise - Exhibition	$2,118.00
Sally-Ann Davies	Artist Residency in Italy	Didn't meet criteria
Marotiri School	School Production	$400.00
Taupo Art Connection	Taupo Art Trail 2017	$2,900.00
Taupo Choral Society Charitable Trust	Two Choirs Folk Fest	$2,390.00
Taupo Oral History Group	Taupo Oral History Project	$4,000.00
Taupo Primary school	Kapa Haka Maro Wananga	$4,000.00
Taupo Sculpture Trust	Sculpture Walk Brochure	$2,600.00
Taupo Youth Arts Trust	Taupo Winter Festival	$2,700.00
TeRina Koopu	Serenade	$2,200.00

Creative Communities Scheme grant recipients August 2016

Applicant	Purpose	Allocation
Corbie Films	Taupo Halloween Film Festival	$1,000.00
Christopher Eyes	Even Time	$500.00
Easterfest Trust	Easterfests Stations of the Cross	$2,174.00
Mangakino Central Charitable Trust - Mangakino Art Co-operative	Maori Abstract Art Community Workshop	$1,186.80
Mangakino Community Festival Committee	Street Flags for Mangakino	$2,041.40
Young NZ Writers	Young NZ Writers' Writing Conference	$1,400.00
Robert Fugah	West African drumming workshop	$1,500.00
Taupo Sculpture Trust	Flora Totem	$2,288.00
Taupo Society of Ballet & Dance	Local Mini Competition	$915.00
Toro Pikopiko puppet theatre	Rock-Art Puppetry Workshops Taupo Tour	$2,000.00
Towncentre Taupo	Graffiato Festival	$2,000.00

Creative Communities Scheme grant recipients March 2016

Applicant	Purpose	Allocation
Richard Hoadley	Construction of a new public contemporary sculpture	$1,000.00 conditional
Christopher Eyes	Self publish a novella set in Taupo	$2,000.00
Carole Cornes	Publish a botanical sketchbook of Central North Island plants	$2,000.00
Marotiri School	Wearable Arts, construction of and presentation of kids creations in a fashion show	$1,000.00
Quirky Pottery Ltd	New online art gallery promoting Taupo's local artists.	Declined
Taupo Choral Society	Celebration of 40 years choir performance	$2,086.40
Miranda Jeffries	Introduction to body painting and special effects workshops/classes	$1,325.25