How To Power The Arts
Since 2000, we’ve been on a mission to build a culture of giving to the arts: a growing movement of people who believe artists and creatives are central to a thriving Aotearoa New Zealand. We invest in the most important capital of all: people.
2001 Laureates Dame Gaylene Preston DNZM, Phil Dadson ONZM, Kate De Goldi, and Michael Parekōwhai.
The Impact You'll Have
Thanks to the support of people like you, we award New Zealand’s most outstanding artists: Icon Whakamana Hiranga, Laureates, and Springboarders.
We help New Zealand’s creatives fundraise for their projects on Boosted, facilitating on average $1.8M+ in crowdfunding per year.
We advocate that creativity is essential for New Zealanders — through annual roadshows, video story-telling and getting the arts into the media.
Ways to Join
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Kotahi Membership
$500
Make an annual donation and become part of our giving collective, Kotahi – one voice for the arts.
You’ll be the first to know about major arts events and moments, receive exclusive invites to events around the country (plus 2 tickets to the arts party of the year, our Laureate Awards Party in Spring!) and we’ll recognise your name as an arts backer. Join as a couple or on your own!
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Kotahi Membership + Donation
From $1,500 – $25,000
Make a deeper impact by adding a gift to your membership from $1,500+.
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Major Giver
From $25,000 – $35,000 .
The most significant and direct support we offer artists is through our Awards – Icon Whakamana Hiranga, Laureates and Springboards
If you want to join some radically generous givers across the motu funding specific awards, get in touch with Jo at jo@thearts.co.nz.
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Bequests
Leave a lasting legacy and help secure the long term future of creativity in Aotearoa by investing in the ultimate capital: people.
Talk to us about how you can leave a significant gift. Whether it’s to artists, or to the organisation, Todd would love to hear from you. Email him at todd@thearts.co.nz.
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Fundraise for Us
Bring a crowd, back the arts!
Host a Great New Zealand Arts Dinner Party, Buy a DIY Arts Dinner Pack, or host your own Kotahi event at your place.
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Back the Arts through Business
Looking for a partnership that gets you across the country, into broad communities, and gives you unprecedented access to New Zealand’s greatest creatives? The Arts Foundation has flagship events and multiple touch points depending on your goals. Get in touch!
Lisa Bates MNZM, Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi Giver pictured in her home.
DONATE people, if you connect with the entity or the work, step up and back it – you can’t take the dollars with you. Buy tickets endlessly for shows – even if you can’t go – give them away. Perform random acts of kindness. If we are lucky to have some abundance, then why not pass it on.”
Lisa Bates MNZM, Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi Giver
Stories From Our Giving Community
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KotahiOn Giving: Hamish Edgar
Hamish has been a part of the Arts Foundation Te Tumu story since day one, when his father Sir Eion Edgar co-founded the charity. With a background in finance, investments and company directorships, he joined our board of Trustees in 2019. The Edgar Family also fund two of our Springboard Awards, and continue to make a significant impact on philanthropy in New Zealand.Read Article26 Jan 2024 -
KotahiOn Giving: Jade Hurst and the profound impact of the arts
Jade Hurst and her husband Ben have been Kotahi givers for nearly ten years – consistently supporting and keeping connected with Aotearoa New Zealand's most outstanding artists.Read Article30 Aug 2022 -
KotahiOn Giving: Abby McCormick O’Neil and Carroll Joynes on the importance of long-term giving to the arts
Abby McCormick O’Neil and her husband Carroll Joynes are a generous and deeply committed duo currently based in Queenstown. For three years, they funded the Springboard Award for Dance – supporting an up-and-coming dancer with a year of funding and mentorship.Read Article02 May 2023 -
KotahiOn Giving: John & Jo Gow
John and Jo Gow will be a familiar name to many, being long-time givers to the Aotearoa New Zealand arts community, visionaries of the Connells Bay Sculpture Park on Waiheke Island, and recipients of the Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi 2016 Award for Patronage. In 2023, they extend their generosity to fund a new Laureate, who receives the John & Jo Gow Sculpture Award. John and Jo Gow have been committed to supporting NZ sculptors since the opening of their Park on Waiheke Island back in 2004.Read Article17 Jul 2023
Our Giving Collective – Kotahi
Major Givers
- Dame Lynley Dodd DNZM
- Kathy & Chris Parkin (The Parkin Gift)
$30,000 annual gift for a Laureate Award
- Burr/Tatham Trust
- Glenn & Sonja Hawkins
- Hall Cannon
- Jillian Friedlander
- Joanna Hickman
- John & Jo Gow
- Liz Aitken & Rob Morgan
- Murray Crane, The Crane Foundation
- Sir Roger Hall
- Sir Roy McKenzie, Vista Foundation and the NZ Film Commission
$25,000 annual gift for a Springboard Award
- Dr. Fiona Pardington & Starkwhite
- Todd Foundation
- Ann & Jamie Selkirk
- The Edgar Family
$30,000+ gift for a Children's Award
- The Mallinson Rendel Trust (awarded every second year)
- Dame Lynley Dodd DNZM (awarded every second year)
$30,000 Major Gifts
- Kent Gardner
- Russ Wilkinson & Sally Aberhart
Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellowship
- This fellowship has been made possible by the generosity of the Winn-Manson Menton Trust and 84 generous writers, individuals, book clubs and literary trusts.
Harriet Friedlander Residency
- The residency is made possible by the Harriet Friedlander Trust.
Arts Champion $10,500+ annually
- Pien Faulkner
- Gill & Paul Kendrick
- Julian & Lizanne Knights
- Keith & Rhonda Lloyd
- Lane Neave
- Jenny & Andrew Smith
Mark Maker $5,500+ annually
- Marion Botherway
- Janice Cowdy
- Bentley De Beyer & Dean Sharpe
- Anna & Sam Dickie
- Victoria & Hamish Edgar
- Holly Erskine & Brad Spence
- Phoebe & Michael Fulton
- Sarah Hutchings
- Sarah & David Kidd
- Kate Lane
- Anita Luxton & John O'Sullivan
- Nicola McNaughton & Geoffrey Spong
- Leaanne O'Sullivan & Andrew Vincent
- Dame Patsy Reddy & Sir David Gascoigne
- Gabrielle Tasman & Ken Lawn
- Sue & Ben Waymouth
Arts Backer $1,500+ annually
- Nina & Rick Acland
- Philippa Archibald
- Catherine & Peter Baddeley
- Kriselle Baker & Richard Douglas
- Sue Batley & Robert Hole
- Maria Bradley & Paddy Baxter
- Judy & Ken Buck
- Miranda Burdon & Andrew Wallace
- Tiff & Peter Campbell
- Fleur & Daz Caulton
- Tim Clarke & Tessa O'Rorke
- Angela and Mark Clatworthy
- Geoffrey & Moira Clews
- Frances & Andrew Crombie
- Gina Dellabarca
- Rachel de Lambert
- Karen & Hamish Doig
- Simone Flight
- Kate Fortune
- Lorena Giallonardo & Alex Gimenez
- Jo & Terry Gould
- Juliet & Hamish Gray
- Toss Grumley
- Andrea Hammond & Geoff Dawson
- Suzanne & Peter Hausmann
- Joanna Hickman
- Annabel & John Holland
- Jade & Ben Hurst
- Penny & Bryan Hutchins
- John Leuthart
- Amelia McCammon & Philip Andrew
- Robin McCoubrey & Caroline Laband
- Leigh & Donald Melville
- Bill Moran
- Sophie & Simon Moutter
- Julie Nevett
- Sally & Dougal Paterson
- Phillida Perry
- Louise & Neville Porter
- Max Powers & Steve Jillings
- Lisa Reihana
- Lyn & Bruce Robertson
- Bill & Karen Robinson
- Humphry & Debra Rolleston
- Karen Ross
- Monica Ryan
- Lou Sanson
- Kim Schofield
- Charlotte Sellar & Family
- Pam & Brian Stevenson
- Juliet Tainui-Hernández & Javier Hernández
- Pip Taylor
- Kit Toogood
- Rachel & James Wadham
- Linda & Warwick Webb
Arts Follower $500+ annually
- Jo Allison
- David Alsop
- Nikki Apse
- Christine Arden & Mark Robson
- Hon. Margaret Austin
- Lisa Bates
- Rebecca & James Beale
- Grant Biggar & Sandra Aughton
- Jo & Alistair Blair
- Janette and James Borthwick
- Rachel Burt & Nick Churchouse
- Loretta & Andrew Bush
- Marisa Cameron & Stephen Jancys
- Tracy Cameron
- Nicki Carter
- Maria & David Cole
- Josephine Connor
- Jonty Crane
- Lianne Dalziel
- Lizzie de Lambert
- Aroha Duff & Toby Downton
- Joanne Edwards & Taine Randell
- Deb Fahey
- Angelina & Paul Farry
- Colleen Flemmer & David Stretch
- Sue Fisher
- Meng Foon
- Michelle Freeman
- Sara & Rob Fyfe
- Heather Galbraith
- Deborah & Ross George
- Jannie & Brian Gillman
- Pip Greenwood & Dave Gibson
- Grace Hall & Phil Bain
- Marianne & Guy Hargreaves
- Danielle & Michael Harper
- Jenny Harper
- Emily Henlein & Mike Lakeman
- Miranda Huston & Erik Barnes
- Georgie and Kris Inglis
- Gwen Isaac
- Jillian & Dick Jardine
- Sam Johnson
- Miriama Kamo & Mike Dreaver
- Debby & David Kerr
- Debra Kidd
- Jodie King
- Helen Klisser During
- Josie & Matt Lambert
- Simone Lanham & Geoff Sewell
- Anna Lawrence & Chris Parke
- Aaron Leech
- Julianne Liebeck & Conor Patton
- Brian & Mary Matthis
- Jenny May
- Deborah McCormick
- Alister McDonald
- Tess & Grant McLauchlan
- Storm McVay & Miles Yeoman
- Fiona Mogridge
- Danae Mossman & Simon Robinson
- Stacey & Rod Naish
- Anna & Ben Nathan
- Emily & Sam Nelson
- Anne Noble
- Christine & Derek Nolan
- Bryna O'Brien
- Sally O'Brien & Fletcher Pilditch
- Rachel & Jason Paris
- Andrew Patterson
- Jane & Andrew Petersen
- Rachel Qi
- Rebecca Roberts
- Gemma Ross & Cameron Wilson
- Nadine Rubin Nathan
- Yvonne Sanders & Roger Donald
- Laura & Paul Savory
- Shirley Stevens
- Vivienne Stone & Sean McCready
- Monique & Alan Sutcliffe
- Ben & Debra Taylor
- Sophie Tripp & Andy Hurley
- Emily & James Usmar
- Pat & Karen Vinaccia
- Ciska Vogelzang & Neil Tyson
- Rebecca & James von Dadelszen
- Webb's
- Robert Watson
- Janine & Charles Williams
- Chelsea Winstanley
- Caitlin & Michael Wright
- Tessa Yeoman
- Stephen Peterson
Vice-Regal Patron
- Her Excellency The Rt Hon Dame Cindy Kiro, GNZM, QSO, Governor-General of New Zealand
Founding Patrons
- Sir Roderick & Gillian, Lady Deane
- Sir Eion & Lady Jan Edgar
- Dame Jenny Gibbs
- Fran & Geoff Ricketts
- Sir John & Teena, Lady Todd
Lifetime Patrons
- Josh Bailey
- Bridget & Gary Brent
- Ros & Philip Burdon
- Richard & Frances Cathie
- The Chartwell Trust
- Christine & Richard Didsbury
- Jan & Trevor Farmer
- Keith & Helen Ferguson
- Harriet Friedlander Scholarship Trust
- Garth & Lisa Gallaway
- Dame Jenny Gibbs
- John & Jo Gow
- Ernest & Catherine Henshaw
- Caroline Hutchison & Henry van Asch
- David Levene Foundation
- Ann MallinsonSir William & Lois
- Manchester Trust
- Peter & Joanna Masfen
- Fay Pankhurst
- Andrew Bowker & Gail Pearson
- Nancy & Spencer Radford
- Judith & Brian Robinson
- Dian & David Ross
- Deborah Sellar
- Ainsley Walter & Mark Stewart
- Jenny Sutton
- Jim & Susan Wakefield
- Sir Miles Warren
- Anonymous
Bequests
- Graeme Cammick
- David Carson-Parker
- Carole Ada Cliff
- Kelvin & Valerie Grant
- Sir John Todd
Kotahi Patronage Donors
- 2016 - John & Jo Gow
- 2014 - Jack Richard
- 2013 - Todd Family
- 2011 - The Chartwell Trust
- 2010 - Gus & Irene Fisher
- 2009 - Dame Adrienne Stewart
- 2008 - Gillian & Roderick Deane
- 2007 - Dame Jenny Gibbs
- 2006 - Denis & Verna Adam
Honorary Lifetime Partner
- Forsyth Barr
- Dame Lynley Dodd DNZM
- Kathy & Chris Parkin (The Parkin Gift)
- Burr/Tatham Trust
- Glenn & Sonja Hawkins
- Hall Cannon
- Jillian Friedlander
- Joanna Hickman
- John & Jo Gow
- Liz Aitken & Rob Morgan
- Murray Crane, The Crane Foundation
- Sir Roger Hall
- Sir Roy McKenzie, Vista Foundation and the NZ Film Commission
- Dr. Fiona Pardington & Starkwhite
- Todd Foundation
- Ann & Jamie Selkirk
- The Edgar Family
- The Mallinson Rendel Trust (awarded every second year)
- Dame Lynley Dodd DNZM (awarded every second year)
- Kent Gardner
- Russ Wilkinson & Sally Aberhart
- This fellowship has been made possible by the generosity of the Winn-Manson Menton Trust and 84 generous writers, individuals, book clubs and literary trusts.
- The residency is made possible by the Harriet Friedlander Trust.
- Pien Faulkner
- Gill & Paul Kendrick
- Julian & Lizanne Knights
- Keith & Rhonda Lloyd
- Lane Neave
- Jenny & Andrew Smith
- Marion Botherway
- Janice Cowdy
- Bentley De Beyer & Dean Sharpe
- Anna & Sam Dickie
- Victoria & Hamish Edgar
- Holly Erskine & Brad Spence
- Phoebe & Michael Fulton
- Sarah Hutchings
- Sarah & David Kidd
- Kate Lane
- Anita Luxton & John O'Sullivan
- Nicola McNaughton & Geoffrey Spong
- Leaanne O'Sullivan & Andrew Vincent
- Dame Patsy Reddy & Sir David Gascoigne
- Gabrielle Tasman & Ken Lawn
- Sue & Ben Waymouth
- Nina & Rick Acland
- Philippa Archibald
- Catherine & Peter Baddeley
- Kriselle Baker & Richard Douglas
- Sue Batley & Robert Hole
- Maria Bradley & Paddy Baxter
- Judy & Ken Buck
- Miranda Burdon & Andrew Wallace
- Tiff & Peter Campbell
- Fleur & Daz Caulton
- Tim Clarke & Tessa O'Rorke
- Angela and Mark Clatworthy
- Geoffrey & Moira Clews
- Frances & Andrew Crombie
- Gina Dellabarca
- Rachel de Lambert
- Karen & Hamish Doig
- Simone Flight
- Kate Fortune
- Lorena Giallonardo & Alex Gimenez
- Jo & Terry Gould
- Juliet & Hamish Gray
- Toss Grumley
- Andrea Hammond & Geoff Dawson
- Suzanne & Peter Hausmann
- Joanna Hickman
- Annabel & John Holland
- Jade & Ben Hurst
- Penny & Bryan Hutchins
- John Leuthart
- Amelia McCammon & Philip Andrew
- Robin McCoubrey & Caroline Laband
- Leigh & Donald Melville
- Bill Moran
- Sophie & Simon Moutter
- Julie Nevett
- Sally & Dougal Paterson
- Phillida Perry
- Louise & Neville Porter
- Max Powers & Steve Jillings
- Lisa Reihana
- Lyn & Bruce Robertson
- Bill & Karen Robinson
- Humphry & Debra Rolleston
- Karen Ross
- Monica Ryan
- Lou Sanson
- Kim Schofield
- Charlotte Sellar & Family
- Pam & Brian Stevenson
- Juliet Tainui-Hernández & Javier Hernández
- Pip Taylor
- Kit Toogood
- Rachel & James Wadham
- Linda & Warwick Webb
- Jo Allison
- David Alsop
- Nikki Apse
- Christine Arden & Mark Robson
- Hon. Margaret Austin
- Lisa Bates
- Rebecca & James Beale
- Grant Biggar & Sandra Aughton
- Jo & Alistair Blair
- Janette and James Borthwick
- Rachel Burt & Nick Churchouse
- Loretta & Andrew Bush
- Marisa Cameron & Stephen Jancys
- Tracy Cameron
- Nicki Carter
- Maria & David Cole
- Josephine Connor
- Jonty Crane
- Lianne Dalziel
- Lizzie de Lambert
- Aroha Duff & Toby Downton
- Joanne Edwards & Taine Randell
- Deb Fahey
- Angelina & Paul Farry
- Colleen Flemmer & David Stretch
- Sue Fisher
- Meng Foon
- Michelle Freeman
- Sara & Rob Fyfe
- Heather Galbraith
- Deborah & Ross George
- Jannie & Brian Gillman
- Pip Greenwood & Dave Gibson
- Grace Hall & Phil Bain
- Marianne & Guy Hargreaves
- Danielle & Michael Harper
- Jenny Harper
- Emily Henlein & Mike Lakeman
- Miranda Huston & Erik Barnes
- Georgie and Kris Inglis
- Gwen Isaac
- Jillian & Dick Jardine
- Sam Johnson
- Miriama Kamo & Mike Dreaver
- Debby & David Kerr
- Debra Kidd
- Jodie King
- Helen Klisser During
- Josie & Matt Lambert
- Simone Lanham & Geoff Sewell
- Anna Lawrence & Chris Parke
- Aaron Leech
- Julianne Liebeck & Conor Patton
- Brian & Mary Matthis
- Jenny May
- Deborah McCormick
- Alister McDonald
- Tess & Grant McLauchlan
- Storm McVay & Miles Yeoman
- Fiona Mogridge
- Danae Mossman & Simon Robinson
- Stacey & Rod Naish
- Anna & Ben Nathan
- Emily & Sam Nelson
- Anne Noble
- Christine & Derek Nolan
- Bryna O'Brien
- Sally O'Brien & Fletcher Pilditch
- Rachel & Jason Paris
- Andrew Patterson
- Jane & Andrew Petersen
- Rachel Qi
- Rebecca Roberts
- Gemma Ross & Cameron Wilson
- Nadine Rubin Nathan
- Yvonne Sanders & Roger Donald
- Laura & Paul Savory
- Shirley Stevens
- Vivienne Stone & Sean McCready
- Monique & Alan Sutcliffe
- Ben & Debra Taylor
- Sophie Tripp & Andy Hurley
- Emily & James Usmar
- Pat & Karen Vinaccia
- Ciska Vogelzang & Neil Tyson
- Rebecca & James von Dadelszen
- Webb's
- Robert Watson
- Janine & Charles Williams
- Chelsea Winstanley
- Caitlin & Michael Wright
- Tessa Yeoman
- Stephen Peterson
- Her Excellency The Rt Hon Dame Cindy Kiro, GNZM, QSO, Governor-General of New Zealand
- Sir Roderick & Gillian, Lady Deane
- Sir Eion & Lady Jan Edgar
- Dame Jenny Gibbs
- Fran & Geoff Ricketts
- Sir John & Teena, Lady Todd
- Josh Bailey
- Bridget & Gary Brent
- Ros & Philip Burdon
- Richard & Frances Cathie
- The Chartwell Trust
- Christine & Richard Didsbury
- Jan & Trevor Farmer
- Keith & Helen Ferguson
- Harriet Friedlander Scholarship Trust
- Garth & Lisa Gallaway
- Dame Jenny Gibbs
- John & Jo Gow
- Ernest & Catherine Henshaw
- Caroline Hutchison & Henry van Asch
- David Levene Foundation
- Ann MallinsonSir William & Lois
- Manchester Trust
- Peter & Joanna Masfen
- Fay Pankhurst
- Andrew Bowker & Gail Pearson
- Nancy & Spencer Radford
- Judith & Brian Robinson
- Dian & David Ross
- Deborah Sellar
- Ainsley Walter & Mark Stewart
- Jenny Sutton
- Jim & Susan Wakefield
- Sir Miles Warren
- Anonymous
- Graeme Cammick
- David Carson-Parker
- Carole Ada Cliff
- Kelvin & Valerie Grant
- Sir John Todd
- 2016 - John & Jo Gow
- 2014 - Jack Richard
- 2013 - Todd Family
- 2011 - The Chartwell Trust
- 2010 - Gus & Irene Fisher
- 2009 - Dame Adrienne Stewart
- 2008 - Gillian & Roderick Deane
- 2007 - Dame Jenny Gibbs
- 2006 - Denis & Verna Adam
- Forsyth Barr
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