About Kotahi Membership

Are you into music, books, theatre, film, visual arts, photography and more? Do you like refreshing conversations, learning new things, and delving into the big issues facing Aotearoa through the eyes of our creatives? Are you into connection, getting out of your comfort zone and being part of something genuinely transformative?

Come with us.

Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi General Manager / Kaiwhakahaere Jessica Palalagi, Phillida Perry, 2019 Laureate Pietra Brettkelly, and Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi Lead Jo Blair at Kotahi drinks in Tauranga.

Together, We Can:

Award outstanding artists across the country with financial gifts and recognition.

Raise the profile of the arts on the national agenda (so that our artists are celebrated like our sports stars!).

Connect early-career artists with senior artist mentors.

Energise more people across the regions to talk about the impact of creativity.

Get arts in the news.

Be one voice for the arts!

Want to see who’s part of Kotahi, united, for the arts?

Kotahi Giving Levels

1/ Arts Supporter

From $500
Become a Kotahi member – we’ll let you know the latest news with Aotearoa New Zealand’s outstanding artists and invite you to our one of a kind Arts Foundation events around the country.
Your benefits:
- 2 x tickets to our Laureate Awards Party
- Exclusive invites to events involving our artists around the country
- First access to news including our award announcements
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2/ Arts Backer

From $1,500
Step up your giving game – deepen your impact and receive invites to exclusive artists events and tours throughout the year.
Your benefits:
- 2 x tickets to our Laureate Awards Party
- Exclusive invites to events involving our artists around the country
- First access to news including our award announcements
- Special mid-year gift from our sponsors
Join Us
3/ Mark Maker

From $5,500
Invest in the engine that fuels the arts – make your mark on New Zealand and join us on our mission to get arts and creativity on the national agenda.
Your benefits:
- 2 x tickets to our Laureate Awards Party
- Exclusive invites to events involving our artists around the country
- First access to news including our award announcements
- Special mid-year gift from our sponsors
- 2 x invitations to the Icon Awards Whakamana Hiranga ceremony when they happen
- Invite to a special event at an artist’s home or studio
Join Us
4/ Arts Champion

From $10,500
Become a champion of the arts – join a radical collective of givers and enable us to fund more artists directly.
Your benefits:
- 2 x tickets to our Laureate Awards Party
- Exclusive invites to events involving our artists around the country
- First access to news including our award announcements
- Special mid-year gift from our sponsors
- 2 x invitations to the Icon Awards Whakamana Hiranga ceremony when they happen
- Invite to a special event at an artist’s home or studio
- An annual sit down with one of our artists (of your choice) over a meal
Join Us
5/ Major Giver

From $25,500
Shape the nation’s art landscape – create opportunity by directly funding artists and our cause in a big way.
Your benefits:
- 2 x tickets to our Laureate Awards Party
- Exclusive invites to events involving our artists around the country
- First access to news including our award announcements
- Special mid-year gift from our sponsors
- 2 x invitations to the Icon Awards Whakamana Hiranga ceremony when they happen
- Invite to a special event at an artist’s home or studio
- An annual sit down with one of our artists (of your choice) over a meal
- Possible naming rights to an award and introduction to an artist your contribution supports
Join Us
6/ Leave a Legacy

Help secure the long term future of creativity in Aotearoa by investing in the ultimate capital: people. Whether you're interested in making a major gift, endowing an award, or leaving a lasting legacy through a bequest, we’d love to hear from you.
For more information on Major Giving and Bequests, please email jo@thearts.co.nz.

If you'd prefer to make a one off donation, head here.

Email Jo

Where Your Giving Goes

The Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi is 100% powered by generous givers across Aotearoa New Zealand. So where does your money actually go? We're a not-for-profit charity; so it's your generosity that enables us to continue backing the arts and creativity for the benefit of all New Zealanders.

In New Zealand we often like to think of ourselves as a country where sport, and particularly rugby, defines us. I never felt like that. I thought I was lucky to live in a country deeply, profoundly enriched by its artists.”

Sam Neill KNZM OBE