The vital contribution and huge value the creative sector brings to New Zealand is recognised in this year’s Budget with $11.157 million over four years for two new initiatives, the Minister for Arts Culture and Heritage Jacinda Ardern said today.

The recent survey of creative professionals we commissioned with our NZ On Air colleagues, through Colmar Brunton, has done what research is intended to do – shine a light on an area that was hard to see in detail and reveal some hard facts.

El ministro de Cultura y Deporte, José Guirao, ha inaugurado hoy las jornadas ‘Leer Iberoamérica Lee 2019’ que bajo el lema ‘Las otras caras de la lectura’ se desarrollan en la Biblioteca Nacional de España hasta el 12 de junio.

CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque on Thursday emphasised that culture played an essential role in the region’s sustainable growth and development. LaRocque was speaking at the opening of the 36th meeting of the Council on Human and Social Development (COHSOD) at the CARICOM headquarters in Georgetown, Guyana.

The Annual Entrepreneurship workshop will focus on improving and enhancing the work of Fijian artisans. The workshop is organized by the Fiji Arts Council in partnership with the Department of Heritage and Arts.

The Finnish Parliamentary Committee for the Future publishes its creative potential solutions for the climate crisis. The publication, compiled in cooperation with Taike, opens the way for creative knowledge to be incorporated into society development work. In addition, the publication contains concrete proposals for improving the working conditions and the labor market position of creative actors.