Creative New Zealand supports community and professional arts, and upholds the principles of access, participation, and excellence and innovation in the arts.

Creative New Zealand:

- invests in the development of the arts and opportunities for all New Zealanders to participate in and have access to the arts
- supports New Zealand artists and arts organisations through funding programmes
- builds the capacity of the arts sector by providing resources and capability-building programmes
- develops new audiences and markets for New Zealand arts domestically and internationally
- researches the arts to underpin our policies, programmes and initiatives
- promotes the value of New Zealand arts and artists nationally and internationally
- advocates with government, the private sector and the community to increase the profile and role of the arts in the lives of New Zealanders
- advises government on issues relating to the arts.

In 2007/08, Creative New Zealand provided $31,289,000 in funding through grants, projects and initiatives to artists and arts organisations. This funding supported 2,489 community arts projects, approximately 500 projects through contestable funding and 36 recurrently funded professional arts organisations.

This Annual Report outlines Creative New Zealand’s progress against the measures and objectives set out in the Statement of Intent 2007–2010 and includes information on the organisation’s financial position and operations.

http://www.creativenz.govt.nz/Portals/0/publications/annual-report-2008.pdf