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Online Events Calendar Partnership Delivers Results
The private/public partnership between Eventfinder and the Ministry for Culture and Heritage is bringing more events and attractions to a bigger audience, according to both organisations’ chief executives.
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Launch of Te Ara Theme: ‘the Economy and the City’
The Economy and the City’, the fifth theme of Te Ara – the Encyclopaedia of New Zealand was launched by Steven Joyce, Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Transport, and Tertiary Education on Thursday 11 March 2010.
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Kiwi war hero inspired by fallen commander
An emotional hospital-bed email has revealed how the heroics of a Kiwi soldier who saved the lives of two comrades under heavy Taleban gunfire were inspired by his fallen commander.
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Record Number of Kapa Haka Groups in Rotorua
A record number of kapa haka groups competing in Rotorua this weekend at the Te Arawa Kapa Haka Regional Festival augurs well for the development of the Māori performing arts, according to the Ministry for Culture and Heritage.
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Creative New Zealand Review
A review of Creative New Zealand’s governing legislation was promised in the National Party’s arts culture and heritage policy in the 2008 election. The Ministry for Culture and Heritage, working with Creative New Zealand, Te Puni Kōkiri and the Ministry of Pacific Island Affairs, carried out the review, as well as targeted consultation with the arts sector.
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25 February 2010

Call for applications to the 2010/11 round of the Regional Museums Policy
Government has called for applications to the 2010/11 round of the Regional Museums Policy for Capital Construction Projects. The total funds available for possible allocation to new projects in this round will be in the vicinity of $2 million. Applications close at 5:00pm Thursday 1 April, 2010
16 February 2010

Regional Museums Policy for Capital Construction Projects 2010/11 round

Te Ara wants your stories of country schools
This week thousands of children return to school, in towns and cities and in rural centres dotted throughout the countryside.
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3 February 2010

Historic Places Trust review announced
Preliminary findings of the 2009 review of the New Zealand Historic Places Act will help to focus the Historic Places Trust on its significant regulatory responsibilities while providing opportunities for more effective advocacy in local communities, Arts Culture and Heritage Minister Christopher Finlayson announced today.
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28 January 2009