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Creative Henderson-Massey is inviting local artists and creatives to apply for funding for projects happening October 2025–June 2026. Applications close 1 September 2025.
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Ideas can span craft, performance, visual arts, music, film, dance, kapa haka, spoken word, or digital arts, and must be community-led and creatively driven.
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Successful applicants will receive help from the Arts Broker, including guidance with funding, venues, marketing, and connections to collaborators.
Time is running out for Henderson-Massey performers, musicians, creatives, and artists to submit their funding requests for community projects taking place between October 2025 and June 2026.
Applications close 1 September 2025, with arts funding available, as well as arts broker support. The past applications have received funding ranging from $500 to $5,000.
Projects could involve craft, performance, visual arts, music, film, dance, kapa haka, spoken word, or digital arts—anything that has a creative spark—and could take place anywhere from the street to theatres, shopping centres or marae.
Creative Henderson-Massey Arts Broker, Renée Tanner, is excited to offer this opportunity to support local artists.
"Thanks to the support of Henderson-Massey Local Board, we’re able to offer this opportunity again to our local artists,” she says.
“Whether you’re an emerging talent or an experienced creator, the arts funding provides the resources and platform needed to elevate your projects and make an impact.
"This is about more than just funding; it’s about fostering creativity and empowering local artists to share their voices. We encourage anyone with a unique idea that engages and inspires the community to apply."
The Arts Broker will support successful applicants to develop and deliver their projects, including mentoring, creative business advice, budget writing, application writing, event management, design, marketing, as well as providing support to source additional funding for larger projects.
Project Criteria
To qualify the project will need to:
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meaningfully involve the community
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be led by local people for local people
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have a strong creative idea behind it
Apply Now
This year applications can be made through this link and requires the following information:
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The idea and any useful links or images
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Some information about the applicant or the applying organisation
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Who the applicant would be working with in the community
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That the applicant is from the Henderson-Massey local board area
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What support the applicant need for the project, including but not limited to funding, venue, participants, marketing and more
Past Projects
To learn more and see what kind of projects have been supported in the past, please visit the Current Projects and Past Projects pages.
About Creative Henderson- Massey
Creative Henderson-Massey is an initiative from Henderson-Massey Local Board to support and enable community-led art activities, culture and events throughout the Henderson-Massey area. It involves having an Arts Broker, whose role is to identify, curate, programme and enable community activities.
The Arts Broker works with local artists and creative organisations to offer support in the development and delivery of their creative ideas, events and projects, whether this be assisting with funding, marketing, or helping to find the right location or people to work with.
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