Ō mātou kaituku pūtea Our core funders

Ngā Taonga receives essential funding from Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage, Te Puna Tahua New Zealand Lottery Grants Board, and Te Māngai Pāho.

Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Under a funding agreement with the Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision receives government funding from Vote Arts, Culture and Heritage. The funding agreement provides the terms and conditions on which the Crown funds the archive and the basis for the monitoring and accountability by the Ministry.

Te Puna Tahua New Zealand Lottery Grants Board

As one of the four agencies that receive a fixed percentage of Lottery profits, Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision receives annual funding from the Grants Board. The archive is accountable for the funds through reporting to the Board, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage, and in its Annual Report.

Te Māngai Pāho

Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision receives funding from Te Māngai Pāho for the archiving of Māori television and iwi radio programmes. Under the funding contract the archive provides six-monthly reports to Te Māngai Pāho, through the Ministry for Culture and Heritage, on the non-financial and financial performance of the projects.