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  1. Glossary - Arts activities

    Craft/Object art: includes traditional and contemporary applied arts practices of all the peoples of Aotearoa/ New Zealand, including Māori and Pasifika peoples and the diverse cultures of people living in Aotearoa/ New Zealand today. Genres inclu...
  2. Projects that can’t be funded

    Types of projects that can’t be funded under the Creative Communities Scheme include: Projects without an arts focus, eg: puzzles, upholstery, magic, model-making, commercial design, commercial fashion design, fitness-based dance (such as ae...
  3. CCS Assessors Guide

    This guide outlines the roles and responsibilities of the Creative Communities Scheme (CCS) assessment committees. This online guide is exactly the same as the pdf version, which can you download here: > >  CCS Assessors Guide...
  4. Reporting to Creative New Zealand

    Telling Creative New Zealand how you’ve spent CCS funds is an important part of the management of the scheme.  As a Crown entity, Creative New Zealand is audited annually and CCS is included in that audit. From time to time, individual co...
  5. Costs that can be funded

    The types of costs that can be funded include: materials for arts activities or programmes venue or equipment hire personnel and administrative costs for short-term projects promotion and publicity of arts activities. reasonable requests to pr...
  6. About Creative New Zealand and our partnership with local councils

    Creative New Zealand is New Zealand’s national agency for developing the arts. We encourage, support and promote the arts in New Zealand for the benefit of all New Zealanders. Our programmes support participation in the arts, not just by profe...
  7. Glossary - General terms

    Arts: all forms of creative and interpretative expression (from the Arts Council of New Zealand Toi Aotearoa Act 2014, section 4). Artform: one of various forms of arts practice. Community: a community may be based around a place, a cultural...
  8. CCS Brochures

    CCS brochures are available for download in eleven languages. > >  CCS Brochure - Chinese Traditional - 2014.pdf > >  CCS Brochure - English - 2014.pdf > >  CCS Brochure - Fijian - 2014.pdf >...
  9. Assessment Scale

    On the basis of the information provided in each application the members of the assessment committee give a mark from 1 to 4 for each of the five assessment areas set out below.  The individual marks for each assessment area will provide a tot...
  10. Creative Communities Scheme and Schools

    All state and integrated schools are obliged to deliver the National Curriculum and all are obliged to have trained and registered teachers that deliver that curriculum. CCS cannot fund arts activity which is the responsibility of teachers (includi...