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Championing Diversity and Legacy: Mātātuhi Foundation Announces 2025 Grant Recipients
Championing Diversity and Legacy: Mātātuhi Foundation Announces 2025 Grant Recipients

Mātātuhi May 2025 Funding Round empowers accessibility, children’s engagement, and Māori literary innovation across Aotearoa.

BOOKS ALIVE BRINGS WELL-KNOWN AUTHORS TO THE REGIONS
BOOKS ALIVE BRINGS WELL-KNOWN AUTHORS TO THE REGIONS
New Voices of Aotearoa nominations open
New Voices of Aotearoa nominations open
 

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View fullsize CONGRATULATIONS OCKHAM NZ BOOK AWARD WINNERS ... especially the best first book award winners Hubert Church Prize for Fiction 🏆 Home Theatre by Anthony Lapwood (Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāi Te Rangi, Ngāti Whakaue, Pākehā) (Te Herenga Waka University Pres
View fullsize TWO WEEKS TO GO ... Literary whānau don't forget to get your funding application in before Monday, 31 May. You could score a literary project grant between $5,000 and $20,000. 🥳 👉Submissions due by 31 May 2023 👉Review criteria and apply ONLINE ?
View fullsize WE NEED YOU ... If you've got a project idea for building bigger and stronger connections between #kiwiwriters & #kiwireaders 🏋️... apply for a seed funding grant with us. Our grants range from $5,000 to $20,000. The grants round closes 31 May
View fullsize LET'S GO NZ LITERARY SECTOR ... If you, or a group you belong to, have a great project idea that will help to increase the profile and engagement between Kiwi readers and writers, then we've got the funding. Apply for a $5k-$20k seed funding grant o
View fullsize UP TO $20,000 GRANTS ...Do you have a great literary project idea that will help to get more kiwis enjoying the work of NZ writers? @MatatuiF has got $5k-$20k seed funding grants up for grabs. Apply online before 31 MAY 23. 🙌💛🙌 👉Submissions due
View fullsize EXCITING NEWS ... We've super-sized our grants! Biannual grant applications for literary projects seeking $5,000 - $20,000 in funding are now welcome. PLUS, Major Project Round #2 is on its way. 👉 Read Full PR here https://bit.ly/41vSBff
View fullsize $5k SEED FUNDING GRANTS ...Do you have a great project idea that will help to get more kiwis enjoying the work of NZ writers? @MatatuiF has got $5k seed funding grants up for grabs. Apply online before 31 MAY 223. 🙌💛🙌 👉Submissions due by 31 OCT
View fullsize Discover the 2023 Māori and Pasifika catalogue from @coalitionforbooksnz. All your favourite Māori and Pasifika titles in one place - fiction, non-fiction, poetry and plays, children’s (young children), and children’s (middle grade and yo
View fullsize SUBMISSIONS NOW WELCOME for Mātātuhi Foundation's Biannual Seed Funding round. We're looking for ambitious projects that GROW the level of readership and engagement between NZ readers and writers throughout NZ. Learn More here 👉 www.matatuhifound
View fullsize CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS ...Mātātuhi Foundation's Biannual Seed Funding round is NOW OPEN 🤩🥳 . We're looking for impact projects that grow the level of readership and engagement between NZ readers and writers. Submissions close 31 May 2023. 👉Apply o
View fullsize OCKHAM NZ BOOK AWARDS SHORTLIST ANNOUNCED .... with five debut authors in the lineup. @matatuhiF is proud to be supporting the 2023 Best First Book Awards. 🙌 #bestfirstbook #nzbooks #nzread #kiwibooks #nzauthors #nzfiction #nznonfiction #nzpoetry
View fullsize 🚨 Mātātuhi Foundation is proud to be supporting the Best First Book Awards Category in the 2023 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. Read all about the history and past winners like Foundation Trustee Paula Morris, on our website.🏆 #ockham #ockhambooka