Funding and grants

Dream bigger and reach further with a grant from National Services Te Paerangi. We invest in museums, galleries, and iwi to foster growth and new connections across the sector.

Helping Hands Grant

Get materials, services, and information to help care for taonga in museums, galleries, iwi, hapū and whānau.

Travel Subsidy Grant

Help cover travel expenses for sector related training in New Zealand.

Gore District Council Heritage Projects Officer David Luoni at Mataura Museum, 2015. Photograph courtesy of David Luoni

Professional Development Grant

Access training programmes – local and international - with long-term benefits for you, your organisation, and the sector.

A woman is standing next to a wall that has four paintings hung on it.

The Museum Hardship Fund

The Museum Hardship Fund was a contestable grant designed to address the impact of forced closures and reductions as a result of Covid-19 that operated from 2020–2024.