About Kotahi Membership
Are you into music, books, theatre, film, visual arts, photography and more? Do you like refreshing conversations, learning new things, and delving into the big issues facing Aotearoa through the eyes of our creatives? Are you into connection, getting out of your comfort zone and being part of something genuinely transformative?
Come with us.
Together, We Can:
Award outstanding artists across the country with financial gifts and recognition.
Raise the profile of the arts on the national agenda (so that our artists are celebrated like our sports stars!).
Connect early-career artists with senior artist mentors.
Energise more people across the regions to talk about the impact of creativity.
Get arts in the news.
Be one voice for the arts!
Kotahi Giving Levels
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1/ Arts Supporter
From $500
Become a Kotahi member – we’ll let you know the latest news with Aotearoa New Zealand’s outstanding artists and invite you to our one of a kind Arts Foundation events around the country.
Your benefits:
- 2 x tickets to our Laureate Awards Party
- Exclusive invites to events involving our artists around the country
- First access to news including our award announcements
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2/ Arts Backer
From $1,500
Step up your giving game – deepen your impact and receive invites to exclusive artists events and tours throughout the year.
Your benefits:
- 2 x tickets to our Laureate Awards Party
- Exclusive invites to events involving our artists around the country
- First access to news including our award announcements
- Special mid-year gift from our sponsors
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3/ Mark Maker
From $5,500
Invest in the engine that fuels the arts – make your mark on New Zealand and join us on our mission to get arts and creativity on the national agenda.
Your benefits:
- 2 x tickets to our Laureate Awards Party
- Exclusive invites to events involving our artists around the country
- First access to news including our award announcements
- Special mid-year gift from our sponsors
- 2 x invitations to the Icon Awards Whakamana Hiranga ceremony when they happen
- Invite to a special event at an artist’s home or studio
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4/ Arts Champion
From $10,500
Become a champion of the arts – join a radical collective of givers and enable us to fund more artists directly.
Your benefits:
- 2 x tickets to our Laureate Awards Party
- Exclusive invites to events involving our artists around the country
- First access to news including our award announcements
- Special mid-year gift from our sponsors
- 2 x invitations to the Icon Awards Whakamana Hiranga ceremony when they happen
- Invite to a special event at an artist’s home or studio
- An annual sit down with one of our artists (of your choice) over a meal
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5/ Major Giver
From $25,500
Shape the nation’s art landscape – create opportunity by directly funding artists and our cause in a big way.
Your benefits:
- 2 x tickets to our Laureate Awards Party
- Exclusive invites to events involving our artists around the country
- First access to news including our award announcements
- Special mid-year gift from our sponsors
- 2 x invitations to the Icon Awards Whakamana Hiranga ceremony when they happen
- Invite to a special event at an artist’s home or studio
- An annual sit down with one of our artists (of your choice) over a meal
- Possible naming rights to an award and introduction to an artist your contribution supports
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6/ Leave a Legacy
Help secure the long term future of creativity in Aotearoa by investing in the ultimate capital: people. Whether you're interested in making a major gift, endowing an award, or leaving a lasting legacy through a bequest, we’d love to hear from you.
For more information on Major Giving and Bequests, please email jo@thearts.co.nz.
If you'd prefer to make a one off donation, head here.
Where Your Giving Goes
In New Zealand we often like to think of ourselves as a country where sport, and particularly rugby, defines us. I never felt like that. I thought I was lucky to live in a country deeply, profoundly enriched by its artists.”
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