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Government Ministers Marian Hobbs and Judith Tizard today oversaw the handover to the Alexander Turnbull Library of several hidden treasures already uncovered in a national campaign to preserve New Zealanders’ wartime memories.

  • Judith Tizard
  • Arts, Culture and Heritage

A scoping study into the lasting effects of The Lord of the Rings project proves the impressive economic benefits for New Zealand from the production, says Associate Arts, Culture and Heritage Minister Judith Tizard today.

  • Judith Tizard
  • Arts, Culture and Heritage

"Five BAFTA awards is a great reward for all the New Zealanders who have worked on The Lord of the Rings trilogy", said Judith Tizard today.

  • Judith Tizard
  • Arts, Culture and Heritage

Prime Minister and Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage, Helen Clark, today launched a campaign to preserve diaries, letters, photographs and other material from New Zealanders’ war experiences.

  • Helen Clark
  • Arts, Culture and Heritage

“Kevin Smith was a wonderful New Zealand actor who was known not only for his enormous talent and amazing beauty, but also for his intelligence and self-effacing humour,” Associate Arts, Culture and Heritage Minister Judith Tizard said today.

  • Judith Tizard
  • Arts, Culture and Heritage

Judith Tizard welcomed the launch in Auckland tonight of the toi iho maori made Mark, an initiative that will recognise and benefit Mâori art and artists, and bring economic benefits to New Zealand as a whole.

  • Judith Tizard
  • Arts, Culture and Heritage

Associate Arts, Culture and Heritage Minister Judith Tizard today paid tribute to Jonathan Dennis, who died last night, saying his passing was a great loss to the New Zealand film sector.

  • Judith Tizard
  • Arts, Culture and Heritage

A New Zealand delegation to the Midem 2002 trade fair, which starts tomorrow in Cannes, marks the first time in two decades that New Zealand has had a co-ordinated presence at the world’s biggest music market, says Associate Arts, Culture and Heritage M

  • Judith Tizard
  • Arts, Culture and Heritage

The government’s Cultural Recovery Package continues to bring cultural and economic benefits to New Zealand, says Associate Arts, Culture and Heritage Minister, Judith Tizard.

  • Judith Tizard
  • Arts, Culture and Heritage

The government will introduce legislation to ban parallel imports of films, videos and DVDs for nine months from a title’s first international release, Commerce Minister Paul Swain and Associate Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage Judith Tizard said

  • Judith Tizard
  • Arts, Culture and Heritage

The government’s plan to change legislation on parallel importing of films, videos and DVDs is a response to many concerns about the future of regional cinemas, Associate Arts, Culture and Heritage Minister Judith Tizard said today.

  • Judith Tizard
  • Arts, Culture and Heritage

Act MP Muriel Newman’s 19th Century view of what real work is must ring hollow with the young, talented and able New Zealanders who have spent thousands of hours and thousands of dollars getting training and education in creative areas, says Associate A

  • Judith Tizard
  • Arts, Culture and Heritage

A new programme to assist job seekers to develop a career in the arts and creative industries was launched in Auckland today by Social Services and Employment Minister Steve Maharey and Associate Arts, Culture and Heritage Minister Judith Tizard.

  • Judith Tizard
  • Arts, Culture and Heritage

The newly published guide to New Zealand battlefields in France and Belgium would prove an invaluable guide for visitors to a region where New Zealanders played a significant military role in World War One, Prime Minister and Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage Helen Clark said today.

  • Helen Clark
  • Arts, Culture and Heritage

Dr Merata Kawharu has been appointed to the New Zealand Historic Places Trust, Associate Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage, Judith Tizard, announced today.

Dr Kawharu replaces Peter Adds, whose term of appointment has expired.

  • Judith Tizard
  • Arts, Culture and Heritage

Stout Research Centre director Dr Lydia Wevers has been appointed as a member of the Arts Board of Creative New Zealand, Associate Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage, Judith Tizard, announced today.

  • Judith Tizard
  • Arts, Culture and Heritage

Associate Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage Judith Tizard announced the first recipients of funding under the government's Regional Museums Policy in New Plymouth today.

  • Judith Tizard
  • Arts, Culture and Heritage

Tena koutou, tena koutou, tena koutou katoa.

  • Judith Tizard
  • Arts, Culture and Heritage

Prime Minister and Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage Helen Clark today welcomed the announcement that the first film produced out of the Film Production Fund will be Whale Rider, based on the novel by acclaimed New Zealand writer Witi Ihimaera.

  • Helen Clark
  • Arts, Culture and Heritage

Prime Minister and Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage Helen Clark today announced the appointment of Colonel Andrew Renton-Green as chair of the National War Memorial Advisory Council

  • Helen Clark
  • Arts, Culture and Heritage

Recording an oral history of prisoners of war will ensure that an important but relatively neglected aspect of New Zealand's wartime experience is preserved for future generations, Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage Helen Clark said today.

  • Helen Clark
  • Arts, Culture and Heritage

Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage Helen Clark today announced the appointment of Peter Hubscher and Jo-Anne La Grouw to the Board of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra.

  • Helen Clark
  • Arts, Culture and Heritage

"The Maori Made mark will see New Zealand artists - Maori and Pakeha - able to earn a decent income from their work," says Associate Arts, Culture and Heritage Minister, Judith Tizard.

  • Judith Tizard
  • Arts, Culture and Heritage

Prime Minister and Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage Helen Clark announced today the appointment of new members to the council and the arts boards of Creative New Zealand.

  • Helen Clark
  • Arts, Culture and Heritage