Arts Regional Trust Te Taumata Toi a Iwi

Hutia te rito o te harakeke. Kei hea te komako e ko?
Ki mai nei ki ahau. He aha te mea nui ki tenei ao?
Maku e ki atu. He tangata, he tangata, he tangata.

If you were to pluck out the centre of the flax bush, where would the bellbird sing?
If you were to ask me "What is the most important thing in the world?"
I would reply, "That it is people, people, people."
Traditional Maori proverb

ART invests in creative people, their ideas and enterprises, and backs their drive to make things happen.

ART has developed it's programmes to help creative entrepreneurs from throughout the Auckland city region realise their aspirations, giving 'more runway' to the development of their ideas, aspirations and enterprises.

Some of the people and their enterprises that ART has invested in in the past are Diversityworks, Toi Whenua, Taonga Toi, artweb, Cube, The Big Idea (through Cube), Objectspace (through Cube) and The Church Auckland.

ART works with many partners, sponsors and funders who each provide vital resources, networks and expertise to realise the aims of each of the ART programmes

ART is an arts and creative industries development agency, creating and investing in programmes that develop capability and capacity in Auckland’s creative sector.

The City Councils of Auckland and Manukau created the Arts Regional Trust Te Taumata Toi-a–iwi (ART) in 2000 to manage and grow their combined share of funds provided through the disestablishment of Auckland Regional Services Trust.

To date, ART has invested in a number of significant projects in partnership with other organisations such as the city councils of the Auckland region, universities and government agencies.