Today’s 11am National Anzac Day Service at Pukeahu National War Memorial Park has been cancelled to the public due to high winds. The Atatürk Memorial Wreath-laying Service in Strathmore has also been cancelled.

Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage Paul Goldsmith is congratulating Mataaho Collective for winning the Golden Lion for best participant in the main exhibition at the Venice Biennale.

There are opportunities across the motu for the public to come together to mark Anzac Day this year.

The New Zealand Flag Notice 1986 has now been updated by the New Zealand Flag Notice 2024, which came into force on 1 March 2024. The Notice lists the updated days of national commemoration, including the King’s birthday and His Majesty’s Coronation Day.

We are inviting interested media organisations to play a recording of the adhan (or call to prayer) on Friday 15 March 2024 at 1.39pm.

Our Graves and Memorials team plans to replace eight headstones in Featherston Cemetery as they are in poor condition and can no longer be maintained to a suitable standard.

New research from Growing Up in New Zealand and Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage found that more than 90% of 12-year-olds regularly took part in recreational activities.

At the request of the Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage, the Honourable Paul Goldsmith, the New Zealand Flag is to be flown at half-mast on all Government and public buildings on Thursday, 29 February 2024 to mark the funeral of Fa’anānā Efeso Collins.

Our new pānui is a refreshed version of our previous Covid Recovery Programme newsletter. Piri ki Tua means to connect outward and beyond.