Here are some links to local and national organisations who fund musicians projects...
NZLive.com - Project funding search engine
FundView - NZ's primary source of information about funding for voluntary organisations and contains over 600 different funding schemes. Canterbury locations to view it free.
Christchurch Community Arts Council - Community Arts Funding Scheme
and much more...
6th October 2008 - Media Release
In 2009, APRA NZ will award three Professional Development
Awards (PDAs). These Awards will recognise the potential of emerging
songwriters and composers in three categories: Pop Contemporary,
Classical and Film/Television.
APRA members - it’s very simple: you tell us what your professional
development goal is, and if you are a winning applicant you get $12,000
to make that professional development happen. Applications are due by Monday 1 December 2008...
Music Project Funding
Contact: Caroline Todd, Ph: +64 3 366 2072
Suite 6A, Level 6, 728 Colombo St, PO Box 2932, Christchurch 8011
southern@creativenz.govt.nz www.creativenz.govt.nz
Outward
Sound has been set up to provide assistance for market development
initiatives and to encourage the entry of New Zealand music and
musicians into global markets. New Zealand music industry practitioners
(artists, managers etc) and firms (record companies, associated
businesses) can apply for assistance through the international music
market development grants program.
Contact Gary Fortune or Tom Clark; Phone: +64 9 376 0115, Email: international@nzmusic.org.nz