Successful Past Applicants

Successful Applicants August 2026

Applicant	Project name	Amount Awarded
Coromandel Art Group	Coromandel Art Group Annual Exhibition	$ 881.53
Whangamatā Summer Festival Inc	The Whangamatā Summer Festival	$ 2,250.00
Harataunga Marae Trust	Tū Mai Paora (Stand Tall, Pāora)	$ 2,500.00
Coromandel Arts Tour	Coromandel Open Studios Arts Tour	$ 550.00
St George's Community Choir	St George's Community Choir	$ 2,500.00
Peninsula Readers and Writers Festival	Peninsual Readers and Writers Festival	$ 2,000.00
Thames Music Group Incorporated	Thames Music Group March - July 2027 Concert Series	$ 2,500.00
Ngākau Carving Symposium	Ngākau Carving Symposium 2026	$ 4,000.00

Successful Applicants February 2026

Applicant	Project	Amount
Mercury Bay Area School	Maui Unmasked	$1000.00
Whangamata Arts Collective	Creative Connection	$1200.00
Mercury Bay Performing Arts	Facility Hire - Performing Arts inc.	$2817.25
Patchwork Unlimited Turua	Patchwork Unlimited Turua Quilt Show	$550.00
Coromandel Independent Living Trust	Screen printing workshop for artists in the making	$1333.00
Roimata Taimana	Te Toi o Matariki (The Art of Matariki)	$2000.00
Thames Music Group Incorporated	Thames Music Group 2026 Concert Series	$2500.00
Charles Herbert (Ngakoma) Tekoha Williams (Conner) (Ngakoma Conner)	Aotearoa HipHop Academy	$3817.25
Melinda Rapson	Kidz Art with Melinda	$930.00

Successful Applicants August 2025

Applicant	Project	Amount
Thames Museum Te Whare Taonga o te Kauaeranga	Korowai for Taonga Māori Gallery	$1,644.00
Lena Daze (Marie Macleod)	Creators and Makers Festival	$ 866.27
Carmen Morena Taylor	Sunrise & Soul Market	$1,200.00
Brent Courtney	Dub in the Valley	$1,000.00
Whangamata Summer Festival	THE WHANGAMATA SUMMER FESTIVAL	$1,500.00
Arts Collective Whangamata Inc	Art Trail Whangamata	$1,050.00
Spirit of Coromandel Trust	Are You Trying to Kill Us? – The Story of Adventure Racing Coromandel	$ 600.00
Steampunk the Thames Inc	Steampunk the Thames Festival	$1,000.00
Chaar Sahibzaade Community Trust (Thames Indian Community)	Thames Indian Community - Thriving Community	$3,044.61
Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Harataunga	Nga Purakau e hangai ana ki Harataunga	$ 500.00
Monika Lange	Thames Mural Art Trail	$ 357.00
Thames Music Group Incorporated	Thames Music Group March and April 2026 Concerts	$1,000.00
Coromandel Independent Living Trust	Rangatahi bone carving workshops	$ 500.00
Driving Creek Railway Limited	Ngā Kaihanga Uku and Friends	$1,600.00
Joan Hart	Whatu Kaakahu	$1,000.00
Chantelle Cobby	In Our Twenties	$ 264.50
Colville Junction Charitable Trust	Colville Community Festival	$1,900.00
Pete Sephton	Barry Brickell Play With Clay Day	$1,000.00
Laurie Eliane Geraldine Mango	Thames Paint Out	$ 594.00
St Georges Community Choir	Classical Christmas Cheer	$ 700.00
Isabel Gilbert-Palmer	Art is identity	$1,000.00

Successful Applicants February 2025

Applicant	Project	Amount Awarded
Anne-Maree McDougall	CoroCine Booster Workshops	$1,000
The Glow Show Company	MATARIKI GLOW SHOW	$2,000
Age Concern Hauraki Coromandel	Flowers for Friendship	$1,600
Ngākau Carving Symposium	Ngākau Carving Symposium 2025	$3,500
Nicholas Davies	Rock Bottom Tour: Fun show centred around wellbeing for kids.	$1,630
Thames Music Group	Thames Music Group 2025 Concert Series	$2,500
Coromandel Open Studios Arts Tour	Coromandel Open Studios Arts Tour	$1,000
Claire Johnson	Coro Superstars	$851.04
Arts Collective Whangamatā - 1	Matariki Community Celebration	$1,000
Whangamatā Theatre Society Incorporated	Spotlight on Broadway	$720
Whangamatā Community Marae Trust	Matariki Whangamatā	$1,300

Successful Applicants September 2024

Applicant	Project	Amount Awarded
Anna Dunwoodie	I always wanted to play the harp (continued)	$1,800
Marilyn Swan [ Ebbs]	Ballet Class for adults and older learners.	$207
Whangamatā Homeschool Cooperative	Whangamatā Homeschool Co-op Winter Art Sessions	$400
Coromandel Independent Living Trust	Materials for Artists in The Making	$1,000
Barry Brickell Clay Day Committee	Barry Brickell Memorial Clay Day	$875
Jason Daniel Franke 2	LIVE MUSIC SKILLS CLINICS	$2,000
Whangamata Arts Collective	Harcourts Challenge and Big Arts Day Out	$800
Robin Kay Münch	Aya and the Butterfly and The Orange Box	$800
The Supported Life Style Hauraki Trust	The Supported Life Style Hauraki Trust -	$1,000
Steampunk the Thames Inc	Steampunk the Thames Festival	$2,000
Isabel gilbert palmer	Exceptional .....Summer Exhibition 2025 Maori and Pasifika Artists from the Coromandel	$1,000
Coromandel Art Group	Coromandel Art Group Annual Exhibition	$500
Coromandel Town Arts Council	Tekoteko Replacement	$1,500
St Georges Choral Group	the Mass of the children	$1,000
Thames Music and Drama	School of rock - The musical	$1,500
Whangamata Community Library	"Meet the Author' Series	$1,500
Whitianga Art Group	Mixed Media Medley	$500
	Total Awarded:	$18,382

Successful Applicants February 2024

Applicant	Project	Amount Awarded
Thames Music Group Inc	Thames Music Group Friday Concert Series 2024	$1,000
Whangamatā Community Marae Trust	Matariki Festival 2024	$1,000
Thames Public Art Trust	COMPLETE THREE SCULPTURES	$1,500
Tairua Heritage Society Incorporated	A Night at the Cabaret – 30’s Style	$500
Pastel Artists Coromandel	Maxine Thompson Workshop	$295
Ngati Maru Runanga	Kaumatua / Rangatahi Toi Maori	$2,000
Matai Whetu Marae	Hauraki Festival	$4,000
Whangamata Area School	Annie Junior	$1,000
Marilyn Swan	Tairua... Let's Keep Moving. Winter Dance Classes. Marilyn Swan	$674
Colville Junction Charitable Trust	Colville Community Festival	$2,000
Whangamata Arts Collective	Matariki celebration	$1,000
Karen McLeod Photography	Coromandel Peninsula Youth Photography Awards & Exhibition 2024	$500
Matt Sephton	Random Addition - #3	$1,500
Matatoki School	School Production: Matariki and the lost chick	$1,000
Whitianga Art Group	Artist Arcylic Workshop	$300
	Total:	$18,269.33

Successful Applicants August 2023

Creative Communities Scheme August 2023
Organisation	Project	Amount Allocated
Coromandel Art Group	Coromandel Art Group Annual Exhibition	$945.00
Whangamatā Patch and Quilt	King’s Birthday Quilt and Textile Art Exhibition	$1,713.89
Isabel Gilbert-Palmer	Ringawera Ringahera	$1,262.00
Thames Music and Drama Inc	Chicago.	$2,500.00
Coromandel Independent Living Trust	Artists in the Making - Creative Spaces	$1,500.00
Puriri School	Year 8 Pou Whenua	$1,068.14
Eloise Green	Princesses, Pirates and Fairies Picnic	$376.00
Thames South School (Te Kura o Te Kauaeranga)	A sense of identity	$2,000.00
Roshan Tuivavalagi	Vocal Nash	$1,000.00
Neil Pascoe - Thames Musicians Club	Thames Musicians Club Summer Concert	$1,500.00
Arts Collective Whangamatā Inc	Art Expand: Series of Autumn (2024) workshops for the artist..	$1,250.00
Coromandel Players Inc	Santa in Space - a pantomime	$400.00
	Total:	$16,565.03

Creative Communities Scheme Festival Fund August 2023
Organisation	Project	Amount Allocated
Whangamatā Summer Festival	Festival performers for our annual market	$ 2,834.56
Steampunk the Thames	Steampunk the Thames Festival	$ 5,000.00
Mercury Bay Art Escape	Advertising support for Mercury Bay Art Escape Open Studios Festival	$ 2,858.56
	Total:	$10,693.11

Successful Applicants March 2023

Organisation	Project Description	Amount Allocated
Brigita Mana Botma	Kaupapa Whakahīhī Toi, Ki Kapanga. Project of Art Pride, Coromandel	$1,181
Joshua Armstrong	Live at the Green Room	$1,700
Karen Moffatt-McLeod	Coromandel Peninsula Youth Photography Awards & Exhibition	$1,500
Whitianga Community Services Trust - Peter van der Putten	Korowai and Taniko Weaving	$1,280
Thames Music Group - Tony Winter	Thames Music Group Free Friday Lunchtime Concert 2023 Series	$1,500
Whangamata Area School Red Leap Drama - Amy Russell	Red Leap Youth Devising Workshop	$1,210.00
Te Moana Takiri Harrison	Matariki Weaving Hui	$1,250
Moanataiari School - Julie White	Moanatairi School's Robin and The Sherwood Hoodies Musical	$1,250.00
Leonardo Gobatto Magri	Toi & Joy	$1,100
Carla Jayne Molloy - Youth Music Festival	MINOR B MUSIC FEST	$2,500
Steampunk the Thames Inc - Caroline Thomas	Steampunk the Thames Festival	$920.00
Carla Jayne Molloy - Comedy Workshop	Get Started in Standup Comedy	$760
Isabel Gilbert-Palmer	Six of the best Exhibition	$522
St Georges Community Choir	Street Requiem	$1,224
	Total:	$17,897.04

Successful Applicants September 2022

Applicant	Project Title	Amount Granted
Fay Purdie-Nicholls	On The Inside - Art Exhibition	$500.00
Coromandel Area School	Creativity for Children's Wellbeing	$500.00
WHANGAMATA SUMMER FESTIVAL INCORPORATED	Market Performers costs for the Annual Markets	$500.00
Thornton Bay Art Projects Group	Te Puru School Pou Installation	$3,000.00
Coromandel Players Inc	Two AOTNZ shows for 2023	$400.00
Tyler James downey	Kotahitanga Creative Community Mural	$750.00
WTS (Watch this Space) Coromandel	Connect The Artists – Watch This Space Shared Studios	$1,885.00
Stewart Thomas Pedley	‘To Be A Man’ Music Video Production	$400.00
Stuart Smith	Chef Goes Round – Online Show	$1,000.00
Sharyn Morcom	NZ Trio to perform in Mercury Bay	$1,041.00
Pastel Artists Coromandel	Stephi Clark Workshop	$440.00
Whangamatā Community Marae Trust	Matariki Event and Arts Exhibition	$2,750.00
The Far Out Folk Club	The Far Out Folk Club – Open Mic / Open stage	$1,500.00
Carla Jayne Molloy	Soundcheck: Open Mic Nights	$1,000.00
Whangamata community Event committee for Carols	Whangamata Carols in the Park 2022	$500.00
Moana House Rest Home & Hospital	Moana House Residents Art Showcase	$500.00
Matatoki School	‘Ko Matatoki tēnei, ko mātou tēnei’ \| ‘This is Matatoki, this is us’ mural	$750.00
Carla Jayne Molloy	Speakeasy: Word Open Mic Nights	$1,000.00
Artists in the Making - cilt	Artists in the Making - Creative Spaces	$4,000.00
Colville Junction	Colville Community Arts Festival	$2,000.00
Thames Public Art Trust	ThreePeat	$3,000.00
Thames Musicians Club	Concert at Kauaeranga	$2,000.00
Whangamata Arts Collective	Harcourts Challenge, Big Arts Day Out	$1,000.00
Thames Music And Drama Inc.	The Gallipoli Monologues	$1,000.00
Ngati Maru Runanga	Korowai Class	$3,463.72
	Total:	$34,879.72

Successful Applicants March 2022

Applicant name	Project title	Amount granted
Sarah Burren – Little Green Man Productions	Matariki Glow Show 2022 – Puppet Show	$ 2652.00
Sidharth Pagad	African Drum & Dance Retreat	$ 3147.00
Melinda Rapson	Pauanui Mini Putt Mural	$ 2090.09
Isabel Gilbert-Palmer	Kuaotunu Artspace Project	$1682.10
	TOTAL:	$9571.19

Successful Applicants September 2021

Applicant name	Project title	Amount granted
Thames Music & Drama Inc	Mamma Mia - The Musical	$ 2600.00
Sean Kelly	Sean Kelly & The Super 8's Coromandel Tour	$ 800.00
Whangamata Summer Festival	New Years Day Opera	$ 1000.00
Thames Music Group	Sunday Concert Series	$ 1000.00
Thames Museum Society	Murals for Taonga Maori Gallery	$ 1667.23

Pastel Artists Coromandel	Freeman Pastel Workshop	$ 300.00
Jo McDonald	The Maker Uppers Club	$ 500.00
Watch this Space Coromandel	Connect the Artists - Shared Studios	$ 1000.00
Amplify Ocean & Art Ltd	Amplify	$ 500.00
Coromandel Independent Living Trust	Creative Spaces - Artists in the Making	$ 1000.00
Whangamata Arts Collective	Art in the Park	$ 1500.00
Whangamata Community Swimming Pool	Pool Mural	$ 1000.00
Daniel Tippett	Meri te Tai Managakahia mural	$ 1500.00
Carla Molloy	Sunday Shorts - Whiti Film Festival	$ 984.00
Mercury Bay Art Escape	Art & MUsdic Evening	$ 520.00
Colville Social Services Collective	Colville Community Arts Festival	$ 1000.00
S Rowe & J Lardner-Burke	Create in Thames	$ 797.27
Whangamata Community Events	Whangamata Carols in the Park 2021	$ 500.00
	TOTAL:	$18168.50

Successful Applicants March 2021

Successful applicants for the March 2021 Creative Communities Scheme funding round.

Organisation

Whangamata Creative Fibre	$450.00
Thames Public Art Trust	$3,900.00
Whangamata Patch & Quilt Group	$2,210.00
Thames Museum	$587.00
Colville Community Creative Collaboration	$4877.87
Lora Mountjoy	$1,136.00
Yellow Eye Ltd for Nukes Ukulele Trio	$2,440.00
Thames Christmas Wonderland	$1,200.00
Te Roopu Tautoko o Hartaunga	$1,000.00
Debbie Lim	$4,000.00
Lena Daze	$1,470.00
Thames Musicians	$2,500.00
Total	$25,770.87