We are involved with our communities on many levels and are delighted to support projects that celebrate New Zealand communities and culture.
Matariki is fast becoming a major national celebration. It is being re-established throughout New Zealand as an indigenous observance of a specifically southern hemisphere New Year season. The season celebrates the culture of Maori and promotes the uniquely Aotearoa Pacific nature of Matariki as something all New Zealanders can share and benefit from.
New Zealand Post is proud to be associated with Matariki celebrations in association with Te Papa and Auckland City Council. Events take place throughout the country from late June to early July. Find out more information about Matariki events we are supporting in Auckland and Wellington.
Community Post supports non-profit organisations by donating postage-included envelopes to a wide range of community groups throughout New Zealand - from woman's refuges, hospices and centres for people with disabilities to sports, cultural and environmental groups. In 2008 we sent out more than 1.5 million Community Post envelopes to successful groups around the country. Applications next open on 1 August 2009.
Find out what the criteria are, and how to apply for Community Post.
New Zealand Post was proud to undertake a new gold level of sponsorship with the Auckland Festival this year in March (2009).
The Festival's ongoing dream is to foster an overwhelming sense of pride throughout Auckland, by developing a festival that enriches and engages the whole Auckland community. This year the Auckland Festival presented outstanding work from the Pacific and New Zealand, including world premieres and international work never before seen in Australasia.
The sponsorship included the New Zealand Post family weekend that ensured there was something for everyone to enjoy and participate in.
Check out Auckland Festival.
New Zealand Post is proudly supporting Starship Foundation to launch their innovative new fundraising appeal - where people can donate their old mobile phones to help raise money for Starship.
Using New Zealand Post's new ParcelPost returns service, donating a phone is easy. Starship has produced around 500,000 envelopes to be distributed through major newspapers nationwide from 24 February. Instructions for sending in phones are available at www.starship.org.nz/phone or by phoning 0800 STARSHIP.
Frequently asked questions.
New Zealand Post is a proud sponsor of The Variety Bash. The Bash attracts dedicated individual and corporate crews from across the country and Australia, with some people having participated since its inception in 1990. The Bash covers almost 1,500km and visits more than 60 primary schools. The Bash aims to raise money for New Zealand children, assist communities that work with children in their fundraising, and bring magic and fun to the schools and communities they visit.
What Now the well known children's television programme has a new character proudly brought to you by New Zealand Post. Red, the Mailbot scoots onto the set each week, delivering mail from children across the country - including the eagerly-awaited prize-winning 'Red's Hot Letter of the Week'. With the help of New Zealand Post every child who sends mail to the show receives a posted response from What Now that includes a collectable postcard for kids to send on from home. We want to share the magic of sending and receiving with the children of New Zealand.
What Now screens TV2 Sundays 8-10am.
Find out more about Red here.
New Zealand Post continues its support of New Zealand's culture and heritage by sponsoring the Rutherford Trust touring art collection.
The Rutherford Trust was established in 1988 to "encourage and enhance New Zealand's cultural life and heritage" and to create a collection that reflects the development of 20th century New Zealand art, where excellence of achievement, rather than fashion, is the key criterion.
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