Our supporters

Our Festival thrives thanks to the amazing support we receive from generous funders, sponsors, and individual donors.

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Principal funders

  • Logo with a multi-colored star icon and the word 'TEXT' in bold letters
  • Creative NZ Arts Council of New Zealand logo with black, white, and gold design.
  • Tauranga City logo with a stylized landscape of hills and a river in shades of blue, green, yellow, and gray.

Community Funders

  • Grassroots Trust logo with the words 'grassroots' in green and 'trust' in gray.
  • Four Winds Foundation logo with green, black, and white stylized wind lines and text
  • Logo with the text 'n2ct' and a stylized staircase or ladder integrated into the letter 'n', with smaller text underneath that reads 'Community Trust'.
  • The logo of OSE Foundation featuring geometric shapes, including a circle, square, and rectangle, in orange, white, and black, with the words "OSE FOUNDATION" below.
  • A digital illustration of a financial growth chart with ascending bars in blue, teal, and orange, and a line graph overlay. A dollar sign icon is in the background.
  • A stylized DNA helix with a tree growing inside it, symbolizing growth and genetics.
  • Logo with half comedy and half tragedy masks, smiling face with musical note, and a banner reading 'The Fame Trust'.
  • Logo for The Lion Foundation featuring a red lion and black text.

Gold Sponsors

  • Logo of Port of Tauranga with a semi-circular graphic and the text 'Port of Tauranga' in blue.
  • A box cutter knife with a black handle and a partially extended silver blade.
  • Craigs Investment Partners logo with a concentric circle symbol and black text.
  • Green oval logo with the word "CARRUS" in white uppercase letters and a gold outline
  • Taylor Bros Transport Ltd logo with red and yellow text on a white background.
  • Black and white logo for Highland Tauranga with stylized text.

Silver Sponsors

  • Logo for Baycourt with the slogan 'Where the Arts Come Alive!' in purple text.
  • Holland Bekkett logo with a stylized yellow slash above the name.
  • MediaWorks logo with a black background, the word 'mediaworks' in lowercase black letters, a small blue dot above the 'i', and a small pink dot at the end of the word.
  • UNOMagazine logo in black and white.

Bronze Sponsors

  • Logo with the word 'BAYLEYS' in white capital letters on a dark blue background, outlined by a white and blue border.
  • Logo of Kathleen Lellman Barrister featuring initials K and L in a circle and her name beneath.
  • The BDO logo with the word 'BDO' in blue letters and red accent lines.
  • Logo for Downtown Tauranga featuring a stylized red map of the area and the text "Downtown Tauranga" in red.
  • Logo for Sharp Tudhope Lawyers, with the firm's name in bold grey text on a white background, and the word 'Lawyers' in white on a dark blue background below.
  • Logo for Acorn Foundation Western Bay of Plenty featuring a stylized tree with leaves in shades of blue and yellow and text.
  • Black logo featuring a stylized lizard with the text "Lizard News" below it.
  • Logo for Just Sheds featuring a stylized shed icon and text 'JUST SHEDS portable building hire'.

Festival Partners

  • Baycourt logo with the tagline "Where the arts come alive!" in purple text.
  • Logo with abstract geometric shapes and the text "The Incubator" in bold black font.
  • Opus Orchestra logo with stylized black and red 'O', 'P', and 'S' letters and the words 'Opus Orchestra' in black text.
  • Silhouette of a man sitting cross-legged in a meditative pose against a yellow background with rays, with a smaller person sitting on his shoulders and a large person sitting in front of him.

Our Festival Whānau

Kahurangi – Gold Patrons

Debby and John Meldrum

Graeme and Susan Horsley

Nancy van der Laan and Martyn Brick

Iti Kahurangi – Silver Patrons

Bev and Jon Mayson

Ian and Jenny Thomas

Ian and Paula Cross

Jen Scoular

Lisa and Murray Denyer

Pete and Karina Tinholt

Kairangi – Bronze Patrons

A and C Ralph

Alastair and Craig Melvin

Anne Parkinson and Bob Major

Barby Pensabene

Brett and Rhonda Hewlett

Briar and John Gordon

Bridget Cummins and Murray Landon

Bruce and Linda Inglis

Christine and Brian Cloughley

Dallas Collett

Dean Thompson and Claire Beard

Glenn Dougal and Debbie Green

Graham Crow and Jo Bond

Hansen Family

Jacqui Larkin and Derek Spring

Jenni and Bruce Calderwood

John Beech and Craig Douglas

Judith Bidlake and Mike Chapman

Judy and Graham Clarke

Karen Flowerday, Bayleys Mount

Kate Barry-Piceno and Craig Batchelar

Kimberley and Marilyn Cleland

Lesley Fraser

Liz French

Lynda and Chris Royal

Madeleine Christie

Marg and Nigel McConnochie

Margaret and John Rountree

Marlene Ware

Marty and Sue Lee

Michelle McDonnell Landscape Design Ltd

Paula and Graeme Lane

Rachel Parker and Richard Hoare

Robyn and Phil Mangos

RockhoundBlack Youtube Channel

Sandra Simpson and Keith Frentz

Sue and Marty Hoffart

The Wash Place

Theresa and Graeme Tingey

Tranquillo Beauty Clinic

We need you

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As a not-for-profit organisation, your contributions are the lifeblood of our Festival—fuelling us to craft extraordinary, life-changing moments and unforgettable experiences that ripple out to our entire community and beyond.

With your help, we can continue to make magic happen.  

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