| Auckland Council (Auckland) | $175,000.00 | Programme of events to commemorate first encounters.
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| Expressions Arts and Entertainment Trust (Upper Hutt City) | $26,100.00 | Exhibition to tell the stories of the first encounters between Māori and Europeans in the Hutt Valley |
| Garden Marlborough 2004 Inc. (Marlborough District) | $8,000.00 | Day tours in Totaranui to raise awareness of history of the area |
| Hinenui Whānui Charitable Trust (Gisborne District) | $11,858.00 | Commemorative event launching video and ebook resources telling the Iwi's story of their waka horouta. |
| Te Rākau Hua O Te Wao Tapu Trust (Wellington) | $365,000.00 | Post-production work on recordings of the 2017 performance of 'The Undertow' at Te Papa Tongarewa. |
| Te Rākau Hua O Te Wao Tapu Trust (Wellington/Nationwide) | $230,000.00 | Travelling and showing the film 'The Undertow' in various locations around the country. |
| University of Otago (Otago/Marlborough) | $114,000.00 |
| Te Au Marie (Far North District) | $167,000.00 | Content development and installation of an exhibition at the Russell Museum. |
| Hokotehi Moriori Trust (Chatham Islands) | $50,000.00 |
| Totaranui 250 Trust (Marlborough District) | $54,000.00 | Collation of ten stories around first encounters in Totaranui, and events that occurred in the region afterwards. |
| Te Runanga o Ngati Kea Ngati Tuara Trust (Rotorua District) | $70,000.00 | Waka ama project. |
| Wellington Regional Orchestra Foundation Incorporated (Wellington Region/ Wairarapa Regions) | $73,375.00 | Concert featuring a work composed specifically for taonga pāoro and the orchestra, and aschools programmes. |
| Regional Facilities Auckland (Auckland) | $150,000.00 | Exhibition programme connected to taonga dating from around the late-eighteenth century and the first meetings between Māori and Europeans. |
| Major Arc Charitable Trust (Wellington/Nationwide) | $187,749.00 | A cinematic feature version of a documentary on Tupaia's voyage on the Endeavour. |
| Arakite Charitable Trust (Far North District) | $255,127.00 | Archaeological excavation at one of the earliest sites of human habitation in New Zealand. |
| Mercury 250th Anniversary Trust (Thames- Coromandel District) | $311,497.00 | A series of events known collectively as Te Pōwhiri (The Welcome). |
| Te Ha 1769 Sestercentennial Trust Board (Gisborne District/Nationwide) | $400,000.00 | Commemoration programme for the Tairāwhiti (Gisborne) region. |
| Auckland War Memorial Museum (Auckland/Far North District/Thames-Coromandel District)) | $454,985.00 | Programme of commemorative activities at the Museum and off-site. |
| Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (Nationwide) | $500,000.00 | Acquisition and return of taonga. |
| Toi Hauiti Charitable Trust (Gisborne District) | $27,830.00 | Exhibition and workshops centred around the first encounters and dual heritage themes. |
| Pushing Arts NZ Trust (Whangarei) | $65,000.00 | Street murals based on the theme 'Tuia te muka Tāngata' or 'Weaving the threads of Humanity'. |
| Wellington Museums Trust Incorporated (Wellington) | $117,178.00 |
| Atea a Rangi Educational Trust (Hawke's Bay) | $193,113.00 | Four-pronged educational project for tamariki. |
| New Zealand Symphony Orchestra (Nationwide) | $223,456.00 | Concerts oforchestral instruments and taonga pūoro at schools. |
| Te Au Marie (Whangarei/Far North District) | $500,000.00 | Programme of events to complement the arrival of the Tuia voyaging flotilla. |
| Totaranui 250 Trust | $214,000 |
