Awards and Appointments – 05 May 2017 (edition 14/2017)
- Suzanne Ellison (Ngāi Tahu) has been reappointed as a board member of Creative New Zealand (also known as the Arts Council of New Zealand Toi Aotearoa).
- The Minister for Māori Development, Te Ururoa Flavell, has announced winners of the DreamBig Māori social media competition. The winners are Alice Dimond, Arwen Solomon, Hayward Te Huia, Josiah Komene, Alicia Kapa, and Jordana Pointon-Haimona.