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Queen Elizabeth II and the arts council charter, 1963

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Queen Elizabeth II and the arts council charter, 1963

In 1960 the government set up an arts council, which three years later it renamed the Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council in honour of the queen, who was then visiting New Zealand. She is seen here with the council's charter at a royal performance in Auckland in 1963. 

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)

Reference: EP/1963/0515

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Martin Durrant, Arts funding and support – Government’s developing role, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/42985/queen-elizabeth-ii-and-the-arts-council-charter-1963 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Martin Durrant, published 10 October 2013.