Hon CARMEL SEPULONI: I'm excited that Te Urungi provides us with an opportunity to take a different approach to supporting the arts sector. Over 2½ days, cultural sector practitioners, creatives, collectives, and organisations will be supported by mentors and experts to collaborate, develop, test, and refine their ideas as part of a rapid design process. At the end of each event, the most promising projects will receive funding to support their further development. While securing funding will be a key goal for the participants, these events are being designed so that everyone walks away with new knowledge, skills, and connections that can be further explored and developed moving forward.