It has led to the latest crisis – and it is a crisis – as much of the New Zealand arts industry is about to hit the wall. We believe the current arts situation with its paucity of funding, cuts and restructuring of funding will deliver the most devastating blow to Aotearoa/New Zealand arts we have ever seen. Creative New ZealandTwo major very concerning steps have been taken by Creative New Zealand (CNZ) towards the arts sector in recent months1 Restructuring/devolving arts funding to regional consortiumsThe first has been the strategy to devolve arts funding to regions. Yet, this will affect the arts funding delivery for the majority of New Zealand arts, artists, organisations and communities. 2 The sudden reduction or cutting of funding to major arts groups in the recent Arts Organisations and Groups funding roundThe second major issue of concern is the sudden change of direction in the current CNZ funding round which has left 30 major arts organisations with major reductions in their budget or no funding at all.