Resale Royalties Aotearoa reports first resale royalty
About the scheme
Resale Royalties Aotearoa Toi Huarau (RRA) administers the Artist Resale Royalty scheme on behalf of eligible artists (and their successors).
The Artist Resale Royalty Scheme enables eligible artists (or their successors) to receive a royalty payment each time there is a qualifying resale of their original visual artwork.
RRA collects and distributes the royalties to eligible artists (and their successors).
The Resale Right for Visual Artists Act 2023, and the Resale Right for Visual Artists Regulations 2024 came into force on 1 December 2024.
Visit the Resale Royalty Aotearoa website for more information.
The first resale royalty was successfully reported on 5 December, following the much anticipated launch of the Resale Royalty Scheme on 1 December, 2024.
This means that artists are set to receive royalties! A 5% royalty will now be collected for eligible artists each time their artwork is resold over the threshold of NZD$2,000.
Visual artists (and their successors)
Please register your interest with RRA to ensure timely payment to you. Registering your eligibility greatly assists RRA to administer the scheme on your behalf. It assists RRA to identify, collect, & distribute your royalty payments to you in a timely fashion.
Read more or our Guide: Information for Artists & Successors.
Art Market Professionals
Art Market Professionals have certain obligations and liabilities under the Scheme. These are explained in our Guide: Information for Art Market Professionals.
View profiles of New Zealands largest auction houses here. Please register to stay informed about your obligations under the scheme, and to receive administrative support with compliance.
Criteria
An “eligible artist” (or their successor) has a right to be paid a resale royalty each time there is a “qualifying resale” of an “original visual artwork” by that artist (provided the resale right has not “expired” at the time of resale)
Apply this test in four steps using this flowchart (click on each for a checklist).
- Is there a “qualifying resale”?
- Of an “original visual artwork”?
- Is the artist an “eligible artist”?
- If the eligible artist is DECEASED, check whether the resale right had expired at the time of the resale
