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Youthline Free Counselling Services for Young People 12-24 in Auckland
Chelsea Graves  /  25 Sep 2023

Youthline Free Counselling Services for Young People 12-24 in Auckland

We have some additional capacity in our free face to face, video and phone counselling services for young people 12-24yrs in Auckland Tāmaki Makaurau right now, and know that some other services are under pressure.

Dame of Aotearoa children’s literature steals Harry Potter’s crown
Sarah Thornton  /  22 Sep 2023

Dame of Aotearoa children’s literature steals Harry Potter’s crown

Whitcoulls announce their Kids’ Top 50 Books List today (Friday, September 22, 2023) and with it reveal Dame Lynley Dodd’s classic book Hairy Maclary from Donaldson’s Dairy steals Harry Potter’s crown as the nation’s favourite children’s book.

Investing in access to the arts pays dividends
Arts Access Aotearoa  /  21 Sep 2023

Investing in access to the arts pays dividends

Research, reviews and reports demonstrate that investment in making the arts accessible – in creative spaces, in prisons, for Deaf and disabled artists and communities – pays dividends, writes Richard Benge, Executive Director, Arts Access Aotearoa.

New song penned for New Zealand Chinese Language Week
The Big Idea Editor  /  20 Sep 2023

New song penned for New Zealand Chinese Language Week

The healing powers of music is the theme of the song dedicated to New Zealand Chinese Language Week this year. “Driftwood” by 22 year-old Auckland-based musician Erin Geraghty, who performs as Erin G!, was launched in Wellington last night.

Before there was THE BIG IDEA, there was a little one ....... "in here" ?
Waitaki Sound Technologies Ltd NZ  /  13 Sep 2023

Before there was THE BIG IDEA, there was a little one ....... "in here" ?

In the beginning - a thought "it just was", (but in it's long journey - it got BIGGER "because") ?

2023 TV Pilot Contest Semi-Finalists
ShoreScripts  /  12 Sep 2023

2023 TV Pilot Contest Semi-Finalists

We are thrilled to announce this year’s Semi-Finalists.

Waitaki Sound Technologies Ltd NZ (educating Auckland from 2007)
Waitaki Sound Technologies Ltd NZ  /  12 Sep 2023

Waitaki Sound Technologies Ltd NZ (educating Auckland from 2007)

Inventing & Testing Various Inventions, Research & Develop Analogue Multi-Ch Surround Sound Systems.Or can often Modify & Convert almost anything else, often just to make something "WORK" ? Differently.!Plus .. we "PLAY_WITH_MUSIC" .. as often as possible, whilst tweeking our analogue surround systems.

Big issues out of the mouths of giant babes
Artsense Productions  /  07 Sep 2023

Big issues out of the mouths of giant babes

Longtime NZ broadcaster takes theatrical turn pre-election

Time flies and decades have gone by!
Annie  /  31 Aug 2023

Time flies and decades have gone by!

Seeking artists who worked for Purple Productions and/or Naughty But Nice Singing Telegrams, and/or helped with Performers 4 Poverty

2023 Shore Scripts TV Pilot Quarter-Finalists
ShoreScripts  /  28 Aug 2023

2023 Shore Scripts TV Pilot Quarter-Finalists

We are delighted to officially announce the Quarter-Finalists for our 2023 TV Pilot Contest!

New book to celebrate Pātaka's 25th birthday.
Pataka: Art + Museum  /  24 Aug 2023

New book to celebrate Pātaka's 25th birthday.

Pātaka Art + Museum turns 25: thinking global, acting local: Pātaka champions Toi Māori & Pacific arts since 1998

Historical fiction series takes top spot – even more popular with Kiwi readers than Harry Potter!
Sarah Thornton  /  08 Aug 2023

Historical fiction series takes top spot – even more popular with Kiwi readers than Harry Potter!

Thousands of Kiwi readers vote for a range of diverse genres in the Whitcoulls Top 100 Books List annually and for many years, J. K. Rowling’s phenomenally successful Harry Potter Series has been their most popular choice.