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30 Jun 2025  to 07 Nov 2025
Art Cultural Exhibition

Ki te kapu o taku ringa | In the palm of my hand

‘Ki te kapu o taku ringa’ is an exhibition by Professor Tom Roa (Ngāti Maniapoto, Waikato, Ngāti Apakura) and Dr. Rodrigo Hill, which merges Mātauranga Māori and photography to reframe place representation. Through a kaupapa-driven lens, large-scale images and video works illuminate historical sites, honouring their pl

Venue:  Gallagher Academy of Performing Arts, Main Gallery, University of Waikato
Region:  Waikato  / 
30 Jun 2025  to 07 Nov 2025
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Ki te kapu o taku ringa

Ki te kapu o taku ringa’ is an exhibition by Professor Tom Roa (Ngāti Maniapoto, Waikato, Ngāti Apakura) and Dr. Rodrigo Hill, which merges Mātauranga Māori and photography to reframe place representation. Through a kaupapa-driven lens, large-scale images and video works illuminate historical sites, honouring their pla

Venue:  Gallagher Academy of Performing Arts
Region:  Waikato  / 
21 Jul 2025  to 08 Feb 2026
Art

Portage Ceramic Awards 2025

The Portage Ceramic Awards is an annual celebration of contemporary ceramics in Aotearoa.

Venue:  Te Uru Wāitakere Contemporary Gallery
Region:  Auckland  / 
26 Jul 2025  to 09 Nov 2025
Art Cultural Exhibition

Jasmine Togo-Brisby: ungeographic

From 26 July, Pātaka Art+Museum is filling all its galleries with the work of just one artist.

Venue:  Pātaka Art+Museum
Region:  Wellington  / 
30 Jul 2025  to 30 Dec 2025
Art Exhibition

Call For Entries — New Zealand Painting and Printmaking Awards 2026

Entries for the New Zealand Painting and Printmaking Awards 2026 are open! Enter now at wsa.org.nz. Entries close December 10, 2025.

Venue:  Enter online at wsa.org.nz. Exhibition to be held at Artspost Gallery.
Region:  Waikato  / 
04 Aug 2025  to 03 Nov 2025
Cultural Music

Whakawhanaungatanga Monthly Waiata Sessions

Join us monthly for Waiata Sessions at Te Pou Theatre as a part of our Whakapuāwai Programme!

Venue:  Te Pou Theatre
Region:  Auckland  / 
01 Sep 2025  to 01 Oct 2026
Art

Australasia’s Largest Lightwall, The Lightship, Launches New Art Season On Auckland’s Waterfront

Australasia’s largest lightwall, The Lightship, is set to launch its 2025–26 season next month, illuminating Auckland’s waterfront with its contemporary art platform and a bold new series of works commissioned from six emerging and established artists from Aotearoa and Australia.

Venue:  Port of Auckland
Region:  Auckland  / 
12 Sep 2025  to 27 Oct 2025
Art Exhibition

Forgotten Forest

The latest sculptural work by Destine and Nathan Hull

Venue:  The Sculpture Park at Waitakaruru Arboretum
Region:  Waikato  / 
15 Sep 2025  to 01 Nov 2025
Art Exhibition

LONG COVID

PHOTO OP. x Malcolm Smith Gallery presents LONG COVID, an exhibition of solo and collaborative work by Matt Henry and Emil McAvoy.

Venue:  Malcolm Smith Gallery
Region:  Auckland  / 
16 Sep 2025  to 31 Mar 2026
Show

The Valentina - We The Young

The Rebel Alliance and Auckland Live present The Valentina

Venue:  Online
Region:  Auckland  / 
18 Sep 2025  to 07 Dec 2025
Art

Fell into me: Hannah Ireland

Hannah Ireland, a Tāmaki Makaurau-based artist of Ngāti Hine and Ngāpuhi descent, paints portraits in the broadest, loosest sense, capturing the essence of faces and emotions. Her paintings feature faces that appear distorted, as if pressed against the glass plate of a photocopier.

Venue:  New Zealand Portrait Gallery Te Pūkenga Whakaata
Region:  Wellington  / 
20 Sep 2025  to 01 Nov 2025
Art Cultural Exhibition

Vānimonimo

Vānimonimo is a collection of sculptural and painted works that explore the Sāmoan concept of Vā, the sacred relational space that binds people, land, ocean, and ancestry.

Venue:  DEPOT Artspace
Region:  Auckland  /