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19 Oct 2025  to 07 Dec 2025
Art

Botanical Art Worldwide 2025 | Ashburton Art Gallery and Museum

Discover the world of botanical art at this touring exhibition!

Venue:  Ashburton Art Gallery and Museum
Region:  Canterbury  / 
31 Oct 2025  to 24 Jan 2026
Music

Sir Dave Dobbyn: Selected Songs

Sir Dave Dobbyn and his Selected Songs Regional Tour

Venue:  Wellington - The Opera House, Napier - Napier Municipal Theatre, Palmerston North - The Regent on Broadway, Dunedin - Dunedin Town Hall, Christchurch - Christchurch Town Hall, Hamilton - Waikato Regional Theatre
Region:  Christchurch  /  Dunedin  /  Hawke's Bay  /  Manawatū / Whanganui  /  Waikato  /  Wellington  / 
07 Nov 2025  to 01 Feb 2026
Public Art

SCAPE Public Art Season 2025: The Limits of Language

New public art to inspire, challenge, and delight Ōtautahi Christchurch

Venue:  Christchurch City
Region:  Canterbury  /  Christchurch  / 
07 Nov 2025  to 01 Feb 2026
Exhibition

Worn: Prisoners' Shoes and the Stories They Tell

An exhibition celebrating the work of unseen artists in prisons across Aotearoa opens at Whirinaki Whare Taonga on Saturday 1 November, for three months. Created and toured by The Learning Connexion (TLC)

Venue:  Whirinaki Whare Taonga
Region:  Wellington  / 
08 Nov 2025  to 17 Jan 2026
Art Exhibition

Visual Diary of an Astral Traveller

Visual Diary of an Astral Traveller reminds us that the mind is unhindered by human boundaries. If we open ourselves to the endless possibilities of the creative process, its transformative power is within reach for us all.

Venue:  Malcolm Smith Gallery
Region:  Auckland  / 
08 Nov 2025  to 13 Dec 2025
Workshops

6 Week Online Experimental Filmmaking Workshop

6-week online course into alternative filmmaking-explore, create, and showcase your film

Venue:  Online
Region:  National  / 
08 Nov 2025  to 19 Dec 2025
Art Craft Exhibition

Sarah Cowie: The Moon Looked at Me Funny

Faces, bodies, and strange creatures emerge from fabric in Sarah Cowie’s exhibition The Moon Looked at Me Funny.

Venue:  DEPOT Artspace
Region:  Auckland  / 
10 Nov 2025  to 06 Dec 2025
Art Cultural Exhibition

Exhibition: Matt Payne: Araura Enua - Bergman Gallery, Rarotonga

For Araura Enua, Matt Payne turns his focus to one of the Pacific's most iconic natural wonders-the lagoon of Aitutaki. Revered for its luminous waters and shifting tones of blue, the lagoon has long captivated travellers, artists, and storytellers alike.

Venue:  Bergman Gallery | Rarotonga
Region:  Online  /  Overseas  / 
13 Nov 2025  to 06 Dec 2025
Theatre

D.R.A.G (Dressed Resembling a God)

A party. A battlecry. A celebration of queer excellence.

Venue:  Q Theatre
Region:  Auckland  / 
15 Nov 2025  to 14 Dec 2025
Art Exhibition Public Art Public Program

Ian Scott: Selected Works 1966 - 2012 (2025)

Bringing together, for the first time, key paintings from IAN SCOTT's broader practice, Selected Works (1966–2012) surveys his painting career, revealing the unity underlying his remarkable evolution, innovation, and stylistic transformations.

Venue:  Milford Galleries
Region:  National  /  Online  /  Otago  / 
15 Nov 2025  to 14 Dec 2025
Art Exhibition Public Art Public Program

Yuki Kihara: Moments of Presence (2025)

Combining two significant, on-going series of works, YUKI KIHARA's new exhibition Moments of Presence operates at the pliable borders of geography, history and time, as well as those of culture, gender and racial hierarchies.

Venue:  Milford Galleries
Region:  National  /  Online  /  Otago  / 
19 Nov 2025  to 06 Dec 2025
Art Exhibition

Material Matters by Kim Shaw and Fiona Cable

Kim Shaw and Fiona Cable approach their practice with improvisation and rhythm that allows the resulting work to retain a materials’ vitality.

Venue:  Railway Street Gallery
Region:  Auckland  /