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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  / 
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  / 
20 Nov 2025  to 13 Dec 2025
Theatre

Every Kind of Weather

A theatrical double-shot from an iconic playwright and one of our greatest actors.

Venue:  Circa Theatre
Region:  Wellington  / 
21 Nov 2025  to 14 Dec 2025
Art Exhibition

Anna Victoria: Time Well Spent

Exhibition Opening & Artist Talk: Friday 21 November, 6-7:30pm

Venue:  DEPOT Artspace
Region:  Auckland  / 
21 Nov 2025  to 01 Feb 2026
Show Theatre

9 to 5 The Musical

Tumble outta bed and stumble to the New Zealand premiere season of Dolly Parton’s blockbuster musical comedy!

Venue:  The Court Theatre
Region:  Canterbury  /  Christchurch  / 
22 Nov 2025  to 21 Dec 2025
Festival

Aotearoa Festival of Black Arts (AFoBA)

Aotearoa Festival of Black Arts (AFoBA) — Black Joy and Bold Futures begin here.

Venue:  Auckland CBD
Region:  Auckland  / 
28 Nov 2025  to 19 Dec 2025
Art

It's All Fun And Games Until Somebody Loses An Eye

Visit Jennie de Groot's latest exhibition, It's All Fun And Games Until Somebody Loses An Eye

Venue:  Artspost Gallery
Region:  Waikato  /