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06 Dec 2025  to 22 Feb 2026
Art Exhibition

Jack Hadley ASSEMBLIES

In ASSEMBLIES, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland-based artist Jack Hadley presents a sculptural installation of modular aluminium structures that occupy a space between function and fantasy, play and precision.

Venue:  Te Uru Waitākere Contemporary Gallery
Region:  Auckland  / 
07 Dec 2025  to 22 Feb 2026
Art Exhibition

Bill Hammond: Serenading Imagined Worlds

Bill Hammond (1947–2021) is widely recognised as one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s most original and influential painters.

Venue:  Te Uru Waitākere Contemporary Gallery
Region:  Auckland  / 
09 Dec 2025  to 13 Dec 2025
Theatre

Genuine and Stable

Genuine and Stable is an intimate mystery about love under scrutiny - what it means to prove it, to believe it, and to risk everything for it.

Venue:  Herald Theatre, Aotea Centre
Region:  Auckland  / 
10 Dec 2025  to 07 Feb 2026
Art

Āhua wai: Olivia Asher, Megan Brady, Pepi-Joy Gilgen, Sara Tautuku Orme

An exhibition of photography, sculpture, ceramics and textile practices that explore the pull and form of water.

Venue:  PEG Gallery
Region:  Wellington  / 
10 Dec 2025  to 20 Dec 2025
Dance Theatre

A Christmas Crisis

Christmas is falling apart — but Dynamotion’s here to save the day!

Venue:  Q Theatre
Region:  Auckland  / 
11 Dec 2025  to 22 Feb 2026
Exhibition

Christopher Ulutupu: West

West is inspired by the spiritual essence of the whenua (land) and marks a shift from Ulutupu’s earlier, more theatrical style toward quieter, contemplative moments.

Venue:  Te Whare o Rehua Sarjeant Gallery
Region:  Manawatū / Whanganui  / 
11 Dec 2025  to 18 Dec 2025
Theatre

The Civic Tours

Step inside a world of theatrical and architectural wonder and discover the secrets of The Civic!

Venue:  The Civic
Region:  Auckland  / 
12 Dec 2025  to 20 Dec 2025
Art Cultural Exhibition

New Collectors

New Collectors brings together seven artists whose practices highlight the breadth and vitality of contemporary art today. All works are priced under $2,000, inviting both new and seasoned audiences to engage directly with original, collectible art.

Venue:  Bergman Gallery | Auckland
Region:  Auckland  /  National  /  Online  / 
12 Dec 2025  to 01 Feb 2026
Exhibition

Grant Finch - Summer

Summer is a new exhibition of recent figurative works from well-known Waiheke artist Grant Finch.  Finch creates vivid impasto-textured beachscapes with confident palette-knife strokes.

Venue:  Waiheke Community Art Gallery
Region:  Auckland  / 
12 Dec 2025  to 01 Feb 2026
Exhibition

Stanley Palmer - Near & Far

Gentle yet determined, Stanley Palmer makes colourful long exposures of oceans and skies, brush, beach, valleys, pastures, rock formations and off-shore islands. Constructing a personal vision of specific locations marked and shaped by memory, history and loss, Palmer’s oeuvre graciously encompasses New Zealand.

Venue:  Waiheke Community Art Gallery
Region:  Auckland  / 
12 Dec 2025  to 01 Feb 2026
Art Exhibition

Jostle - Waiheke Small Things

Jostle - Waiheke Small Things is an open exhibition inviting artists who live on, or have a connection to the island to get creative for our vibrant summer show.

Venue:  Waiheke Community Art Gallery
Region:  Auckland  / 
13 Dec 2025  to 14 Dec 2025
Art Craft Cultural Workshops

Harekeke (NZ Flax) Weaving Workshop - Beginner Journey (Presented by NZTE)

From plant to product, in this workshop you will learn the skills of weaving with Harakeke (NZ Flax).

Venue:  Inangahua Hall (near Murchison)
Region:  Nelson / Tasman  /