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Bad coffee and big wins at Arts for Health
Arts Access Aotearoa  /  11 Apr 2025

Bad coffee and big wins at Arts for Health

Cass Hendry, Manager of Arts for Health in Hamilton, blogs about the value of monthly Bad Coffee mornings with funders.

Auckland Festival of Photography presented by Harvey Norman
Auckland Festival of Photography Trust  /  09 Apr 2025

Auckland Festival of Photography presented by Harvey Norman

Proud to announce Harvey Norman as its 2025 Festival naming rights sponsor.

Creating space for diverse voices in theatre
Arts Access Aotearoa  /  04 Apr 2025

Creating space for diverse voices in theatre

A new initiative called First Draft, led by Sameena Zehra and Helen Vivienne Fletcher, works with writers to help them develop early drafts into full-length plays.

Return on social investment in the arts
Arts Access Aotearoa  /  04 Apr 2025

Return on social investment in the arts

A new report details the power and the importance of the work of creative spaces around Aotearoa.

Paul Maseyk: Jugs in New Zealand Painting
Jaki Arthur  /  03 Apr 2025

Paul Maseyk: Jugs in New Zealand Painting

Produced in partnership with The Dowse Art Museum, and with the support of Creative New Zealand Toi Aotearoa.

Poems In Retrospect / A Selection by Stephen Oliver, Greywacke Press, Canberra 2025
Stephen Oliver  /  19 Mar 2025

Poems In Retrospect / A Selection by Stephen Oliver, Greywacke Press, Canberra 2025

Poems In Retrospect A Selection Author: Stephen Oliver Publication date: 2025 Format: softcover 380 pages Dimensions: 9 x 6 inches ISBN 978-0-646-89314-3 RRP $30.00 GREYWACKE PRESS reid1801@bigpond.com greywackepress@gmail.com Stephen Oliver’s Poems In Retrospect: A Selection brings together work published over five d

Project launched to capture and diversify Auckland’s visual heritage
Auckland Festival of Photography Trust  /  11 Mar 2025

Project launched to capture and diversify Auckland’s visual heritage

Contemporary Auckland captured in new Commissions project

Fellowship supports a Deaf or disabled artist
Arts Access Aotearoa  /  10 Mar 2025

Fellowship supports a Deaf or disabled artist

Arts Access Aotearoa is accepting applications for the 2025 Whakahoa Kaitoi Whanaketanga Creative New Zealand Artist Fellowship. Valued at $10,000, it supports a Deaf or disabled artist in developing their creative practice. The deadline is 5pm, 31 March 2025.

Prison learners at The Learning Connexion
Arts Access Aotearoa  /  10 Mar 2025

Prison learners at The Learning Connexion

An exhibition at Mayfair House showcases artwork by men studying art from prison, highlighting their creativity and resilience. The Learning Connexion’s programme helps these students develop their artistic voices while earning NZQA qualifications.

Opening doors to the Auckland Arts Festival
Arts Access Aotearoa  /  10 Mar 2025

Opening doors to the Auckland Arts Festival

Auckland Arts Festival is breaking barriers with its Access and Inclusion Programme, making events more welcoming for all. From discounted tickets to relaxed performances, inclusion is at the heart of this year’s festival.

Choirs Aotearoa New Zealand announces 2025 Pasifika Navigator
Choirs Aotearoa NZ Trust  /  02 Mar 2025

Choirs Aotearoa New Zealand announces 2025 Pasifika Navigator

William Kingi has been confirmed as the Pasifika Navigator for Choirs Aotearoa New Zealand (CANZ) in a brand new role for the organisation that manages our national choirs.

The Bigger Picture!
Ōtautahi Creative Spaces  /  19 Feb 2025

The Bigger Picture!

A pop-up exhibition of tiny works that speak to something big: the life-saving power of creativity.