Thursday, 29 October 2009 Three of New Zealand‘s most celebrated writers – C K Stead, Brian Turner and Dr Ranginui Walker - were honoured at last night's 2009 Pr... Read More

Wednesday, 28 October 2009 Two of New Zealand’s award-winning writers have been chosen for residencies at the Michael King Writers’ Centre in Devonport in early 2010. Biographe... Read More

Thursday, 22 October 2009 Celebrating the publication ‘On the Origin of Species’ by Charles Darwin.   In the beginning there was the word and the word was God until Darw... Read More

Thursday, 22 October 2009 The music video directed by Louise Potiki Bryant for Ariana Tikao’s song TUIA, won ‘Best Music Video’ at the imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival ... Read More

Thursday, 22 October 2009 New Zealand Post and the Katherine Mansfield Menton Trust today announced Wellington playwright Ken Duncum as winner of the 2010 New Zealand Post Mans... Read More

Wednesday, 21 October 2009 Creative New Zealand has decided to no longer invest in managing and promoting toi iho™, a trademark denoting the quality and authenticity of Māori ar... Read More

Tuesday, 20 October 2009 The fourth annual RE:FRACTION Outdoor Glass Sculpture exhibition opened at the Sculpture Park at Waitakaruru Arboretum in the Waikato on Saturday even... Read More

Tuesday, 20 October 2009   Dame Doreen Blumhardt, pioneer of art education and founder of the Blumhardt Foundation which she set up to foster art in New Zealand, sadly p... Read More

Friday, 16 October 2009 Larry McNeil, Northern Tlingit artist from Alaska and recent recipient of the Te Waka Toi/Creative New Zealand - Longhouse Artist Resid... Read More

Thursday, 15 October 2009 Creative New Zealand acknowledges the tremendous contribution that Martyn Sanderson made to New Zealand theatre and film over the past 40 years. His i... Read More

Thursday, 15 October 2009 Downstage Statement regarding the passing of Martyn Sanderson. It is with great sorrow that the Board, Staff and Members of Downstage Theatre, receiv... Read More

Wednesday, 14 October 2009 MEDIA RELEASE Issued by The NBR New Zealand Opera The NBR New Zealand Opera launched its 2010 Season today, revealing a programme rich in drama as... Read More

Monday, 12 October 2009 Creative New Zealand is once again offering a residency at the Künstlerhaus Bethanien in Berlin, Germany in 2010/11. The residency is for a period of ... Read More

Wednesday, 7 October 2009 Artists for the Tsunami Relief have come together to organise an ART AUCTION on the Tuesday 20th of October at Webb's in Newmarket, Auckland. This pro... Read More

Wednesday, 7 October 2009 ATC Media Release   Kila Kokonut Krew and Auckland Theatre Company join forces to produce ‘STRICTLY BROWN’ a sizzling hot, new Comedy Variety s... Read More

Wednesday, 7 October 2009 Academic and historian Judith Binney and artist and curator Helen Kedgley have been appointed to the board of the Arts Council of New Zealand Toi Aote... Read More

Tuesday, 6 October 2009 After the tragic events in Samoa last week, a group of top New Zealand entertainers have rallied together for a massive benefit concert on Monday 19th... Read More

2009 Māori Art Market

Tuesday, 6 October 2009 Porirua will play host to Māori Art Market when it showcases the work of more than 160 leading and emerging contemporary Māori artists. Exhibited work... Read More

Monday, 5 October 2009   Twenty-six-year-old Wellington writer, Alice Miller has won the country’s top short fiction award, confirming her place as one of the nation’s... Read More

Monday, 5 October 2009 Creative New Zealand has awarded over $4 million to arts organisations and artists for substantial projects under its new funding system.   At ... Read More

Friday, 2 October 2009 A newly formed Contemporary dance company, ‘Southern Lights Dance Company’ is set to take this year’s Body Festival in Christchurch by storm. In its ... Read More

Friday, 2 October 2009 2 October 2009 Creative New Zealand celebrates the achievement of New Zealand literature in New Zealand Book month by highlighting the accomplishment... Read More

Thursday, 1 October 2009 New Zealand’s longest reading festival begins today with Book Activists around the country launching a month-long programme of events. It’s all about... Read More