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July 2009

Wellington Waterfront ideas competition
Thursday, 30 July 2009 Wellington City Councillors endorsed an ideas competition for the Queens Wharf Outer T at today's Strategy and Policy Committee meeting. The competiti... Read More
Perkins Writes Story of her Wife to Win Montana Medal
Tuesday, 28 July 2009   Emily Perkins has won the 2009 Montana Medal for Fiction or Poetry for her taut and chilling book, Novel About My Wife. The work - published ... Read More
‘The Rocky Shore’ Rides Wave To Win Montana Poetry Prize
Friday, 24 July 2009 Jenny Bornholdt has won the 2009 Montana New Zealand Book Awards Poetry prize for her collection The Rocky Shore; a book that judges say has achieved ... Read More
Stage Tweets
Friday, 24 July 2009 In a first for a New Zealand arts and live entertainment company, Auckland Theatre Company is using Twitter to blog live from a Question and Answer se... Read More
Culture is extremely important to our sense of national identity
Tuesday, 21 July 2009 Press Release by Ministry For Culture and Heritage 21 Jul 2009 New research shows that almost three quarters of those surveyed think that culture an... Read More
STAB shows for 2009 announced
Tuesday, 21 July 2009 Who did it? Why? What the hell is going on? Is this for real?   All questions you'll be asking yourselves when you encounter the BATS Theatre S... Read More
ethKnowcentrix - Museums Inside the Artist running 10 Sep - 10 Oct 2009
Monday, 20 July 2009 Shigeyuki Kihara - George Nuku - Rosanna Raymond - Lisa Reihana   The first exhibition of its kind in London, ethKnowcentrix - Museums Inside t... Read More
Updated coverage on New Zealand's Venice Biennale representation
Monday, 20 July 2009 The streets of Venice rang with the unlikely sounds of a kapa haka performance announcing New Zealand's presence at the world's oldest contemporary ar... Read More
Call for New Zealand applications to the 9th Australian Performing Arts Market (APAM)
Thursday, 16 July 2009 The 9th Australian Performing Arts Market (APAM) will be held in Adelaide from 22-26 February 2010 to coincide with the Adelaide Bank Festival of Arts... Read More
The South Island run by the French? Quelle Horreur!
Thursday, 16 July 2009 A new comedy by Dave Armstrong imagines what might have been. “It’s très bien, très bien. This was pure satire, guaranteed to mildly offend pretty mu... Read More
Tribute to Dr Seddon Bennington
Thursday, 16 July 2009 It is with great sadness that Creative New Zealand acknowledges the passing of Te Papa Chief Executive, Dr Seddon Bennington. His contribution and ent... Read More
NEW ZEALAND ARTISTS CONNECT CREATIVELY IN A WORLDWIDE CELEBRATION OF INDIGENOUS ART
Monday, 13 July 2009   For ten days in August, eight New Zealanders will be participating as part of the Canadian Planet IndigenUs Festival - the world’s largest and... Read More
Creative Chinese Go Bananas
Monday, 13 July 2009 Creative Chinese Go Bananas Auckland, New Zealand (July 2009) - Creative. Cool. Chinese. High-profile Kiwi Chinese impacting the homegrown creative i... Read More
Big ‘A’ Awards celebrate unsung contribution to the arts
Tuesday, 7 July 2009 The Awards were hosted by the Hon. Christopher Finlayson, Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage, in the Grand Hall of Parliament. The four recipient... Read More
'The Sixth Man' author awarded CNZ Berlin Writer's Residency
Thursday, 2 July 2009   James McNeish awarded Creative New Zealand Berlin Writers’ Residency Auckland-born writer James McNeish, author of several acclaimed novels, ... Read More
Call for applications for Asia:NZ/Platform China Artist’s Residency
Wednesday, 1 July 2009 A residency opportunity of two months in Beijing for a young (35 and under) arts professional is being offered by the Asia New Zealand Foundation. ... Read More