Saturday, 29 August 2009 Witi Ihimaera has been honoured with the premiere Māori arts award Te Tohutiketike a Te Waka Toi at the Creative New Zealand Te Waka Toi Awards, held ... Read More

Friday, 28 August 2009 The Ursula Bethell Residency, jointly funded by Creative New Zealand, was established in 1979 to provide support for New Zealand writers and foster Ne... Read More

Friday, 28 August 2009 Maori legend, the pillage and pollution of Canterbury rivers and the need to create a 'Pixar meets Ben Stiller' film score are among the reasons and i... Read More

Friday, 28 August 2009 The three finalists selected for the 2009 SOUNZ Contemporary Award include a multi-media work written in response to the 1970’s Cambodian genocide, a ... Read More

Thursday, 27 August 2009 The Aesthetica Creative Works Competition is internationally recognised for identifying exceptional artists and writers and bringing them to internati... Read More

Friday, 21 August 2009 Neil Ieremia’s internationally acclaimed Dance Company Black Grace has been invited to tour Switzerland and Germany during the month of October 2009. ... Read More

Thursday, 20 August 2009 On Saturday 15th August 2009, at the beautiful Founders Theatre, Hamilton, New Zealand, a HUGE audience witnessed an awesome night of the very best of... Read More

Thursday, 20 August 2009 The Pioneers’ New Zealand tour – 23 July – 4 September 2009   Ex-pat Kiwis The Pioneers have wowed audiences in Britain with their multi media ... Read More

Wednesday, 19 August 2009 Celebrated Fijian New Zealand filmmaker and playwright Toa Fraser has been selected as this year's recipient of the three month Fulbright-Creative New... Read More

Tuesday, 18 August 2009 GLOBAL ARTIST WORKSHOP PROGRAM ’09 (GAWP ’09) is a 3-month long residential workshop open to performance artists/students from around the world who ... Read More

Tuesday, 18 August 2009 New Zealand poet, playwright and novelist Alistair Te Ariki Campbell (1925–2009)   Creative New Zealand mourns the loss of iconic New Zealand p... Read More

Monday, 17 August 2009 Minister for Arts Culture and Heritage Christopher Finlayson today announced new appointments to the board of Te Waka Toi. Te Waka Toi, the Maori Art... Read More

Monday, 17 August 2009 Wellington City Council is encouraging people of all ages, shapes and sizes to put on their leotards and hit the dance floor for the 13th annual Dance... Read More

Monday, 17 August 2009 The Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA) has announced a collaboration with the Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema (NETPAC) by forming the 'APSA N... Read More

Thursday, 13 August 2009 Pioneering New Zealand video artist Darcy Lange gains a new European audience next week – thanks to a prize-winning bid by the Govett-Brewster Art Gal... Read More

Wednesday, 12 August 2009 This free event at Te Papa is open to the public. It will be held from 11am to 1pm on Tuesday 25 August.   Tom di Maria, Director of the Creati... Read More

Wednesday, 12 August 2009 New Zealand soprano Anna Leese. Anna will be starring in the NBR New Zealand Opera’s Genesis Energy season of Eugene Onegin.   New Zealand sopr... Read More

UPDATE - Call for entry to Pacific International Documentary Film Festival of Tahiti

Tuesday, 11 August 2009 The 7th edition of the Pacific International Documentary Film Festival of Tahiti, the largest crossroads of the pictures of the Pacific, will take pla... Read More

Monday, 10 August 2009 The documentary that has taken the USA and Australian arts and craft scene by storm is finally coming to NZ with two screenings in Wellington. Handmad... Read More

Wednesday, 5 August 2009 Creative New Zealand is offering a residency at the International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP) in New York, USA in 2010. The residency is fo... Read More

Tuesday, 4 August 2009 The 12th NBR Sponsorship Arts Awards This year the awards will be judged and presented in a new format with the winners being be announced in an NBR ... Read More

Tuesday, 4 August 2009   Darrin Haimona from Te Waka Toi presenting Diggeress Te Kanawa with Te Tohutiketike a Te Waka Toi 2006.   Creative New Zealand mourns t... Read More

Monday, 3 August 2009 When a kid twice your size steals your lunch punches you in the face and says “YOU BETTER RUN BOY!” – What do you do? Black Grace is proud to presen... Read More

Monday, 3 August 2009 Rena Owen returns to New Zealand from Hollywood to play Aroha in Bruce Mason’s classic drama The Pohutukawa Tree from September 3 at the Maidment Thea... Read More

Monday, 3 August 2009 The Asia New Zealand Foundation Beijing residency is now available for a professional or experienced/skilled New Zealand playwright, director or theat... Read More