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• 25-Jul-08
  ARTSPACE Turns 21!

  On the 23rd of August 2008 ARTSPACE will celebrate 21 years of extraordinary exhibitions. ARTSPACE is the leading contemporary art institution in New Zealand and a beacon of contemporary art in the Pacific. Since 1987, ARTSPACE has produced and exhibited a cutting edge programme, launched the careers of many successful artists and been a vital institution for the arts in New Zealand.
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• 25-Jul-08
  Visual Arts Residency awarded to Jim Vivieaere

  Visual artist Jim Vivieaere (New Zealand Cook Island Māori) is the recipient of the 2008 Creative New Zealand Pacific Arts Committee and National University of Samoa Artist in Residence, based at the National University in Apia, Samoa. The residency is for a period of three months from mid August 2008 until mid November 2008.
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• 22-Jul-08
  NZ Actor Conquers Musical Mountain - Northern Lights – Thursday 21 August, 8pm, Aotea Centre, THE EDGE

  Journey to the hall of Norway’s mythical Mountain King this August as the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra and accomplished actor Paolo Rotondo conjure the remarkable life of adventurer and rogue Peer Gynt.
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• 22-Jul-08
  Montana New Zealand Book Awards - Opportunity Knocks

  Charlotte Grimshaw has proven that literary talent runs in families, by winning the Montana Medal for fiction or poetry for her short story collection, Opportunity.
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• 22-Jul-08
  Te Reo Māori Book Makes History

  A short story collection written in Te Reo Māori made history tonight, winning the Māori Language prize at the Montana New Zealand Book Awards.
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• 21-Jul-08
  The New Zealand Post season of SHIP SONGS - Auckland Theatre Company : 6 August - 21 September

  The New Zealand Post season of SHIP SONGS, written and performed by celebrated actor Ian Hughes (BARE, SHORTLAND STREET, TOPLESS WOMEN TALK ABOUT THEIR LIVES), sails into port on August 6 to The PumpHouse Theatre, Takapuna before touring the Auckland region with performances in the Herald Theatre in Auckland City, The PlayHouse in Glen Eden and the Howick Little Theatre.
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• 18-Jul-08
  Thai artist Rirkrit Tiravanija in New Zealand

  ARTSPACE is pleased to present the first solo exhibition of Thai artist Rirkrit Tiravanija in New Zealand. Tiravanija will be in Auckland to launch magazine station no. 5 and is bringing two young Thai artists, Pratchaya Phinthong and Pattara Chanruechachai to work on the project.
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• 18-Jul-08
  A first for New Zealand - NBR NZ Opera - Glyndebourne production

  Now, for the first time, New Zealand audiences can experience a Glyndebourne production in this country when The NBR New Zealand Opera, with significant sponsorship from Genesis Energy, brings the widely acclaimed production of Jenůfa to Auckland in September and Wellington in October.
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