2008 looks set to be a busy year for Christchurch based singer-songwriter Ariana Tikao (Kai Tahu). As well as launching her second album Tuia and arranging a national tour for later in the year, Ariana has been awarded a $10 000 Creative New Zealand grant that will enable her to take up the position of Musician in Residence at the Centre for New Zealand Studies, at the University of London, Birkbeck during March and April 2008.

New Zealand-based Pacific writers wishing to work on a project exploring Pacific identity, culture or history are invited to apply to the Fulbright-Creative New Zealand Pacific Writers' Residency. The residency will run for three months from mid August 2008 at the Centre for Pacific Islands Studies at the University of Hawaii.

New Zealand visual artists currently working or exhibiting in New Zealand are invited to apply to Creative New Zealand for an international residency to be undertaken in September 2008 at Künstlerhaus Bethanien in Berlin.