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Creative New Zealand is pleased to announce Pip Adam as the recipient of the Michael King Writer’s Fellowship (the Fellowship). The $100,000 Fellowship is awarded every two years to an established New Zealand writer of literature to work on a major project.
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Hearing the karanga and the takutaku floating through the air as the throng of people squeeze into the New Zealand Portrait Gallery, you see the pieces on the wall and the diversity in how the young artists have interpreted the word portrait, and you immediately feel that this is something special.
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Acclaimed interdisciplinary artist Yuki Kihara (Fitiuta, Osaka) continues to build international momentum with her exhibition Paradise Camp. Since March 2025, the Sainsbury Centre in Norwich showcased ‘Darwin in Paradise Camp’ as part of its wider programme, Can the Seas Survive Us?
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He Ingoa is a new work by emerging theatre-maker Raureti Ormond, premiering as part of the 2025 Kia Mau Festival in Wellington. It’s a powerful musical exploration of identity, whakapapa and the stories our names carry. The work has been developed with the support of Creative New Zealand’s Early Career Fund and presented through Kia Mau’s He Toi Hou stream for early-career artists.
In an industry built on creativity and connection, SoundCheck Aotearoa is asking a vital question: what would it take to make music safe for everyone?
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Aotearoa New Zealand artist, Dr Fiona Pardington (Kāi Tahu, Kāti Mamoe, Ngāti Kahungunu, Clan Cameron of Erracht), announces her 2026 Venice Biennale exhibition: Taharaki Skyside.
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After a busy year of recording, releasing and touring her new album How Love Bends, Reb Fountain is heading out on tour again with Come Together’s ‘Live Rust’ next month. Reb shares with us a glimpse into the constant hustle; the eclectic life of a musician and what makes it all worth it.
When you walk through the carefully climate-controlled storerooms of the Whakatāne Museum, it's not just taonga you see – it's stories. Stories painted into canvas, carved into wood, woven in fibre, history threaded through feathers, whakapapa recorded in stitches.
Creative New Zealand is supporting seven invited Māori and Pasifika artists to attend the reopening of the Arts of Oceania galleries at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing, which will reopen on 31 May after a multi-year renovation, houses the collections of the Arts of Africa, the Ancient Americas, and Oceania.
For 30 years, the Creative Communities Scheme (the scheme) has played an important role in supporting grassroots arts in Aotearoa. Established in 1995 and administered in partnership between Creative New Zealand and 67 local councils across the motu, the scheme exists to bring creativity closer to home – enabling people to engage in the arts in ways that reflect their local identities, cultures, and aspirations.
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The Ōtautahi Pasifika Legacy Project is the first collaboration between the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra (CSO) and Pacific Underground. The one-night-only event promises to deliver a blend of orchestral music and Pasifika harmonies at the Christchurch Town Hall on Thursday 22 May.
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Luka Venter’s composition glacier is inspired by real glaciers, monumental compositions of snowflakes and time. The work is part of their ongoing exploration of weaving ecological source material into music.
