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Creative NZ contestable funding: Deadline for Applications this Friday

admin — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 01:08:55 +0000

Creative New Zealand is now accepting applications for the first round of 2011 grants. Its contestable funding guide on how to apply is…

Robert Sullivan and Courtney Meredith FREE Writing Workshop

admin — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 23:32:06 +0000

For all those interested in poetry and gaining new skills, this is a workshop for you. The free workshop is led by Robert…

Jessica Hansell launches ‘Philosoflygirl: Brain Map of a Pacific Misfit’

admin — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 22:55:52 +0000

The 2011 Pacific arts calendar kicks off with the exciting launch of Jessica Hansell’s Pholosoflygirl: Brain Map of a Pacific Misfit at the…

Macmillan-Brown residency celebrates 15 years: applications now open

admin — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 03:01:30 +0000

Creative New Zealand and the Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies are celebrating the 15 anniversary of the Pacific Artist residency at the…

Siilata Wins Prime Minister’s Inaugural Pacific Youth Award for Creativity

admin — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 04:46:49 +0000

The Prime Minister’s Pacific Youth Weta Workshop Award for Creativity has gone to Auckland-born and Samoa-raised Samuelu Siilata. He received the award last…

Staged reading for Victor Rodger’s new play ‘Village People’

admin — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 02:57:34 +0000

The public will get a first glimpse of Victor Rodger’s much anticipated new play Village People at Auckland’s Musgrove Studio, Maidment Theatre. A…

Great Opportunity for Young Pacific High Achievers

admin — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 21:19:34 +0000

A paid internship at world-renowned WETA Workshops, tuition fees at Auckland University or an overseas trip are still up for grabs for three…

Albert Wendt Reads from his Award Winning Novel at Books and Writers Festival

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 01:33:37 +0000

Much-lauded Pacific writer and poet Albert Wendt will read from his award-winning novel in verse, The Adventures of Vela, at the Going West…

Manukau Celebrates the Opening of a New Arts Facility

admin — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 02:17:29 +0000

Manukau’s much-anticipated new arts facility, Mangere Arts Centre – Ngā Tohu o Uenuku, will officially open on Friday 3 September 2010. The opening…

Creative New Zealand Announces Feasibility Studies for Maori and Pasifika Art

admin — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 04:31:00 +0000

Creative New Zealand’s third review of its Recurrently Funded Organisations (RFOs) is recommending that two feasibility studies be undertaken in the next year.…