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Congratulations to Shannon Turuwhenua whose MAKA TE KUPENGA was the second regional winner in The Stuff Art Aotearoa Gold Award 2025, named at The Christchurch Art Show on 25 April at Te Pae Convention Centre. Keep Reading
One of New Zealand’s most potent songwriters, Charlotte Yates, has booked a gig at Ōhau next week where she will take stage with talented multi-instrumentalist Show Pony. Charlotte’s edgy lyrics and idiosyncratic guitar style are said to pair well with Show Pony’s enviable bag of musical tricks – trumpet, violin, backing... Keep Reading
A new artwork at Circa Theatre is the work of Mt Victoria artist Glen Jorna. Sharon Greally caught up with him. Glen Jorna reckons Mt Victoria has been the making of him. “Moving to New Zealand was the best decision I’ve ever made in my life, and Mt Vic in particular. Growing up in Brisbane as a kid with a strict Catholic... Keep Reading
“Art makes me happy. I like to sell my art to get money so I can travel,” said artist Daniel Phillips at the opening of his first solo exhibition on in Wellington until 23 March. Keep Reading
Arts Access Aotearoa Putanga Toi ki Aotearoa is honoured to have Her Excellency The Right Honourable Dame Cindy Kiro GNZM, QSO, Governor-General of New Zealand as its Patron. Keep Reading
Wellington Art Show - Lisa Call named Wellington Regional Winner The first of the finalists in The STUFF Art Aotearoa Gold Awards for 2025 was announced at the opening of The Wellington Art Show at Tākina on Friday 28 February. The four artists in contention were Zoe Cromwell for ‘Verge (What we Hold)’, Shona Mackenzie for... Keep Reading
A central city pop-up exhibition, The Bigger Picture, showcases the work of artists from Ōtautahi Creative Spaces, an arts and mental health charity in Christchurch supporting people who have experienced mental distress and trauma. Keep Reading
Improverished, an Auckland theatre company, has grown from a small group of university students and young performers experimenting with short improv scenes and games into a fully-fledged company. Keep Reading
Chinese war refugee Sue Soo earned a place in New Zealand art late in life for her quirky images of ballerinas, animals and landscapes painted on rice sacks and supermarket box cardboard. Her granddaughter revealed at the opening of a tribute exhibition of her work at Toi Mahara, in Waikanae, that family recognition of her grandmother’s... Keep Reading
Levin painter Iris Reesby is currently exhibiting in Levin’s community centre, Te Takeretanga o Kura-hau-pō. She has a selection of stunning oil paintings on show of, among others, dogs, a horse, birds, hawks and falcons, owls, irisses, poppies, and a tui. On Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays she is there in person with her paint brushes... Keep Reading
Dean Murray – a man of many talents and one of Horowhenua’s best-kept secrets – is playing a gig at Levin Folk Music Hall next Friday night (February 14). The former freezing worker and school caretaker has worn a few hats … builder, environmentalist, gardener, fisherman, lead-lighter, luthier, jack of all trades, husband, father and... Keep Reading
One of New Zealand’s best-known comedians is returning to her hometown of Levin for a stand-up show that will take her roaring down memory lane. Michele A’Court will perform at Levin Little Theatre – where her love of performance began – while the theatre is right next to her old school, Horowhenua College. Michele decided to do a... Keep Reading
Improv theatre meets Regency drama in a production that’s part of the Bats Fringe Festival starting in February. Mt Victoria resident Megan Ritchie is one of four women behind the show entitled ‘Abridged-erton’ – a long-form improvisation comedy taking inspiration from the Netflix bodice-ripper hit series Bridgerton. Fellow... Keep Reading
Artist Karl Maughan is best known for his rich and vibrant ‘garden scapes’, which grace the walls of collectors both here in NZ and overseas. Sharon Greally tracked him down. Karl Maughan talks to me from his Mt Victoria based atelier – which is, according to him, a building which once housed an old printing press, and was the secret HQ... Keep Reading
A multi-year funding contract with Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage, supporting the growth and sustainability of creative spaces around the country, has come to an end. Keep Reading
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