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Fitting NZC's theme this season "Bringing cultures together", Natraj school of Dance, Founder and Director Mrs. Prabha Ravi, Wellington , New Zealand in collaboration with Wellington Maori Cultural Society Inc and New Zealand community of Youth Ambassadors has conceived and created the first ever fusion dance performance bringing Kapa haka and... Keep Reading
he Seven Wonders Fleetwood Mac Showcase is a highlight of the on-stage entertainment at the 2020 Ōtaki Kite Festival. Wellington-based and featuring Ōtaki drummer Jared Carson, the band has been selling out concerts throughout the region with its Fleetwood Mac tribute songs. The band will be performing both days from 2-30pm. Rising local... Keep Reading
Anamia King saw an image of a singed kangaroo desperate for water drinking from a bottle held by a firefighter in New South Wales. The image tugged at her heart-strings. “It just broke me,” she says. “I couldn’t just share the post and do nothing else.” She was away from her Ōtaki home at the time, but knew she had to do something to... Keep Reading
Parris Goebel, Marilyn Cassidy and Jan Bolwell have all received New Year Honours for 2020. Award-winning choreographer Parris Goebel has become a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to dance. A distinguished dancer, Goebel led her Royal Family dance crew to victory at the W... Keep Reading
The public are invited to attend Purebread Summer Music at The Tele, part of the Purebread Kāpiti/Horowhenua Summer Music Events 2020, a district-wide celebration of live music. The show will begin at 8.30pm when Queen Fox Trio take the stage. Kāpiti-based vocalist Jess Deacon will be accompanied by professional Auckland musicians for the... Keep Reading
The Ōtaki Pottery Club is holding its 11th Festival of Pots and Garden Art at Anam Cara Gardens from January 18-26. Anam Cara, at 150 Rangiuru Road, has four hectares of gardens, making an ideal setting for pottery club and clay artists from around New Zealand to exhibit their work. It offers a perfect summer’s day out, to wander the... Keep Reading
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In November, Olivia O’Brien was awarded the 2019 DANZ Dance Residency at The Arts Centre Te Matatiki Toi Ora in Christchurch. In an exciting new collaboration between DANZ, The Arts Centre and Movement Art Practice (MAP), the residency was hosted over two weeks in Christchurch, taking place in alignment with the inaugural Ōtautahi Tiny... Keep Reading
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Lemi Ponifasio, guest curator of NZ Festival, explains how he plans to start some crucial conversations. Keep Reading
Toi Pōneke Arts Centre are proud to offer their 4th dance residency to choreographers Bjorn Aslund, Alec Katsourakis, Alessia Augello and Producer Mattias Olofsson. Keep Reading
Ōtaki Today cartoonist Jared Carson has produced his third book in time for Christmas called Fish Musicians. With typically quirky use of cartoon characters and rhyming prose, Fish Musicians features well-known musicians depicted as sea-life – think Eelvis Presley, David Buoy and Mackerel Jackson! The story follows the task of Bernard the... Keep Reading
Dance Aotearoa New Zealand (DANZ), has selected Olivia O’Brien as the recipient of the 2019 DANZ Dance Residency at The Arts Centre Te Matatiki Toi Ora in Christchurch. The residency is being delivered for the first time in Christchurch by DANZ in partnership with The Arts Centre and Movement Art Practice (MAP). Keep Reading
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A new programme for the Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi, Springboard aims to kickstart arts careers for up to ten artists in Aotearoa every year. Recipients are gifted $15,000, alongside a partnership with a senior artist mentor from our alumni of Arts Foundation Laureates, Icons, New Generation, residency or Fellowship recipients (we get by with a... Keep Reading
Young Ōtaki College actor Parekawa Finlay is off to the Globe Theatre in London thanks to the generosity of the XŌtaki College Alumni Trust. The trust came up with the $9000 required after hearing of Pare’s selection to attend the theatre made famous by bard William Shakespeare. “We knew it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, so the... Keep Reading
A year ago, one of the world’s great dance artists passed away in Auckland, New Zealand. Douglas Wright died on November 14, 2018 at age 62 (the same age that I am at present) leaving behind a legacy of dance, visual and written work that altered perceptions of humanness and creativity and changed people’s lives. In acknowledgement of this... Keep Reading
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