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MEDIA RELEASE –  For Immediate Release   

13/2/2012

New Research Grant Winners Announced

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In Hereafter, author and filmmaker Werner Fritsch, described by the German magazine Der Spiegel as
“Germany’s boldest poet”, dares to go deep down into the soulscape of a man who all his life was under the spell of the underworld. Read More »

AESTHETICA SHORT FILM FESTIVAL NOW OPEN FOR ENTRIES!

Dear Vicki Evans

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AESTHETICA SHORT FILM FESTIVAL NOW OPEN FOR ENTRIES!

Dear Vicki Evans

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AESTHETICA SHORT FILM FESTIVAL NOW OPEN FOR ENTRIES!

Dear Vicki Evans

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ANNOUNCING THE DUNEDIN FILM SOCIETY’S HIGHLY EXCITING 2012 PROGRAMME Read More »

ANNOUNCING THE DUNEDIN FILM SOCIETY’S HIGHLY EXCITING 2012 PROGRAMME Read More »

ANNOUNCING THE DUNEDIN FILM SOCIETY’S HIGHLY EXCITING 2012 PROGRAMME Read More »

ANNOUNCING THE DUNEDIN FILM SOCIETY’S HIGHLY EXCITING 2012 PROGRAMME Read More »

Christchurch Symphony Orchestra violinist, Cathy Irons extends her normal classical mould as she breaks into the realm of jazz in her forthcoming concert with the Classical Jazz Quartet. Read More »

 Media release – January 9, 2012

By Kip Brook

Christchurch - More than 50 structural engineers, geotech experts and architects will thrash out how Christchurch can rebuild on its soft land at an international workshop next Monday. Read More »

Entries are now open online to secondary school students for the 48th NZCT Chamber Music Contest. This year's contest includes a new category Read More »

New Zealand's leading performance artist Shigeyuki Kihara has been commissioned by Te Papa Tongarewa Museum of New Zealand to stage her iconic solo dance performance entitled 'Taualuga; the last dance' which draws on the classical Samoan taualuga dance to retell the cultural legacy of colonialism in Samoa from an indigenous perspective. Read More »

Auckland professional magician Mick Peck has pulled two national awards out of his hat in the same week. Read More »

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Media Release – 26th January 2012
For Immediate Release

21 YEARS BRO – IT’S MASSIVE

Massive Company presents
The Brave
Devised by the Company
Directed by Sam Scott and Carla Martell  Read More »

Playmarket, New Zealand’s only Playwrights’ Agency and Advisory service, has just released the New Zealand play licensing figures for 2011 and the news is good.

More people are reading, studying, producing, and paying to see NZ works on stage than ever before in Playmarket’s 39-year history. Read More »

US-based Kiwi singer /songwriter Jackie Bristow will make a flying visit this month with her Coming Home New Zealand 13-gig tour.

Bristow lives in Austin, Texas, where her own brand of alt-country roots rock has set the stage opening for many big name US artists. Read More »

Thirteen: New Zealand Writers, 1992

Witi Ihimaera, Maurice Gee, Margaret Mahy, Albert Wendt, Owen Marshall, Patricia Grace, Brian Boyd, Read More »

John White stands on the edge of a small jetty in picturesque Port Chalmers holding a borrowed guitar, as low grey clouds threaten rain, during the impromptu filming of the first episode for new music website The Song Collective.  The episode features the title track, from the much-adored Dunedin songwriter John White’s third solo album Read More »

2011 was a huge year for Melissa Fergusson with her newly formed theatre organisation, ‘charlatan clinic’, creating two critically acclaimed productions; Motherlock and a rebuild of New Zealand favourite Skin Tight.

Now, 2012 is set to be an even bigger year with two unique productions showcasing in Auckland, before heading offshore. Read More »

Arts organisations and venues will become more accessible this year, thanks to eleven grants provided by Creative New Zealand for projects ranging from sign language interpretations and audio described performances to music workshops and concerts for disabled children and young adults, and improved physical access. Read More »

Top Australian pianist plays at Green Bay Read More »

NZ Fringe Festival 2012 Programme Launched into Wellington!

The NZ Fringe Festival proudly launched the Fringe Programme for 2012 at a gathering at Meow Café, Thursday 26th January. Read More »

By Word of Mouth Media NZ

CHRISTCHURCH - Rebuilding in Christchurch red zone and crumpled CBD is absolutely possible, a global structural earthquake engineering rebuild expert says.

The areas in the CBD can be built on but may require different foundations than previously used, Michael King, director of Miyamoto Cardno said today. Read More »

‘Culture for Sale; a Post-colonial Völkerschau’
A lecture by Shigeyuki Kihara
Held at Pataka Museum of Arts and Cultures, Wellington

FREE ENTRYSunday 19th February 2012 at 2pm 

Duration: 45 minute talk and 15 minute Q & A Read More »

This residency is open to all visual artists and other creative people;film-makers, composers, writers etc. It is an 8 week offer of a place, space, time and money to create in some of Auckland’s most spectacular places – our regional parks. Read More »

Tickets to Degas to Dalí, the first major international exhibition in the redeveloped Auckland Art Gallery Toi o T?maki, are now on sale.

Advance ticket sales to Degas to Dalí begin this week, offering visitors the chance to secure their entry to an outstanding exhibition of 79 artworks by influential and celebrated modern artists. Read More »

Based in a pop-up festival venue in the Aotea Centre, leading companies from Canada, Europe and Australia link up with some of Aotearoa’s finest in the inaugural New Performance Festival.  Read More »

We are all participants in an increasingly visual culture, yet we rarely give thought to the ways in which photographs shape our experience and understanding of the world and historical past. 

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