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SmackBang are proud to announce a Company in Residence at The Auckland Performing Arts Centre (TAPAC). Read More »

No film intends to fail but some local productions find it tough going at the box office. What are we doing wrong and how can we do better? The first event of Script to Screen’s 2010 Writer’s Room series (held in association with the NZ Writers’ Guild) hosted a frank discussion about film makers, distributors, exhibitors and viewers – vital ingredients in a recipe for box office success … or failure. Read More »

Calls to enter the Wellington School of Rocks first songwriters’ competition on Saturday the 10th of April are going out around schools all over Cultural Capital.

Our future rock entrepreneurs aged 8-17, will take part in this competition as part of the ZEAL venue launch to be held at the new venue site 103 Ghuznee Street. Read More »

The NorthTec Council awarded an institutional medal to Allen Wihongi and Douglas Chowns and an honorary fellowship to Mike Sanderson at its graduation ceremonies recently. Read More »

The Show Me Shorts Film Festival is now calling for entries. The deadline is 5pm Monday the 5th of July.

This annual national short film festival plays Kiwi and Australian short films between three and 30 minutes long, made within the last three years. Read More »

The Banana Boat Producers Workshop are looking for emerging, hungry and motivated Maori, Pasifika and Asian theatre practitioners who want the low down on producing for theatre. Read More »

Creative New Zealand has published a discussion paper to generate dialogue and feedback on proposals for its funding model for recurrently funded organisations (RFOs). Read More »

Objectspace's annual graduate showcase is now in its sixth year. Best In Show 2010 will feature 17 contemporary design, craft and object graduates from around New Zealand. Read More »

New Plymouth will be bursting at the seams this week with some of New Zealand’s most celebrated and exciting musicians performing at the inaugural Sounds Aotearoa. Read More »

Indigenous broadcasters representing Australia, Canada, Hawaii, Ireland, New Zealand, Norway, Scotland, South Africa and Taiwan will gather for the second ever World Indigenous Television Broadcasting Conference in Taiwan this week. Read More »

The Banana Boat Creative Clinics are aimed at up-and-coming Maori and Pasifika playwrights, and will be run over two days on 8-9 March in Auckland. Read More »

Matz Skoog is an internationally recognised dancer, director and teacher. He is giving open classical ballet master classes for Raising the Barre, at Royal New Zealand Ballet’s world-class studios in the St. James Theatre. Read More »

Christchurch-based artist Scott Flanagan is the recipient of the Arts Centre/Asia New Zealand Foundation Arts Residency Exchange for 2010. Read More »

In this Writer's Room summary filmmaker Merata Mita, screenwriter Briar Grace-Smith, and playwright / actor Kirk Torrance discuss 'Telling Maori Stories, Writing Maori Characters'. Read More »

The Design and Arts College of New Zealand (D&A) will be holding the opening night for its graduating Graphic Design exhibition this Friday 19 February at 5.30pm. The graduate exhibition, aptly named ‘Framed 2010’ catalogues two years of work, showcased in frames. Read More »