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Knapanapa mai ana a Matariki
Matariki is the Mori new year and an important time in New Zealand. Lawrence Wharerau, our Outreach Curator Mori Specialist Kaitoko Kaupapa Torotoronga -Iwi, provides some background on the festival and describes the footage in our special programme Knapanapa mai ana a Matariki.
Posted: Tuesday July 21, 2020
Director Ng Toi Mori
Twhiri (the producer of New Zealand Festival of the Arts, Wellington Jazz Festival, Second Unit and Lexus Song Quest) will incorporate two new leadership roles into its Leadership Team: Director Ng Toi Mori and Director Intercultural Development.
Posted: Monday July 20, 2020
Go NZ: A detour through Dunedin's literary past
Gather round, readers, and let me tell you a story about Dunedin. Actually, would you rather hear one by Janet Frame? Hone Tuwhare? Perhaps Laurence Fearnley?
Posted: Monday July 20, 2020
Is it a workshop? No, it's a bookshop. Welcome to Dead Souls in Dunedin
Dean Havard, owner of Dunedins Dead Souls Bookshop, does his best to try and detail his place of work.
Posted: Monday July 20, 2020
Reviews Editor appointed for KETE: New books from Aotearoa New Zealand
The Coalition for Books is delighted to announce that Mark Broatch, former deputy editor and books and culture editor of the New Zealand Listener, has accepted the role of Reviews Editor for a new lithub-style website to be launched in September by the Coalition for Books KETE: New Books from...
Posted: Monday July 20, 2020
Diane Brown Poems in New Zealand Poet Laureate blog
Posted: Friday July 17, 2020
Book link to Hodgkins father
A small piece of Dunedins literary history has been uncovered by a Dunedin man clearing out his garage.
Posted: Tuesday July 14, 2020
Poetry Shelf poets on poems: Kay McKenzie Cooke and Rachel McAlpine read and respond to new poems
Posted: Tuesday July 14, 2020
K mihi mahana nui o te w o te Tau Hou Mori Happy New Year!
Our Visitor Programmes Organiser, Lynda Cullen, interviews Vicki Lenihan, coordinator of the Dunedin Puaka Matariki Festival
Posted: Monday July 13, 2020
Plays for the Young Competition
Do you have an original and inventive play written for young people, whether you are new or experienced in writing for the young? We are seeking plays written for young audiences and plays written by young writers.
Posted: Monday July 13, 2020
Content Presenter: 2020 New Zealand Young Writers Festival
The NZ Young Writers Festival is four days of free, fun literary focused events held annually in tepoti/Dunedin.
Posted: Monday July 13, 2020
Young Writer in Residence
A four week residency (13 September to Friday 9 October) in the Robert Lord Writers Cottage (Dunedin) to write, and participate in the NZ Young Writers Festival (24-27 September).
Posted: Monday July 13, 2020
Positions vacant at the New Zealand Poetry Society
The NZPS is looking for two lovely people to join us at the New Zealand Poetry Society.
Posted: Sunday July 12, 2020
Details of Creative New Zealands 12-month investment plan, ahead of August openings
Following its announcement on Friday 3 July, Creative New Zealand can now provide more details about its COVID-19-driven investment plan for the next 12 months, ahead of August openings.
Posted: Friday July 10, 2020
Poetry Shelf picks from new books
Poetry greetings from gale, hail, rain, sun!
Posted: Thursday July 9, 2020
Memories and regrets explored in Scott play
Laughter and tears flow in iconic New Zealand play, The Daylight Atheist, by award-winning satirical cartoonist Tom Scott.
Posted: Wednesday July 8, 2020
Book Launch: That Blind Woman
Thank you for saying WHY NOT to coming to my book launch on Saturday!
Posted: Tuesday July 7, 2020
NZ Young Writers Festival Opportunities
Having recently obtained CNZ funding through the Arts Continuity Grant, the NZ Young Writers Festival is currently advertising two opportunities.
Posted: Monday July 6, 2020
Creative New Zealand announces its COVID-19-driven investment plan for the next 12 months
Close on the heels of a heavily subscribed $29 million emergency response to COVID-19, Creative New Zealand has announced further funding to help the arts sector adapt in uncertain and unpredictable times.
Posted: Friday July 3, 2020