Media Releases

Creative New Zealand is pleased to announce Foundation North as a partner in its new arts funding initiative that responds to the Auckland Region’s culturally diverse population. Keep Reading

Kapa Haka group Hawaiki TU will be presenting their work 'Kurawaka' at the Body Festival in Christchurch. Keep Reading

Around 100 Māori and New Zealand-based Pasifika artists will represent Aotearoa alongside 26 other Pacific nations at the 12th Festival of Pacific Arts in Guam next May and June. Keep Reading

The New Zealand Festival are proud to confirm that it will present a special season of performance and film, honouring the great artist Pina Bausch (1940-2009). Keep Reading

Pacific Dance New Zealand (PDNZ) is proud to announce the selection of three exciting choreographers in the 2015 Pacific Dance Choreographic Lab. Keep Reading

Daniel Belton and Good Company’s film version of the acclaimed OneOne has officially made the selection to the prestigious Aesthetica Short Film Festival (UK). Keep Reading

Identity Dance Company crew, The Bradas, take away gold at the Hip Hop International World Finals. Keep Reading

On 6 August DANZ farewelled Tania Kopytko with an evening of celebration of her legacy at DANZ over 11 years. There was unanimous appreciation of the care Tania has taken with DANZ to acquire the current position of a robust and respected industry advocate. Read Tania's farewell message. Keep Reading

The 2015 recipients of the Christchurch Arts Excellence Awards are announced. Keep Reading

It’s festival season and there are going to be so many great things happening around the country! Keep Reading

Alyx Duncan a prolific multi-discipline artist has been awarded The Madman Entertainment Jury Prize for the Best New Zealand Short Film at NZIFF 2015. Keep Reading

Award-winning Māori dancer and choreographer Shakaiah Perez has been selected to attend an acclaimed indigenous arts residency at one of the world’s leading arts and creativity hubs. Keep Reading

Jonny Almario, honours student in the Dance Studies Programme at the National Institute of Creative Arts and Industries of the University of Auckland has been awarded the 2015 Gavin and Susan Walker Postgraduate Scholarship in Dance Keep Reading

A scholarship offered by an Auckland University Dance Studies alumna has taken a current postgraduate to Fiji in the height of the Auckland winter. Keep Reading

The Asia New Zealand Foundation is pleased to announce the names of the three contemporary dance professionals the Foundation is supporting to visit Singapore and Malaysia in August. Keep Reading