Creative New Zealand
Are NZ's Venice Biennale attendants short-changed?
What could be more wonderful? Six weeks in Venice, surrounded by some of the world's best art, flights paid for, an apartment paid, gaining invaluable experience and connections as an attendant at… Audio, Gallery
Playwright International Exchange
Morna Young is a playwright, actress and musician from a wee fishing village in the North East of Scotland. She's currently in New Zealand being hosted by BATS Theatre and Toi Põneke as part of the… Audio
More than a hobby - pursuing the arts
Pacific people often feel the pressure to let their artistic talent fall by the wayside in pursuit of other career paths but artists in New Zealand hope their success can buck the trend. Audio
Pacific curator Kolokesa Uafa Mahina-Tuai
Museums are foreign spaces for many Pacific people but the curator Pacific at Tamaki Paenga Hira Auckland War Memorial Museum, Kolokesa Mahina-Tuai, is working to make it a more welcoming place. Audio
Iosefa Enari award winner - Madison Nonoa
At the age of three Madison Nonoa charged her family to attend her concerts in the living room. Now she's focusing on encouraging other Pacific people to take up a career in classical music. Audio
Poet Karlo Mila on the rise of Pacific poetry
Poet Karlo Mila had no idea what the mangrove poem in her high school English exam was about but now her works on Pacific culture, love, and politics are used in schools throughout New Zealand. Audio
Marc Taddei
Orchestra Wellington Music Director Marc Taddei has a new job to add to his resume. He's just been appointed Music Director of the Vallejo Symphony Orchestra. Located in the San Francisco Bay Area and… Audio
Simon Denny: power and secrets
New Zealand artist based in Berlin who represented New Zealand at the 2015 Venice Biennale with his work, Secret Power; four of the works have been acquired by Te Papa. Audio, Gallery
Tron Music Trust
The Tron Music Trust aims to assist musicians from Hamilton and the Waikato, while reinvigorating the live music scene. Zac Arnold and Tron trustee Trevor Faville discuss the sizeable task ahead. Audio
Samoan artist in residence Siliga Setoga
Siliga Setoga grew up in a Samoan speaking household in Mt Eden. He still lives in the same house. Comfortably Samoan and Kiwi, Siliga is about to take up a Creative NZ artist in residency position at… Audio
Samoan artist awarded artist-in-residence
Samoan visual artist Siliga Setoga has been awarded Creative New Zealand's 2015 artist-in-residence at the National University of Samoa. Audio
The National Touring Agency explained
Creative New Zealand stumps up almost a million dollars to set up an agency to help our performers tour the country. It's something that performing artists have been wanting for years - so why now… Audio
