People wanting to watch New Zealand’s State Memorial Service to mark the life, dedication and work of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II are invited to Parliament on Monday 26 September 2022.The service starts at 2pm and will be live streamed on screens set up in
A memorial exhibition for Queen Elizabeth II has opened at Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa National Library in Wellington following her death. The tribute to Queen Elizabeth II draws on the pictorial records held by the Alexander Turnbull Library, Archives New Zealand and Ngā Taonga Sound
Photo credits: Andi CrownRed Leap’s adaption of Owls Do Cry all set to tour Hamilton and Wellington from 26 October – 13 November.Beloved New Zealand author Janet Frame’s landmark novel is brought to life on stage by the iconic theatre company Red Leap. Filled with
City Gallery Wellington Te Whare Toi’s upcoming exhibition Matarau responds to our turbulent times and explores the role that art can play in navigating new found complexities of everyday life. Matarau is a group exhibition of contemporary Māori art, guest curated by Walters Prize-winning Pōneke artist,
We spoke to Winetopia founder Rob Eliott about the success of the wine event and what guests can experience and expect when attending the biggest celebration of wine event in New Zealand. How and when was Winetopia founded? Winetopia presented by Singapore Airlines was launched in 2016. My
Over February & March 2022 A Place for Local Making, will be proudly brought to the public of Pōneke by Adam Ben-Dror and Xin Cheng, with support from Grace Ryder, Urban Dream Brokerage (UDB) and Wellington City Council. A Place for Local Making is the latest
The 2022 New Zealand Fringe Festival (NZ Fringe) opened on Thursday evening with a small-scale Gala night celebration of the launch of the 2022 programme of diverse and creative cutting-edge arts. Staged across 30 venues in Pōneke, the festival takes place over the next three
Amid widespread event cancellations, Threads Textiles Festival goes ahead 16–20 March Programme announced for five-day festival. Wellington’s dedicated visual arts festival, supported by WCC and the Blumhardt Foundation, returns for a third time mid-March – this time exploring the historically undervalued tradition of textile art. Following the
Te Papa’s summer exhibition Rita Angus, New Zealand Modernist | He Ringatoi Hou o Aotearoa opens to the public on Saturday 18 December and runs until 25 April 2022. More than 70 works by one of New Zealand’s most iconic 20th-century artists, Rita Angus (1908–1970), will be exhibited
Poneke's Urban Dream Brokerage and Tanya Ruka proudly present the latest in its series of groundbreaking artist commissions. At a time where we are heading inwards, to reconsider so many of life's norms, artist Tanya Ruka encourages Wellingtonians to come together over a 2 week period
