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  • 09/28/2022 to 10/08/2022

    Tempo Dance Festival: Te Rerenga o Tere 2022 at Q Theatre

    Tempo Dance Festival: Te Rerenga o Tere at Q Theatre celebrates the return of dance to live audiences in Tāmaki Makaurau.
  • 10/01/2022 to 10/09/2022

    Nelson Clay Week

    Nelson Clay Week is a biennial festival celebrating contemporary ceramic art and showcasing the ever-growing talent of Aotearoa’s pottery community.
  • 10/04/2022

    APO | Ryman Healthcare Presents Baroque & Beyond: Brandenburg 5

    J.S. Bach is a central figure for many, many composers, and this concert explores the relationship between Bach and one of his successors.

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Olaf Petersen. 1970. So Lonely. Auckland Museum. © Olaf Petersen Estate
7 Apr 2022 to 31 Mar 2023
Exhibition

Nature Boy: The Photography of Olaf Petersen

See your world through Olaf’s eyes. Explore the captivating work of award-winning photographer Olaf Petersen, one of Aotearoa's finest nature photographers.
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Auckland War Memorial Museum
Auckland
25 Aug 2022 to 29 Oct 2022
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Back to Square One?

One Danish Nan can change your outlook on life
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Landscapes of Loss Exhibition by Lisa Chandler
10 Sep 2022 to 4 Dec 2022
Exhibition

Landscapes of Loss Exhibition by Lisa Chandler

Right now, we are being bombarded with harrowing stories of loss on a daily basis - check out Lisa Chandler's thought provoking exhibition 'Landscapes of Loss'
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Hastings City Art Gallery
Hawke's Bay
18 Sep 2022 to 4 Oct 2022
Art

Gerry Rig Exhibition

Featuring the work of 6 talented artists
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Te Ahu Collective
Auckland
20 Sep 2022 to 8 Oct 2022
Theatre

The Made

Just because someone is made, doesn't mean they're owned.
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ASB Waterfront Theatre
Auckland
24 Sep 2022 to 15 Oct 2022
Art

Native Practitioner

Marcus Hipa: Native Practitioners
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Scott Lawrie Gallery
Auckland
28 Sep 2022 to 8 Oct 2022
Dance

Tempo Dance Festival: Te Rerenga o Tere 2022 at Q Theatre

Tempo Dance Festival: Te Rerenga o Tere at Q Theatre celebrates the return of dance to live audiences in Tāmaki Makaurau.
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Q Theatre
Auckland
29 Sep 2022 to 2 Oct 2022
Art

NZ Young Writers Festival 2022

Playwrights and poets; comedians and historians; critics and consciences! Scribes of all stripes will gather in Ōtepoti/Dunedin for the eighth New Zealand Young Writers Festival from 29/09 - 02/10!!
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Te Whare o Rukutia
Online
4 Oct 2022
Music

APO | Ryman Healthcare Presents Baroque & Beyond: Brandenburg 5

J.S. Bach is a central figure for many, many composers, and this concert explores the relationship between Bach and one of his successors.
Venue: 
Holy Trinity Cathedral, Parnell
Auckland
8 Oct 2022
Dance

Tāmaki Makaurau Dance Enquiry Workshop

A creative workshop to gather perspectives, ideas and experiences relevant to how dance-makers working in Auckland can be better resourced
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Aotea Centre
Auckland
11 Oct 2022 to 22 Oct 2022
Dance

I Get So Emotional Baby

Unruly female emotion was once attributed to a deviant womb wandering through the body.
Venue: 
Basement Theatre
Auckland
14 Oct 2022
Art

Sculpture.North Canterbury

Exclusive Preview Launch Party. Contemporary NZ sculpture exhibition, to enrich, engage & create conversations, in North Canterbury's most beautiful garden.
Venue: 
Pegasus Bay Winery, Waipara, North Canterbury
Canterbury
APO | Unwrap Bernstein's Symphonic Dances
18 Oct 2022
Music

APO | Unwrap Bernstein's Symphonic Dances

West Side Story is scored for a 31-piece band, so it’s no surprise that Bernstein rewrote his music for a symphony orchestra.
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Auckland Town Hall
Auckland
19 Oct 2022 to 21 Oct 2022
Live event

Semi Permanent Aotearoa 2022

PERSPECTIVE explores the relevant challenges and opportunities of this time
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St James Theatre
Wellington
25 Oct 2022 to 19 Nov 2022
Theatre

North by Northwest

One simple mistake. A thousand miles to run.
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ASB Waterfront Theatre
Auckland
5 Aug 2022 to 2 Aug 2023
Art

Shona Rapira Davies: Ko Te Kihikihi Taku Ingoa

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Govett-Brewster Art Gallery / Len Lye Centre
Taranaki
12 Aug 2022 to 23 Dec 2022
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Scared Scriptless

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The Court Theatre
Canterbury
19 Aug 2022 to 20 Nov 2022
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ArtLab – Zinging Rhythms: Texture and Pattern

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Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Auckland
20 Aug 2022 to 13 Nov 2022
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Public Relations: A performance series

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Govett-Brewster Art Gallery + Offsite locations
Taranaki
20 Aug 2022 to 25 Apr 2023
Art

Len Lye: Atomic Power

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Govett-Brewster Art Gallery / Len Lye Centre
Taranaki
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