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The Best Design Awards 09
(www.bestawards.co.nz)The Best Design Awards are a national award programme of the Designers Institute of New Zealand, recognising New Zealand's best graphic, product and spatial design.
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Air New Zealand Fashion Week
(www.nzfashionweek.com)Promoting and showcasing New Zealand's designers and their collections to the world.
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Taranaki Festival of the Arts
(www.artsfest.co.nz)An event showcasing more than 250 international and New Zealand artists and performers, in theatre, music, choirs, literature, dance, visual arts, film and cabaret performance.
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Christchurch Arts Festival
(www.artsfestival.co.nz)Featuring artists of art, theatre, dance, music, jazz, cabaret, visual and literature mediums.
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NZ International Comedy Festival
(www.comedyfestival.co.nz)A festival of comedy in Auckland and Wellington: it's enough to make your laughbuds start chuckling.
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Italian Film Festival
(www.italianfilmfestival.co.nz)The festival presents to New Zealand a broad cross section of films. Some are new and fascinating portraits of modern Italian life. One is a glance back to the start of last century and of course there are some Italian classics.
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Auckland Writers and Readers Festival
(www.writersfestival.co.nz)Created in 1999 by a committed group of writers and book lovers eager for an Auckland festival of ideas celebrating books and reading.
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DOCNZ International Documentary Film Festival
(www.docnz.org.nz)Australasia's only competitive international documentary film festival, showcasing the very best in documentary films from all around the world. The festival is held in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin.
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Auckland Art Fair
(www.aucklandartfair.co.nz)New Zealand's premier contemporary art event. The Auckland Art Fair is held in the country's largest city, home to more than sixty commercial galleries.
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Pecha Kucha
(www.pechakucha.co.nz/)Arts and entertainment events held throughout New Zealand featuring the 20/20 format: twenty pictures, twenty seconds to talk about each. Featuring architects, designers, artists and personalities from the arts.
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Earthwire Productions
(www.earthwire.co.nz)Earthwire Productions is an Auckland based media company. Running since 2006, Earthwire has produced a number of film projects, a series of childrens books, and offers a range of creative solutions. These include corporate video, small business web design and graphic design including cartooning and illustration.
View Website - Waitakere Arts and Film Events - Film and Video Production
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New Zealand Fringe Festival
(www.fringe.org.nz)A feast of fabulous entertainment, showcasing music, dance, visual arts and theatre in Wellington. View details of Wellington Fringe Festival events online.
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Central Hawkes Bay Festival
(www.thefestival.org.nz)
A Hawke's Bay festival of art, antiques, garden art and digital art, including various seminars and workshops.
View Website - Hawkes Bay Arts and Film Events - Art Entertainment
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Performing Arts Network of New Zealand
(www.pannz.org.nz)The Performing Arts Network of New Zealand is a capacity building organisation driven by, and in support of, New Zealand's professional performing arts sector.
