Arts and Film

NZ Hat & Hair Art Awards   (www.nzhairart.co.nz)  

A fantastic wearable arts event in Timaru, showcasing extreme hair and fantasy hats in a visual extravaganza. Celebrate the brilliance and creative genius of leading New Zealand hat and hair artists.

New Zealand at the Venice Biennale of Art   (www.nzatvenice.com)  

Profiles the artists representing New Zealand at the Venice Biennale of Art, one of the most significant events on the international arts calendar where cutting-edge contemporary art is showcased.

New Zealand International Arts Festival   (www.nzfestival.telecom.co.nz)  

New Zealand's most celebrated cultural event.

Air New Zealand Fashion Week   (www.nzfashionweek.com)  

Promoting and showcasing New Zealand’s designers and their collections to the world.

New Zealand Book Month   (www.nzbookmonth.co.nz)  

An annual nationwide month-long celebration of New Zealand writers and New Zealand books.

Glistening Waters Storytelling Festival   (www.wairarapa.co.nz/storytellers/)  

Three days of workshops, readings and discussions with story tellers.

Womad   (www.womad.co.nz)  

Taranaki based events of music and arts.

Dunkley's Great New Zealand Craft Show   (www.craftshows.co.nz)  

A popular craft event, for those who make crafts and those who love to buy them. The shows are held at 14 locations throughout the country, from Whangarei to Invercargill.

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.

Christchurch Writers' Festival   (www.chchwritersfest.co.nz)  

An event for all Christchurch booklovers, featuring acclaimed international and local writers and poets.

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.

Auckland Dance Festival Trust   (www.tempo.co.nz)  

Tempo is a broadranging and inclusive annual dance festival which is run by the Auckland Dance Festival Trust. The programme includes contemporary, world, youth and fringe dance events.

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.

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.

New Zealand Affordable Art Show   (www.affordableart.co.nz)  

A Wellington event that encourages New Zealanders to celebrate our identity and culture by buying local art from New Zealand artists.

Christchurch Arts Festival   (www.artsfestival.co.nz)  

Featuring artists of art, theatre, dance, music, jazz, cabaret, visual and literature mediums.

New Zealand Stamping, Scrapbooking and Craft Expo   (www.senz.co.nz)  

A craft expo in various locations around New Zealand, for those with a passion for stamping, scrapbooking and other crafts.

Auckland Festival   (www.aucklandfestival.co.nz)  

A festival in celebration of the cultures and essence of Auckland, presenting a programme of events featuring New Zealand and international performers.

Arts Calendar   (www.artscalendar.co.nz)  

An online New Zealand arts calendar of current and forthcoming events such as concerts, recitals, ballet, opera, drama, musicals and exhibitions presented in an intuitive, easy to use calendar format.

Creative Fibre Festival   (www.creativefibre.org.nz/festival/main.htm)  

Brings together spinners, weavers, knitters, dyers, flax workers, felters, crocheters, free form fibre artists and all other people involved in the use of fibre.

Ignite   (www.ignite.co.nz)  

An arts festival that provides an opportunity for young people to be challenged and inspired by others, and to celebrate their achievements in a variety of disciplines.

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.

Auckland Festival of Photography   (www.photographyfestival.org.nz)  

A photography and art festival that celebrates culture, identity and art through exhibitions and events.

Dunedin Fringe Festival   (www.dunedinfringe.org.nz)  

Engage or come and see an action-packed festival of experimental and contemporary art, held in Dunedin over 17 spell-binding days.

Otago Festival of the Arts   (www.otagofestival.co.nz)  

Events happening over the festival week.