We have been compiling some of the best online resources for the arts in New Zealand.
If you come across a resource not listed on this page, let us know by email: website@creativenz.govt.nz
This is not intended to be a comprehensive directory of New Zealand arts websites and Creative New Zealand reserves the right to choose the sites it links to. The listing shall not be taken as an endorsement of any kind.
Categories
- Portals and directories
- Competitions, awards, funding, work and income
- Learning and development
- Community arts
- Festivals
- Regional resources
- Arts and cultural agencies
- Ngā Toi Māori
- New Zealand International Comedy Festival
- Pacific arts
- Literature
- Performing arts
- Dance
- Theatre
- Music
- Visual arts
- Craft/Object
Portals and directories
- Govt.nz - connecting you to NZ central and local government services.
- Ministry for Culture and Heritage
- NZMuseums
- The Big Idea
- The Lowdown Directory 2020 (The Big Idea)
- The New Zealand art and culture web directory
Competitions, awards, funding, work and income
- Creative New Zealand - find funding opportunities
- The Big Idea - work and income opportunities in the arts and creative industries.
- Fundview - a database of funding sources available free at your public library.
- Ministry for Culture and Heritage list of Cultural Sector Awards, Scholarships and Residencies
- World of Wearable Art Awards
- New Zealand Film Commission | Te Tumu Whakaata Taonga
- New Zealand On Air
- Nga Taonga a Hine-te-iwa-iwa craft and visual arts grants and awards.
- PledgeMe - A New Zealand website for posting project ideas online for people to help fund in return for a creative reward.
- Boosted.org.nz - A New Zealand arts dedicated crowdfunding platform and part of The Arts Foundation. Boosted also offers donors a 33% tax credit.
- SOUNZ - opportunities for composers.
See more alternative funding options
Learning and development
- culturepartnership.eu - Free online courses for cultural managers.
- Impact and Outcomes Matrix by Good Finance - Free tool to help organisations plan and measure their social impact.
Community Arts
- Community Arts Toolkit - A best practice guide to community arts projects in Aotearoa New Zealand.
- Community Comms Collective - a collective of communications practitioners giving back to the community.
- CommunityNet Aotearoa - An online hub of resources designed to strengthen communities.
- Regional Arts Network Aotearoa (RANA) - Regional Arts Organisations (RAOs) are non-profit entities that operate regionally across Aotearoa to provide strategic direction and support for sustainable arts, culture and heritage development.
- Te Ora Auaha - A national network and resource for anyone interested in the contribution of the arts to health and wellbeing.
- What works - Aimed at smaller community groups this site will help you reflect on your work, demonstrate its effectiveness and keep improving your practice.
Festivals
- Auckland Arts Festival
- Bay of Plenty Garden & Art Festival
- Christchurch Arts Festival
- Dunedin Fringe Festival
- Festival of Colour (Southern Lakes)
- Fringe Festival Wellington
- Hamilton Gardens Arts Festival
- Hawkes Bay Arts Festival
- National Jazz Festival Tauranga
- Nelson Arts Festival
- Nelson Fringe Festival
- New Zealand Festival
- Resene Architecture & Design Film Festival
- Tauranga Arts Festival
- Taranaki Arts Festival
- WOMAD
Regional resources
- ART Arts Regional Trust
- Auckland City Alive and Happening Events Listing
- Auckland Jazz Gig Guide
- Canterbury Community Trust
- Toi Pōnoke Arts Centre (Wellington)
- Upstairs Gallery (Titirangi Community Arts Council)
- Waitakere Arts - Waitakere Central Community Arts Council
- WellingtonNZ.com
Arts and cultural agencies
- Arts Access Aotearoa Putanga Toi ki Aotearoa
- The British Council
- New Zealand Broadcasting Standards Authority
- Fulbright New Zealand
- The International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies (IFACCA)
- Ministry of Culture and Heritage
- Museums Aotearoa
- National Services, Te Paerangi, Te Papa
- New Zealand Historic Places Trust
- Te Papa
- Creative Bay of Plenty
- Creative Waikato
Ngā Toi Māori
- Black Grace Dance Company
- Toi Iho.com
- Toi Maori Aotearoa
- Taki Rua
- Kahurangi Maori Dance Company
- Atamira Dance Company
- Huia Publishers
Pacific arts
- Black Grace Dance Company
- Festival of Pacific Arts
- Pacific Arts Association
- Pacific Dance New Zealand
- Pacific Business Trust - business mentoring, coaching and support, business education and training.
- The Conch
- The Tautai Contemporary Pacific Arts Trust
Literature
- Academy of New Zealand Literature
- Auckland University Press
- Auckland Writers Festival
- Bridget Williams Books
- The Cuba Press
- Cold Hub Press
- Copyright Licensing New Zealand
- Gecko Press
- Going West Writers Festival
- International Institute of Modern Letters
- Landfall Review Online
- Library and Information Association of New Zealand
- Mātātuhi Foundation (established by Auckland Readers Festival)
- Massey University Press
- Michael King Writers Centre
- NZ Book Awards for Children and Young Adults
- NZ Young Writers Festival
- National Poetry Day
- New Zealand History Research Trust
- Ockham NZ Book Awards
- One Tree House
- Oratia Media
- Otago University Press
- PANZ (Publishers Association of New Zealand)
- The Pantograph Punch
- Penguin Random House New Zealand
- Public Lending Right for New Zealand Authors
- New Zealand Poetry Society
- New Zealand Society of Authors - Publishing information
- Randell Cottage Writers Trust
- Read NZ (formerly NZ Book Council) - How to get published
- The Sapling
- The Spinoff
- Starling
- Storylines
- Te Waka Taki Kōrero - Māori Literature Trust
- Toitoi
- University of Otago College of Education/Creative New Zealand Children’s Writer in Residence
- University of Waikato/Creative New Zealand Writer in Residence
- Verb Wellington
- Victoria University Press
- WORD Christchurch
Performing arts
Dance
- The New Zealand Dance Company
- Black Grace Dance Company
- Dance Aotearoa New Zealand (DANZ)
- Footnote Dance Company
- Royal New Zealand Ballet
- Touch Compass
- Atamira
Theatre
- Auckland Theatre Company
- BATS Theatre
- Capital E Theatre for Children
- Centrepoint Theatre
- Circa Theatre
- The Court Theatre
- Indian Ink Theatre
- Theatre Archives New Zealand
- Playmarket
- Silo Theatre
- Taki Rua Productions
Music
- Auckland Philharmonia
- Audio Culture
- Centre for New Zealand Music (SOUNZ)
- Chamber Music New Zealand
- Christchurch Symphony Orchestra
- Dunedin Symphony Orchestra
- Dunedinmusic.com
- New Zealand Music Industry Commission
- New Zealand Music Services Directory
- New Zealand String Quartet
- New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
- NZ Trio
- Rieger Pipe Organ - Christchurch Town Hall
- Vector Wellington Orchestra
- The law requires New Zealand producers to deposit two copies of their music with the National Library of New Zealand. Further information is available from:
Visual arts
- artsdiary.co.nz - listing of exhibitions in art galleries throughout New Zealand.
- Artspace
- Artzone
- Blue Oyster Art Project Space
- CIRCUIT Artist Film and Video Aotearoa New Zealand
- Contemporary HUM
- Creative Commons Aotearoa New Zealand
- Dunedin Public Art Gallery
- Enjoy Public Art Gallery
- EyeContact
- Govett-Brewster Art Gallery
- McCahon House Trust
- Museums Aotearoa
- The New Zealand Archive of Film, Television and Sound Ngā Taonga Whitiāhua Me Ngā Taonga Kōrero
- NZ at Venice
- PhotoForum
- Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua Whanganui
- SCAPE Public Art
- The Pantograph Punch
- The Physics Room
- The Tautai Contemporary Pacific Arts Trust
- Toi Art, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
- Toi Maori Aotearoa
- Copywright Agency
Craft/Object
- Association of New Zealand Embroiderers’ Guilds
- Auckland Studio Potters
- Blumhardt Foundation
- Centre for Fine Woodworking
- Ceramics Association of New Zealand
- Creative Fibre
- Design Assembly
- The Designers Institute of New Zealand
- Handweavers and Spinners Guild of New Zealand
- Makers 101: Handshake
- National Association of New Zealand Quilters
- National Association of Woodworkers
- New Zealand Lace Society
- New Zealand Society of Artists in Glass
- Objectspace
- Pacifica Mamas Arts & Cultural Trust
- Quartz Museum of Studio Ceramics
- Te Puia: New Zealand Māori Arts and Crafts Institute
- Te Roopu Raranga Whatu o Aotearoa: Māori Weavers New Zealand
- The Dowse
- The Professional Weavers Network of New Zealand
- The Silversmiths’ Guild of Canterbury
- Toi Maori Aotearoa
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