NZ documentary tells story of Kurdish refugee
Principal shooting is now complete and editing is underway on the international documentary project Relocated Mountains. Produced by Auckland-based production house ButoBase, the film tells the…
Winner of inaugural Hallifax Art Award announced
Emerging artist Mark Duggan from Christchurch has won the first prize in the inaugural Hallifax Emerging Art Award. Hon Jim Anderton was the guest speaker at souvenir business Hallifax's 50th…
ART Venture: accelerating Auckland's creative entrepreneurs
ART Venture - a unique acceleration programme for creative entrepreneurs and producers working in Auckland's creative sector - is on the lookout for candidates for its 2008 intake. Now in its…
TBI Q&A: Helen Varley Jamieson
Cyberformance artist Helen Varley Jamieson is one of four members of globally dispersed cyberformance troupe Avatar Body Collision. Despite never having shared a physical space at one time, the four…
New website resource for musicians launched
Is your band looking for a new bass player? If flyers on community noticeboards aren't doing the trick, check out new Kiwi website www.downstream.co.nz. The site allows any musician, technical…
KiwiSaver: what it means for contractors and the self-employed
The Government's KiwiSaver initiative came into effect on 1 July, but if you're a contractor or self-employed - as so many in the creative industries are - you'd be forgiven for feeling a bit in the…
Annual festival of dance ups the Tempo in Auckland
Dance festival tempo˚ returns to Auckland in late September with an impressive programme of 913 performers dancing up a storm in over 93 performances. "Last year the festival proved that…
Kiwi artists' limited edition prints raise funds for Art of Hearing Trust
The Art of Hearing Trust is giving NZ art lovers have the chance to buy limited edition prints by four prominent New Zealand artists while at the same time helping to raise funds for important…
NZ On Air give boost to local TV comedy
NZ On Air's June funding allocations means more Kiwi comedy will be coming to a screen near you. Four series - two returning, two new - have been given support, including a sketch comedy series…
Search on for Karen Walker design assistant
Keen to put your future on fashion forward? Stuff reports that Kiwi fashion designer Karen Walker and Air New Zealand have launched a global search for a young New Zealander to fill a position as…
In the forums this week
In the Network Space forum this week, full-time artist Bryce Brown points out that "the nature of how an artist works means huge fluctuations in income", and one good year can result in a hefty tax…
Significant photography exhibition at Christchurch Art Gallery
An exhibition of works by "one of our best-known image makers" opens at Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu in July. Handboek: Ans Westra Photographs spans 45 years of 'everyday' life in…