Story: Creative life
Page 9 – External links and sources
More links and websites
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Air New Zealand Fashion Week
This site provides information on New Zealand’s premier annual fashion event, and includes photo galleries showing the featured designers’ work.
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Art New Zealand
This site lists the current and previous contents of all issues of Art New Zealand, a quarterly magazine, and full text of selected articles.
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Arts Foundation of New Zealand
The Arts Foundation of New Zealand is an independent charitable trust whose role is to promote excellence in all art forms, by giving awards to outstanding artists. This site gives information about the work of the foundation and biographical notes on those artists from various disciplines who have been awarded its Icon and Laureate awards.
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Auckland Art Gallery
Auckland Art Gallery has the country’s most extensive collection of national and international art. As well as describing current events and exhibitions at the gallery, this site has a searchable database of the collection, with images and descriptions of the works.
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Centre for New Zealand Music (SOUNZ)
The Centre for New Zealand Music (SOUNZ) is a charitable trust which receives major funding from Creative New Zealand to promote New Zealand music. This site contains a comprehensive database of works by New Zealand composers, news, information about events, education resources and an online music shop.
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Chartwell Collection
The Chartwell Collection contains contemporary artworks by major New Zealand and Australian artists. This site gives information about the artists and their works, and includes images of selected artworks.
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Creative New Zealand/Arts Council of New Zealand/Toi Aotearoa
This site outlines the policy, advocacy and funding work of Creative New Zealand (the Arts Council of New Zealand), gives information about artists and their projects, and provides links to the websites of a wide range of arts organisations.
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Dance Aotearoa New Zealand (DANZ)
The website for DANZ, the organisation that supports professional dance in New Zealand, includes articles from their magazine and the New Zealand Dance Directory.
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Dictionary of New Zealand Biography/Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau
This site includes the biographies of artists and other people who made a creative contribution to New Zealand life between 1769 and 1960. To find people engaged in a particular activity, choose ‘Advanced search’ and then select an occupation. The section ‘Our Land, Our People’ contains a section on identity and culture which covers historical arts and entertainment topics.
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FINZ: Fashion Industry New Zealand
This is the site for FINZ, the industry representative organisation, and includes their regular newsletter.
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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Te Papa is New Zealand’s national museum and holds the national art collection, as well as extensive collections of photography, Pacific visual culture and Māori taonga (treasures). The site describes these collections and includes images and details of selected items. It also gives information about current events and exhibitions at Te Papa.
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New Zealand Book Council
The New Zealand Book Council is an independent, non-profit body dedicated to promoting a love of books and reading. This site contains profiles of New Zealand writers and their work, information on book events and organisations, book reviews and articles, and numerous links.
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newzealand.com: The official site for New Zealand travel & business
This site, which promotes New Zealand as a tourist destination, has brief information about New Zealand people, history, culture, society and environment; together with key facts about the country.
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New Zealand Design Archives
This is the site of the New Zealand Design Archives, a digital project. It includes articles and exhibitions on graphic and textile design topics, profiles of designers, and links to design projects in New Zealand and beyond.
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New Zealand Electronic Poetry Centre
The New Zealand Electronic Poetry Centre is the result of a collaboration between the English Department and the Library at Auckland University. The site contains information about selected New Zealand and Pacific poets, full text poems, audio and video files, and links to other poetry sites.
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New Zealand Electronic Text Centre
The New Zealand Electronic Text Centre hosts an expanding archive of XML texts and images. Its collections include selected classic and contemporary works of New Zealand literature and criticism, and issues of the literary magazine Sport.
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New Zealand Film Archive
The New Zealand Film Archive is a charitable trust established to protect and make available New Zealand’s film and television heritage. As well as information about the archive, and a database of collection holdings, its site has feature stories and video clips from New Zealand films.
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New Zealand Film Commission
The New Zealand Film Commission is a government agency charged with funding and promoting New Zealand films. This site gives information about the New Zealand film industry and selected New Zealand films, and includes a searchable catalogue of films and film makers.
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New Zealand Institute of Architects Incorporated
New Zealand Institute of Architects Incorporated is the professional architects’ association. Its site includes information on awards, professional development, standards and resources.
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New Zealand Museums
New Zealand Museums is a site maintained by Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. It gives access to the websites of major public galleries within or attached to museums.
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New Zealand Music Industry Commission
The New Zealand Music Industry Commission is a government-funded charitable trust which aims to facilitate growth in the local music industry. Its site backgrounds the work of the commission, and gives information about popular music artists and groups, events, recording companies.
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New Zealand On Air
This site gives comprehensive information about New Zealand On Air (the Broadcasting Commission), and provides links to radio and television sites.
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New Zealand Society for Music Education/Te Rōpū Mātauranga Pūoru o Aotearoa
The New Zealand Society for Music Education represents various societies for music education throughout New Zealand. This site describes the work of the society and has links to classical music websites in New Zealand and overseas.
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Nga Taonga a Hine-te-iwa-iwa/Treasures of the Goddess of Crafts: A Treasury of New Zealand Craft Resources
This site is overseen by A Treasury of New Zealand Craft Resources Trust, and aims to protect and enhance the interests of New Zealand craftspeople. It contains news, publications and information about craftspeople and galleries, and related links.
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Photoforum
Photoforum Inc is a society that has been promoting photography as a means of communication and expression for over 30 years. The site contains information about Photoforum and its publications, articles, news and online exhibitions.
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Playmarket
Playmarket is New Zealand’s only playwrights’ agency and script advisory service. The site includes a listing of current play productions and a database of play scripts.
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Te Whaea/National Dance and Drama Centre
This site gives information about the New Zealand School of Dance and Toi Whakaari: the New Zealand Drama School, including news about graduates and performances, and some links to dance and theatre websites.
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Toi Māori Aotearoa/Māori Arts New Zealand
Toi Māori Aotearoa is a charitable trust that supports Māori artists working in a variety of media. The site gives information on individual artists and their projects.
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WOW: World of Wearable Art
Montana World of Wearable Arts is an annual event, held in Wellington from 2005. This site gives background information about the wearable arts concept and includes stills and video footage from previous award events.
