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  • 09/28/2022 to 10/08/2022

    Tempo Dance Festival: Te Rerenga o Tere 2022 at Q Theatre

    Tempo Dance Festival: Te Rerenga o Tere at Q Theatre celebrates the return of dance to live audiences in Tāmaki Makaurau.
  • 10/01/2022 to 10/09/2022

    Nelson Clay Week

    Nelson Clay Week is a biennial festival celebrating contemporary ceramic art and showcasing the ever-growing talent of Aotearoa’s pottery community.
  • 10/04/2022

    APO | Ryman Healthcare Presents Baroque & Beyond: Brandenburg 5

    J.S. Bach is a central figure for many, many composers, and this concert explores the relationship between Bach and one of his successors.

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Olaf Petersen. 1970. So Lonely. Auckland Museum. © Olaf Petersen Estate
7 Apr 2022 to 31 Mar 2023
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Nature Boy: The Photography of Olaf Petersen

See your world through Olaf’s eyes. Explore the captivating work of award-winning photographer Olaf Petersen, one of Aotearoa's finest nature photographers.
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Auckland War Memorial Museum
Auckland
Landscapes of Loss Exhibition by Lisa Chandler
10 Sep 2022 to 4 Dec 2022
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Landscapes of Loss Exhibition by Lisa Chandler

Right now, we are being bombarded with harrowing stories of loss on a daily basis - check out Lisa Chandler's thought provoking exhibition 'Landscapes of Loss'
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Hastings City Art Gallery
Hawke's Bay
14 Oct 2022
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Sculpture.North Canterbury

Exclusive Preview Launch Party. Contemporary NZ sculpture exhibition, to enrich, engage & create conversations, in North Canterbury's most beautiful garden.
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Pegasus Bay Winery, Waipara, North Canterbury
Canterbury
5 Aug 2022 to 2 Aug 2023
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Shona Rapira Davies: Ko Te Kihikihi Taku Ingoa

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Govett-Brewster Art Gallery / Len Lye Centre
Taranaki
20 Aug 2022 to 13 Nov 2022
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Public Relations: A performance series

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Govett-Brewster Art Gallery + Offsite locations
Taranaki
20 Aug 2022 to 25 Apr 2023
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Len Lye: Atomic Power

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Govett-Brewster Art Gallery / Len Lye Centre
Taranaki
27 Aug 2022 to 7 Oct 2022
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Exhibition: Gravitas

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Northart
Auckland
27 Aug 2022 to 7 Oct 2022
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Exhibition: Handshake6 | MORPH

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Northart
Auckland
2 Sep 2022 to 11 Oct 2022
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Drawing: From the Inside Out

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Railway Street Gallery
Auckland
3 Sep 2022 to 6 Feb 2023
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Len Lye: Sky Snakes

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Govett-Brewster Art Gallery / Len Lye Centre
Taranaki
3 Sep 2022 to 3 Oct 2022
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Finer Points (2022)

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Milford Galleries Dunedin
Otago
3 Sep 2022 to 3 Oct 2022
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Graham Bennett: The Entanglement of Fact and Value (2022)

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Milford Galleries Dunedin
Otago
3 Sep 2022 to 26 Mar 2023
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Walls to Live Beside, Rooms to Own: The Chartwell Show

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Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Auckland
7 Sep 2022 to 1 Oct 2022
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Feathers in Frame

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Mitchell Studios
Wellington
8 Sep 2022 to 1 Oct 2022
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Karl Maughan: Recent Works

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Page Galleries
Wellington
8 Sep 2022 to 1 Oct 2022
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Hannah Valentine: Your body often knows more than you do

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Page Galleries
Wellington
12 Sep 2022 to 11 Nov 2022
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He Tangata o Te Kohu (a man of the mist): a retrospective exhibition on the work of Donn Ratana

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Gallagher Academy of Performing Arts Gallery
Waikato
16 Sep 2022 to 17 Oct 2022
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Peter James Smith: Zealandia (2022)

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milford galleries queenstown
Otago
16 Sep 2022 to 6 Oct 2022
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Kirstin Carlin - Yellow Ground

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Brett McDowell Gallery
Otago
17 Sep 2022 to 14 Oct 2022
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Toi Pōneke Residents Exhibition

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Toi Pōneke Arts Centre
Wellington
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