Press Release – West Papua Media Alerts

You are invited to what is perhaps a unique exhibition featuring women of West Papua in their living response to the suppression of human rights and freedom under Indonesian occupation and military brutality over the past fifty years. Read more »

Press Release – The Maori Party

Dr Pita Sharples, MP for Tamaki Makaurau and Co-leader of the Maori Party, is heart-broken at the tragic death of Kateia Burrows, of Ngati Porou and Rarotongan descent. Read more »

Press Release – Niue Tourism

A tourist who visited Niue and captured his up-close experience of a whale and its calf has been awarded the 2011 New Zealand Geographic Photographer of the Year Award for the Wildlife Category. Read more »

Press Release – Arts Foundation of New Zealand

Arts Foundation of New Zealand Media Release Arts Awards Light up the Night $360,000 received by artists at New Zealand’s first national Arts Awards Ten prestigious awards totalling $360,000 were presented tonight to New Zealand artists at the inaugural … Read more »

Press Release – Just Another Art Movement

When award-winning writer Anne Kennedy agreed to guest edit the 29th issue of JAAM , she knew she wanted it to reflect New Zealand’s position as a country in the Pacific, and connections with the Pacific. Read more »

Press Release – Waikato University

A book on Māori moko written by University of Waikato academics has won an award from the University of French Polynesia. The French translation of Mau Moko: The World of Māori Tattoo was named the students’ favourite text book for 2011 at … Read more »

Press Release – International Tattoo Expo

New Zealand’s premier tattoo event, Auckland International Tattoo Convention, once again plays host to more than 60 of the world’s biggest names in tattoo art and performance, including renowned Tatau masters from Samoa, the Suluape family, and … Read more »

Press Release – Womad

One of the inspirations behind the very first WOMAD festival will head to WOMAD New Zealand 2012, along with a line-up of musicians, bands and performers from all corners of the globe. Read more »

Press Release – West Papua Media Alerts

John Waromi, who says he is deeply concerned about the current situation in Papua, often addresses the tension between West Papua and the Indonesian state in his poems. Read more »

Press Release – Australian High Commission

On 14 October, the Australian High Commissioner Matt Anderson and the Acting Prime Minister, Hon Manasseh Maelanga, officially opened the touring art exhibition Message Stick: Indigenous Identity in Urban Australia at the King Solomon Hotel. Read more »