Announcing Guest Curator

Bret McKenzie

2020 New Zealand Festival

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Extraordinary experiences

Our Award-winning story

2018 New Zealand Festival

Explore last year's programme

Media release

2020 WRITERS AND READERS

Michael Keegan-Dolan and Teaċ Daṁsa

Made in Wellington

Meg Williams

Meet the Team: Meg Williams

To discover more about our Executive Director, we put the infamous Proust Questionnaire to her to reveal her personality, tastes and aspirations.

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Verb + Writers & Readers

We were thrilled to announce earlier this year New Zealand Festival will be joining forces with Wellington literary giants Verb for the delivery of the 2020 Writers & Readers (W&R) Programme.

Mark Stocker

Three Picks from New Zealand Art at Te Papa

Art historian and editor of New Zealand Art at Te Papa Mark Stocker shares three picks from this impressive new collection.

Summer music festival

Best of the Summer Music Fests

Kirsten Johnstone, RNZ Music producer shares her pick of the Summer music festival season line-up, with plenty to recommend.