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Honouring Robyn Hunt KSO, ONZM
Warm congratulations to Robyn Hunt, who received the Companion of the King’s Service Order at Government House this week.
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The value of long-term support for the arts
Long-term support helps build a more accessible, inclusive and equitable arts sector. Discover why sustained funding matters for artists, audiences and communities across Aotearoa.
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How far have we come in 20 years?
Twenty years ago in New York, the text of the first human rights treaty of a new century, the UN Convention on the Rights of Disabled People, was finalised. Robyn Hunt was there.
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Arts as a foundation for human rights
The framing of arts as a human right helps us apply arts accessibility in a practical way, blogs Katie Querin of Arts Access Aotearoa.
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A fair go for the arts in Wellington
"I am asking you to look at structural equity. The total council savings target is $6 million. Taking $760,000 from the Creative Capital ($410,000) and Te Ngākau Civic Square ($350,000) budgets means the arts sector is absorbing more than 12% of the entire city's financial pain."
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Festival season shows why arts funding matters
Across the country, councils invest between $500 to $600 million annually into arts, culture and heritage. Richard Benge’s opinion piece in The Post argues that investment in their community’s arts and culture is not a nice-to-have. It's sound governance backed by evidence.
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All roads lead to arts accessibility
Over the past 15 years, Aotearoa New Zealand has seen a steady growth in accessible arts and cultural events – from a handful every year to hundreds every year. What was once occasional is now becoming embedded practice across a number of arts festivals, venues, performing arts companies, museums and galleries.
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Fellowship opens doors to possibilities
What makes life, particularly a creative one, easier and more enjoyable for disabled people? Access. And that’s what the Whakahoa Kaitoi Whanaketanga Creative New Zealand Deaf and Disabled Artists Fellowship, presented by Arts Access Aotearoa, provides.
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Arts For All Network celebrates 2025
A round-up of arts accessibility achievements across Aotearoa in 2025, celebrating the mahi of Arts For All Network members, from museums and galleries to performing arts, festivals, and accessibility service providers.
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“Profound ability of toi Māori to create change”
"I was born to a Māori father and Pākehā mother. After three generations of whānau urban migration, the negative and brutal experiences dad had as a boy, and because we were born pale-skinned, my parents did everything to stop us from being Māori."
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A love letter to Crip the Lit
It’s International Day of Disabled People on Wednesday 3 December. So to mark the occasion in true Crip the Lit fashion, a group of hilarious, talented and imaginative writers are getting together to honour and memorialise the disabled ancestors who came before us.
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Shift perspectives and improve funding outcomes
"The value of bringing people together in person rather than on a screen was evident at the recent Shifting the Stream: rethinking arts investment forum, held in Tāmaki Makaurau'" blogs Richard Benge.
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Telling your story to “persuadables”
How do you talk about the arts, culture and creative sector in a way that helps people understand and support what’s needed for the sector to survive? It’s a question posed in Creative New Zealand’s excellent guide Changing the Story on Arts, Culture and Creativity in Aotearoa. Download the guide....
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Remembering David Cameron: a humble master of Mahi Toi
Kaumātua Te Aturangi Nepia-Clamp remembers artist David Cameron, recipient of the 2016 Artistic Achievement Award, and his legacy in kowhaiwhai at Pakowhai Marae.
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Onwards and upwards for the next thirty years
Happy thirtieth birthday, Arts Access Aotearoa. Back in 1995, I remember sitting on our sunny deck, talking to someone from Creative New Zealand about a new and exciting venture related to disability and the arts. I had high, probably unrealistic expectations, but I’m an eternal optimist. I had seen innovative disability arts in the UK and...
