Opportunities

Call out to join Dance 4 Us Youth Johnsonville

Dance 4 Us Youth Johnsonville is a dance movement therapy group running on Tuesdays from 10:30am to 11:30am at Johnsonville Community Centre, 3 Frankmoore Avenue. It’s open to people aged 15+ with a learning disability and/or physical disability. The group is youth-focused but everyone is welcome.

The programme supports social connection and emotional literacy through creative and expressive dance, and it’s designed to be a safe and fun space. Each session is led by a registered dance movement therapist and a team of assistants.

You can find out more and register online or contact Chloé Campbell at Dance and Arts Therapy NZ (Phone: 027 233 9707 Email: clients@dancetherapy.co.nz).

Find out more and register online

Landing Press calls for poems about water

Landing Press is looking for poems about water, aiming to publish an anthology of poems that explores all aspects of our interaction with water in March 2027. Landing Press is a small, not-for-profit publisher of poetry that everyone can enjoy, with a social justice edge. It works very differently from other publishers, publishing very well-known writers and first-time writers. It runs workshops and mentors individuals who have often never written before. It believes that everyone can write.

As a publisher, Landing Press wants to provide a platform for voices not often heard and perspectives not usually included.  The deadline for poems is 30 June 2026. 

 Find out more about the anthology

Entries open for Focus on Ability Film Festival

Entries for the 2026 Focus on Ability Film Festival are now open. Filmmakers, including those in New Zealand, are invited to submit short films that explore, celebrate or reflect stories with a disability theme. Taking part is easy. Whether you’re using a phone or a camera, your film can create real impact – helping shift perceptions, spark conversations, and celebrate inclusion in powerful ways.

Entries close on 1 July 2026. If you have any questions or require assistance, please email us. 

For more info and entry forms

Crescendo offers recording services

Crescendo is a social enterprise recording studio in Auckland. Whether you are looking to make a podcast series, audiobook or record an oral history project, the Crescendo team can step you through the process from start to finish and will provide quotes for funding applications. By working with Crescendo, your project will also be supporting youth mentoring and pathways to employment. Get in touch for a free consultation studio@crescendo.org.nz or check out its work at crescendo.org.nz.

Read more about Crescendo as a social enterprise

Performing Arts Foundation of Wellington

The Performing Arts Foundation of Wellington provides financial support to performing arts projects and productions across the Wellington Region (Wellington City through to Porirua and Upper Hutt). It’s focused on supporting projects that engage children/youth and diverse communities with the performing arts, either as performers or audiences. The foundation receives its funding from a $1.50 levy included in every ticket purchased for St James Theatre and The Opera House. Venues Wellington, a subsidiary of WellingtonNZ, operates these venues and administers the grants. The Performing Arts Foundation accepts applications from individuals and groups/organisations involved in the performing arts rather than venues. There are four application rounds per year.

Learn more or apply