PANNZ Online Hui Auckland Live TCR

Livestreamed on Monday 14 September at 11am

 In celebration of Te Wiki o te Reo Māori, our tenth online PANNZ hui focused on how artists and arts organisations are doing their part to celebrate and revitalise the Māori language. With a boom in popularity, the possibilities are endless for expressions of te reo in the arts, so we asked, what's on the horizon?   

Alongside Dolina Wehipeihana (Ngāti Tukorehe, Ngāti Raukawa) for this kōrero were three champions of te reo advocacy in performing arts

- Hinewehi Mohi MNZM (Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāi Tūhoe), Pītau-whakarewa Māori membership growth and development leader at APRA

- Hōhepa Waitoa (Ngāti Porou, Rongowhakaata, co-director, playwright, composer, tutor, producer and pāpā

- Ataahua Papa (Ngāti Koroki Kahukura, Ngāti Mahuta, Waikato), Kaihautū Māori Auckland Arts Festival

Livestreamed on Monday 17 August at 11am 

The Covid-19 crisis has taken a huge toll on our lives, our livelihoods and our wellbeing. It has forced us to slow down, breathe, and consider the current state of the world, and the environments in which we work and live. Out of the quiet rose a number of voices calling for change, for an end to the status quo, and a caution against a return to 'business as usual'. The ninth online hui asked,  is a desire for change enough to affect real change?  

Alongside facilitator Dolina Wehipeihana (Ngāti Tukorehe, Ngāti Raukawa) were 

- Sarah Meads, Founder of Track Zero

- Dione Joseph, Founder of Black Creatives Aotearoa and Co-Founder of JK Productions: He Kōrero Ngā Tahi

- Pelenakeke Brown, interdisciplinary artist and interim Artistic Director of Touch Compass 

Livestreamed on Monday 15 June, 2020 at 11am.

With the welcome move into Level 1, the eighth online hui focussed on how we are readjusting our practice as artists and organisations in this new normal. What initiatives and processes are we putting in place, whether through live performance or digital, audience engagement, or preparing venues to safely re-open?

Alongside facilitator Dolina Wehipeihana (Ngāti Tukorehe, Ngāti Raukawa) were

- Tānemahuta Gray, Kahukura / Kaiarataki Toi - CEO & Artistic Director of Taki Rua, (Ngāi Tahu, Rangitāne, Tainui, Scottish, English)

- Michael Bell, Theatre Producer and Music Producer (Little Andromeda, New Zealand Playhouse and Orange Studio)

- Anna Cameron, Executive Director of Auckland Theatre Company

To watch a replay of our eighth hui, please visit our Facebook page or YouTube. You can also read about it in The Big Idea. Images from Little Andromeda's shared during this hui can be viewed here

Livestreamed on Monday 25 May, 2020 at 11am

Creative New Zealand's annual leadership conference, Nui te Kōrero, was cancelled just before lockdown. It was set to explore what makes a resilient arts sector now and in the future for the long-term benefit for all New Zealanders, a theme that resonates more strongly now than ever as we look to rebuild the creative sector over the coming months. The seventh online hui focussed on resilience.

Alongside Dolina Wehipeihana (Ngāti Tukorehe, Ngāti Raukawa) as facilitator were

- Helen Khoey, Senior Adviser Audience Development and Capability Building for Creative New Zealand.
- Puawai Cairns (Ngāiterangi, Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāti Pūkenga), Director of Audience and Insight at Te Papa.
- Richard Benge, Executive Director of Arts Access Aotearoa

To watch a reply of our seventh hui, please visit our Facebook page or YouTube. You can also read about it in The Big Idea. A copy of Puawai Cairn’s whakaaro can be found here.

Livestreamed on Monday 18 May, 2020 at 11am

The sixth online hui was the first under Level 2. As we moved into this next phase of rebuilding our creative sector, today's kōrero focused on how wider arts community organisation leaders are championing their art-forms and keeping connected with audiences and artists.

Alongside Dolina Wehipeihana (Ngāti Tukorehe, Ngāti Raukawa) were

- Anne O'Brien, Director of Auckland Writers Festival 

- Lauren Whitney, General Manager of New Zealand Comedy Trust and NZ International Comedy Festival

- Lester McGrath, Executive Director of Royal New Zealand Ballet 

To watch a reply of our sixth hui, please visit our Facebook page or YouTube. You can also read about it in The Big Idea.

Livestreamed on Monday 11 May, 2020 at 11am

The fifth online hui was about what's happening in the regions, the arts practice that has emerged during Covid-19, and the possibilities for activity in the future as we focus on local economies and think 'superlocal'.

Alongside facilitator Dolina Wehipeihana (Ngāti Tukorehe, Ngāti Raukawa) were

- Emily Duncan, Dunedin based writer, director and dramaturg and co-founder (with producer H-J Kilkelly) of Prospect Park Productions, home of Ōtepoti Theatre Lab and Ōtepoti Writers Lab

- Dr Jeremy Mayall, Hamilton based composer and CEO of Creative Waikato

- Bernard Makoare (Te Uri o Hau; Ngati Whatua, Te Waiariki, Te Kai Tutae; Te Rarawa Ngapuhi-nui-tonu), Northland based carver, artist and designer and chairperson of Toi Ngāpuhi

To watch a replay of our fifth hui, please visit our Facebook event or YouTube. You can also read about it in The Big Idea.