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Creative Waikato 11 June 2025

Safe spaces for creative practice provide valuable opportunities for individuals and communities alike.They allow people to explore ideas and discover their creative voices. They are places where vulnerability is welcomed, diverse identities are embraced, and where growth can happen, whether through music, art, expression, or simple conversation.Spaces such as these can be found throughout the Waikato, often operating without fanfare, always underpinned with care. What they offer to those who at...

STEM - The abscence of THE ARTS!

STEM Conference in Tauranga 28 September this year.Time to reverse this madness! Bring back The Arts to STEAM!Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths, are not possible without The Arts. Someone dreaming, imagining, designing, preparing. Someone's curiosity, initiative, planning makes all the 'technical' Arts possible. Come on Aotearoa, get with the 21st Century, we need all the bright sparks we can get, playing, experimenting, drawing, building, testing, prototyping. Celebrate all of The Arts...

Creative Australia Report 2024

The Australian Government commissioned the report, link below, out of their commitment to building a powerful future for their country and peoples."Children and young people have fundamental human rights to play, to access culture, to engage in self-expression and to experience challenging, complex artworks and new ideas. The art children and young people create and experience is valuable in its own right. Creative activity also has real and significant positive outcomes for young participants â...

Waikato Creative News 2025

A former teacher and lifelong lover of live performance, Ray Diprose has channelled his passion for storytelling and production into community events across Raglan. Whether supporting the coordination of the Raglan Film Festival, working events like the Country and Blues Festival, or installing public screens to showcase local happenings, Ray’s focus has consistently been on inclusion, access, and joy.“What creative experiences bring is both performance opportunities for artists and connecti...

Book Launch - Speech by Shona Hammond Boys

Thank you Richard for your dedication and commitment to youth and children and to the community at large. Thank you for standing up and speaking out. I teach creativity. I teach this because I believe in Life. I teach that we must be in love with life itself.   I speak from my experiences in Children`s Art Houses. I speak for many young lives struggling to express themselves and to be heard. I speak because every child counts, every life matters and because I cannot give up on the...