Disability

Report omits impact of creativity on health and wellbeing MEDIA RELEASE: Otautahi Creative Spaces The profound impact of arts, health and wellbeing organisations in New Zealand has been omitted from the government’s Mental Health Inquiry report released today. Christchurch based initiative Ōtautahi Creative Spaces was established aft... Keep Reading

A dancer challenging perceptions about who can dance, a festival building new audiences in the disabled and Deaf communities, a partnership project providing creativity and connections for alienated youth, a creative space in Christchurch providing a pathway to mental health and wellbeing, and leadership in delivering arts programmes in... Keep Reading

An exhibition of paintings by Raglan artist Yaniv Janson, called Please Do Touch, features in the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 4 to 14 June, coinciding with the annual UN meeting of the Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Keep Reading

After a hugely successful premiere at Tempo Dance Festival in 2016, Rodney Bell returns for a seven-centre tour of his award-winning solo performance work Meremere from 6 June – 7 July, including performances and workshops in two prisons. Keep Reading

Circa Theatre and Te Papa will present an audio described afternoon on the Wellington waterfront on Sunday 8 April. Keep Reading

Arts Access Aotearoa is calling for nominations to the Arts Access Creative New Zealand Arts For All Award 2018. This award recognises a performing arts company, literary organisation, festival, venue, producer or gallery that best demonstrates its commitment to building new audiences by becoming more accessible to disabled and Deaf people. Keep Reading

Do you want to see an outstanding disabled artist recognised? Or how about a leader providing access to the arts for people in New Zealand? Nominations to this year’s Arts Access Awards, presented annually by Arts Access Aotearoa, close on Monday 16 April 2018. Keep Reading

Reading aloud is something most people take for granted but Dunedin blind woman Julie Woods is about to take on a reading-aloud assignment of a lifetime as part of the Dunedin Fringe from 11 to 13 March. Keep Reading

Everybody Cool Lives Here is proud to present Big J Stylez from 6 to 10 March as a part of the 2018 NZ Fringe Festival in Wellington. This solo show is created and performed by Jacob Dombroski, a young Māori-Samoan man ready to open his heart and express his feelings about being labelled as different by society. Keep Reading

Award-winning theatre company Equal Voices Arts brings its new multi-lingual production, Salonica, to Wellington’s Circa Theatre from 15 to 17 February after a tour to Europe last year. Keep Reading

The Court Theatre continues to excel in making theatre as accessible as possible for everyone in the community – this time through a new initiative that gives KiwiAble Leisure Card holders their standing discount and now a free seat for their caregiver/companion when attending selected shows. Keep Reading

Everybody Cool Lives Here presents Force Field, a humorous and heartfelt story of a man edging closer to his thirties, homesick for a life he’s yet to build. It premieres at Basement Theatre 20 to 24 February as part of Auckland Fringe Festival. Keep Reading

Auckland Live has launched the first Accessibility Virtual Tour of a New Zealand venue to assist disabled and mobility-impaired concertgoers at the Auckland Town Hall. Keep Reading

Luxury getaways to New Plymouth, Auckland and Christchurch; dinner dates in fine restaurants; fabulous art from the quirky to the collectible; and tickets to live performance are just a few of more than 60 items up for grabs at the annual Awesome Arts Access Auction, to be held at the CQ Hotels Wellington on Thursday 30 November. Keep Reading

Disability Pride Week 2017 is happening around New Zealand from 30 November to 5 December 2017. The organisers are calling for disabled people, organisations and community groups to register their events. Keep Reading