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Toi Pōneke Arts Centre is a creative space where the city's arts communities interact, produce innovative works, teach and exhibit in the heart of Wellington.
Toi Pōneke Arts Centre are pleased to announce that Lîm Kado has been awarded the 2025 Visual Artist Residency.
The Toi Pōneke/NZSM Sonic Artist-in-Residence is a 3-month part-time position (.6FTE) for an established Wellington-based sonic artist to develop a body of work that may include performances, installations, workshops and so forth. The position is funded by Toi Pōneke, with the NZSM and Toi Pōneke as host organisations. A studio space is provided by Toi Pōneke for the duration of the residency, and the Residency will culminate in a 4-week exhibition in March/April 2026 at Toi Pōneke Gallery.
Applications now open for the Write Room Film/TV Producer Internship 2025 -26
Deadline 5pm, Tues 16 Sept 2025
Toi Pōneke Arts Centre and POP Film are inviting applications for the Write Room Wellington Screenwriter Residency 2026 Applications due by 5pm, Mon 20 October 2025
Artists Katy Cottrell and Rick Allender explore the connection between land and sea through intricate works crafted from natural wood veneers.
Come along to the opening celebration of Te Whare Mahana - A Takatāpui Exhibition. You are invited to our housewarming party, a celebration of queer indigenous love. It’s virgo season, spring is blooming, Mahuru Māori is here, all your queer Māori dreams are possible!
He Whare Mahana - a warm house, a full house, a cosy kainga to nurture your dreams and the infi nite queer possibilities. Tātou āhuru mōwai, nau mai, haere mai.
Toi Pōneke Art Centre, WIFT and Massey University are proud to host a special presentation from director Rob Sarkies (Out of the Blue, Pike River, Scarfies) and screenwriter Fiona Samuel (Piece of My Heart, Consent: The Louise Nicholas Story, Pike River) to launch the Wellington Write Room Screenwriter's Residency for 2026.
Join us for a hands-on wānanga where we’ll learn how to process, and create traditional paint using kōkōwai (earth pigment).
Our panel of artists from Utu ā Matimati Takatāpui Art Collective will discuss elements of our kaupapa, inspired by our latest magazine. Topics of decolonizing mental health and art spaces within this modern world and society, the importance of our existence as takatāpui and how visibility and solidarity are integral to surviving in this political climate.
‘Ua Tafa Mai Ata refers to both the title of the upcoming exhibition held at Toi Pōneke Arts Centre, and the way that many remember the Dawn Raids. Although this is a period associated with trauma, discrimination and feelings of unsafety, ‘Ua Tafa Mai Ata invites an opportunity to engage with this history, while giving Pasifika the agency to let go and bring forward aspects of healing.