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Te Papa believes Matariki should be celebrated by all New Zealanders as an indigenous event of national identity.
Te Papa wants Matariki celebrated as an event of national identity
Two great works by two of the giants of classical music will be performed by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra in Napier, Tauranga, Auckland and New Plymouth in June.
A winter feast of Mozart and Beethoven with the NZSO
To celebrate the completion of a 4 year restoration of the National War Memorial Carillon, we invite you to Pukeahu to hear National Carillonist, Timothy Hurd QSM, playing the Carillon bells at a series of free recitals. Spice up your weekday lunchtime or Sunday afternoon with the sounds of the Carillon.
National War Memorial Carillon recitals
Great music inspires great dance this winter, as the Royal New Zealand Ballet brings works by two of the greatest choreographers of the 20th and 21st centuries to New Zealand stages, together with an exciting new commission from New Zealander Corey Baker, the first ballet ever created in the frozen wilderness of Antarctica.
RNZB's Dancing with Mozart
Exceptional New Zealand artists Billy Apple, Fred Graham, Bill Manhire, Maualaivao Albert Wendt and Dame Gillian Karawe Whitehead have been awarded the Arts Foundation of New Zealand's highest honour, the Arts Foundation of New Zealand Icon Award – Whakamana Hiranga.
Icon Awards 2018: Five new Icon Award recipients announced
A world first sensory experience will be officially opened at The Great War Exhibition to the public on Saturday April 14. Set at Quinn’s Post, a tenuously held frontline position on the Gallipoli Peninsula, visitors will enter another world of the grit and hardship experienced by New Zealand soldiers during this ill-fated campaign.
Peter Jackson uses cutting edge technology to bring Quinn’s Post Trench Experience to The Great War Exhibition
Once the guns fell silent on 11 November 1918, communities went to monumental lengths to remember those who had served and died in the First World War. WW100 New Zealand has put together some resources to help you discover the history and significance of the 500 or so memorials that still cover our landscape.
Monumental – Understanding New Zealand's First World War memorials
In 2019, New Zealand will mark 250 years since the first meetings between Māori and Europeans during James Cook and the Endeavour's 1769 voyage to Aotearoa New Zealand. Funding is available for community projects that align with the kaupapa of Tuia – Encounters 250.
Tuia - Encounters 250 Lottery Grants funding

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Kāinga Tahua - Ō Aotearoa tikanga Ngā Pokapū i tautokohia Te Toi me te pūoru New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

New Zealand Symphony Orchestra  - Te Tira Pūoro o Aotearoa

Since being established in 1946, the orchestra has undertaken a range of activities including education programmes, accompanying opera, ballet and festival productions, commercial recording, broadcasts, international touring and film scores.

The Ministry manages the orchestra's relationship with the Crown and administers its government funding.

Organisation Details

  • Chair – Donald Best
  • Chief Executive – Christopher Blake

Contact Details

  • nzso@nzso.co.nz
  • Tel (04) 801 3890 and 0800 479 674
  • Postal Address - PO Box 6640, Wellington 6141

All members of the board are appointed by the Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage.  The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Board must consist of not fewer than five members and not more than eight members.

Board Membership (expiry term in brackets):

  • Donald Best – Chair (Aug 2018)
  • Dame Bronwen Holdsworth (Aug 2018)
  • Peter Biggs (Aug 2018)
  • Paul McArthur (July 2019)
  • Clare Murray (July 2018)
  • Daniel Wong (July 2019)
  • Laurence Kubiak (May 2020)

Related links

New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Annual Report 2016

New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Statement of Performance Expectations 2017

New Zealand Symphony Orchestra website

New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Act 2004

Crown Entities Amendment Act 2004 (with amendments)

70 years of music with the NZSO in 2017

Updated on 16th March 2018