Happy Holidays from YANZ☀️ 🤸🏼‍♀️

Kia ora e te whānau,

We are coming at you with our final newsie of 2025. What a year it’s been! Starting off with major changes in our management team structure, moving into a new home at Movespace, and ending with a fantastic Open Mic event on Sunday 7th December.

Our team will be turning on their OOOs and Youth Arts New Zealand will be closed from 5pm Friday 19 December until 8.30am Tuesday 6 January. During this time, our inboxes and social media messages won't be monitored. We wish you all a safe, relaxing holiday break and look forward to reconnecting with you in the new year.

Open Mic Feedback Comp

If you attended our Open Mic and filled out a feedback form, you went into the draw to win studio time at Movespace!

Feedback from our attendees is so valuable as it helps us improve and shape future events, in line with what our community, aka YOU want to see.

Holiday giving at PVH stores 🎁

We’re excited to be a charity partner of PVH Australia & New Zealand this holiday season.

When you shop at Tommy Hilfiger, Calvin Klein, or Van Heusen - in store or online - you can simply round up your purchase to support our work. PVH will match every donation, doubling your impact.

The campaign runs from 20 November to 24 December, so your festive shopping can help us continue to support the next generation of local creatives.

Ngā mihi nui to our 2025 funders and partners