TE ATAMIRA is a multi-purpose, community arts and cultural space in the heart of the Whakatipu region of Aotearoa
New Zealand.


Te Atamira offers a wide-ranging programme of exhibitions, workshops, classes, performances, events and talks designed for everyone to be creative, every day.

We have 22 purpose-built spaces, including an art gallery, dance studios, performance spaces, a recording studio, music teaching and rehearsal rooms, a pottery studio, art workshop and a community project space.

Te Atamira, which means platform or stage in te reo Māori, strives to be a place for all to practice, produce, experience, participate in and be inspired by the arts.


BAILEE LOBB'S

In Bathing, Bask
considers how spaces can act as a supportive environment for stimming, sensory processing and soothing the nervous system.

8 Dec
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8 Dec

100 Voices

WHAT’S ON

WHAT’S ON

Drop-in Sessions
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Aug 31
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Dec 21, 2024
Saturday Arts Social

Saturday Arts Social

FREE
Venue:
Te Atamira

Saturday Arts Social is a multi-arts programme and morning tea designed for our 65+ community. We gather every Saturday morning for a broad programme of events including concerts, art workshops, dance/movement classes and artist talks. Next event: Saturday 7 December, 10:30am - 12:30pm

Workshops + Classes
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Sep 10
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Dec 10, 2024
Community Draw

Community Draw

FREE
Venue:
PUĀWAI

Join us with sketchbook and pencil in hand for Community Draw, on the second Tuesday of every month. No experience necessary - come along and embrace the joy of different approaches to drawing. Next event: Tuesday 12 November, 6:30 - 8pm

Exhibition
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Sep 28
-
Feb 9, 2025
Lyrics and Lines

Lyrics and Lines

Free
Venue:
WHAKAARI

Lyrics and Lines playfully explores creative mark making and asks us to consider different kinds of patterns in our lives and environment. Open daily until 9 February 2025.

Tamariki
,
Workshops + Classes
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Oct 14
-
Dec 20, 2024
Afterschool Programme - Term 4

Afterschool Programme - Term 4

From $145 Per Term
Venue:
MAHI TAHI

Come along to our Afterschool Programme where we form a fun environment for creative learning for tamariki. Mondays - Drama and Theatre Sports | Tuesdays - Textile Threads | Wednesdays - Creative Clay | Thursdays - Mixed Media | From 3:30pm | Ages 5 - 12

Exhibition
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Drop-in Sessions
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Nov 14
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Feb 14, 2025
Love Notes by Ed Cruikshank

Love Notes by Ed Cruikshank

Free
Venue:
FOYER

This interactive project invites you to write a message of love and send it to the world, in a specially made interactive artwork. Opens from 14 November - 14 February

Live Music
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Dec 8
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Dec 8, 2024
100 Voices

100 Voices

Free
Venue:
Remarkables Park Town Centre - Outside Te Atamira

Join the 100 Voices Choir, along with the Queenstown Party Orchestra and Turn Up The Music Junior Choir, for a free festive performance at Remarkables Park. Enjoy Christmas classics and festive tunes in this unique Wakatipu community event. Sunday 8 December, two shows: 12pm and 3pm.

Dance
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Tamariki
,
Workshops + Classes
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Dec 13
-
Dec 13, 2024
Pēpi Wearing Dance Class

Pēpi Wearing Dance Class

$10 + Booking Fee
Venue:
KAPA TAHI

This class is designed for parents and caregivers of babies who enjoy movement and music. The class is designed to spark a bit of joy and encourage mental well-being. Friday 13 December, 11am - 11:45am

Exhibition
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Dec 14
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Feb 21, 2025
Use Your Words

Use Your Words

Free
Venue:
MANAAKI NUI

Use Your Words is a visual art exhibition that celebrates the profound power of language through the lens of four essential words: Mautohe | Protest, Aroha | Love, Mātauranga | Wisdom, and Auaha | Create. Featuring a diverse array of artists and creatives, the exhibition draws connections between these words and how they have shaped personal and collective experiences. Exhibition Opening: Saturday 14 December, 10:30am

Workshops + Classes
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Tamariki
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Dec 19
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Dec 23, 2024
Christmas Holiday Programme 2024

Christmas Holiday Programme 2024

From $32
Venue:
TE ATAMIRA

Join us as we get into the Christmas spirit with Te Atamira's Christmas Holiday Programme! Led by accredited art teacher Michelle, our workshops inspire creativity through hands-on crafting and art for kids in Queenstown. Thursday 19 December – Monday 23 December, 9:30am - 3pm (Extended times available) | Age groups 5-7 and 8-12

Workshops + Classes
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Tamariki
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Jan 8
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Jan 31, 2025
January Holiday Programme 2025

January Holiday Programme 2025

From $32
Venue:
TE ATAMIRA

Looking for an exciting school holiday programme in Queenstown? Join our January arts holiday programme this summer, led by accredited art teacher Michelle. Designed for kids aged 5-7 and 8-12, this creative, multidisciplinary programme inspires creativity through fun, hands-on workshops. Wednesday 8 January – Friday 31 January, from 9am. Extended hours available.

Workshops + Classes
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Jan 12
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Jan 12, 2025
Slow Stitching with Dianne van Brandenburg

Slow Stitching with Dianne van Brandenburg

$79 + Booking Fee
Venue:
MAHI TAHI

Discover the mindful art of slow stitching with textile artist Dianne van Brandenburg. Learn mark-making and creative embellishment techniques, layering fabrics and stitches to create your own unique, hand-crafted artwork. Sunday 12 January, 1pm - 4pm

Workshops + Classes
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Jan 18
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Jan 18, 2025
Mixed Media Workshop with Emma Peers

Mixed Media Workshop with Emma Peers

$95 + Booking Fee
Venue:
Mahi Tahi

Discover the exciting world of mixed media and how it can help you evolve your artistic style, in a half-day hands-on workshop. 18 January 2025, 1pm - 4pm

Workshops + Classes
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Jan 25
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Jan 25, 2025
Washi Tape and Drawing Workshop with Veronica Herber

Washi Tape and Drawing Workshop with Veronica Herber

$85 + Booking Fee
Venue:
MAHI TAHI

Join Lyrics and Lines artist Veronica Herber for a hands-on exploration of her signature materials of tape and graphite. Saturday 25 January, 2pm - 4:30pm

Workshops + Classes
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Feb 1
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Feb 2, 2025
Crochet Workshop with Ani O'Neill - Working in the Round

Crochet Workshop with Ani O'Neill - Working in the Round

$45 per session + Booking Fee
Venue:
Mahi Tahi

Join artist Ani O'Neill in a colourful crochet workshop, creating collaborative yarn artworks. Open to all skill levels, this joyful session explores color, shape, and creative play with crochet techniques. Two sessions options - Saturday 1 February, 2pm - 3:30pm and Sunday 2 February, 10:30am - 12pm

Dance
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Feb 1
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Feb 1, 2025
Pūheke - Louise Potiki Bryant

Pūheke - Louise Potiki Bryant

$35/$40 + BOOKING FEE
Venue:
WHAKAARI

Pūheke ("to flow") is a new solo work by Louise Pōtiki Bryant emerging out of her personal journey towards healing from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) / Māuiui whakaauau. Join us for an immersive experience of image, music and solo dance performance by this Ngāi Tahu choreographer and Arts Foundation Laureate. Saturday 1 February, 7:30pm

Dance
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Workshops + Classes
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Feb 13
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Feb 13, 2025
Drawing, Diagrams, Dance Workshop with Jake Walker

Drawing, Diagrams, Dance Workshop with Jake Walker

$25/$35 + Booking Fee
Venue:
WHAKAARI

Explore the intersection of art and movement in this innovative workshop led by Jake Walker. Participants will create unique drawings that serve as graphic scores for dance, using mark-making, lines, arrows, and text to craft experimental diagrams. Thursday 13 February, 3:30pm - 6:30pm

Exhibition
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Feb 14
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Mar 16, 2025
Pueblo de Tambores - Images and sounds from Afro-Colombia

Pueblo de Tambores - Images and sounds from Afro-Colombia

Venue:
WHAKAARI

A audio-visual experience that takes the viewer on a journey along 'rio y mar', river and sea, through the percussive music of artists striving to pass their culture on to the next generation.

VISIT US

VISIT US

FACILITIES

OUR SPACES

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Dance studios
WITH BARRE AND MIRROR, SPRUNG FLOORs

RUA

TWO

Performance spaces
WITH WOODEN FLOORS

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Project Space

TAHI

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Workshop / Teaching space

TAHI

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Curated gallery
SHOWCASING LOCAL AND NATIONAL ARTISTS

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Itinerant music rooms

ONO

SIX

Visual arts studios

TAHI

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Recording studio

TAHI

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Flexible / Youth space

WRITING

WRITING

29 October 2024
In conversation with: John Reynolds

In conversation with: John Reynolds

19 September 2024
A fire that blackened the rocks

A fire that blackened the rocks

25 JULY 2024
Te Whare Pora: House of Learning

Te Whare Pora: House of Learning

7 February 2024
Īnakinaki - Wi Taepa and Kristin O'Sullivan Peren

Īnakinaki - Wi Taepa and Kristin O'Sullivan Peren

22 JANUARY 2024
rain is a dance of droplets - small holes in the silence

rain is a dance of droplets - small holes in the silence

5 OCTOBER 2023
A touch of AWE: Justine Cormack and Benjamin Baker

A touch of AWE: Justine Cormack and Benjamin Baker

16 OCTOBER 2023
A Migrant's Path: Abhi Chinniah

A Migrant's Path: Abhi Chinniah

22 JULY 2023
Art in Chaos: Marci Tackett

Art in Chaos: Marci Tackett

15 AUGUST 2023
In conversation with: Lloyd Osborne and Shabnam Shiwan

In conversation with: Lloyd Osborne and Shabnam Shiwan

24 NOVEMBER 2023
Melissa Macleod: stones, soil, silt and bones

Melissa Macleod: stones, soil, silt and bones

1 OCTOBER 2023
Abhi Chinniah: Art That Lives Here

Abhi Chinniah: Art That Lives Here

5 May 2023
Stone Moves, an interview with Miranda Bellamy and Amanda Fauteux

Stone Moves, an interview with Miranda Bellamy and Amanda Fauteux

April 2023
Other frequencies: a response to Stone Moves

Other frequencies: a response to Stone Moves

9 March 2023
Exchange and the making of meaning: Cindy Huang

Exchange and the making of meaning: Cindy Huang

22 February 2023
Tread Carefully, Something Precious is Underfoot: Cindy Huang

Tread Carefully, Something Precious is Underfoot: Cindy Huang

18 January 2023
The Secret Poet: Shane Woolridge

The Secret Poet: Shane Woolridge

22 December 2022
Pushing the boundaries of science, art and activism: Mandy Barker

Pushing the boundaries of science, art and activism: Mandy Barker

11 September 2022
If you can cry, you can sing: Margaret O'Hanlon

If you can cry, you can sing: Margaret O'Hanlon

16 August 2022
Pressure, surface, tension: Kyla Cresswell, Emma Kitson and Kim Lowe

Pressure, surface, tension: Kyla Cresswell, Emma Kitson and Kim Lowe

22 July 2022
OPEN STUDIO: Kaiwhakairo Steve Solomon

OPEN STUDIO: Kaiwhakairo Steve Solomon

28 June 2022
Happy accidents: Jasmine Clark

Happy accidents: Jasmine Clark

9 May 2022
Ethics of respect, team work and creative thinking: Kay Turner

Ethics of respect, team work and creative thinking: Kay Turner

4 May 2022
Energy is my source: Sunny Sky

Energy is my source: Sunny Sky

2 May 2022
See emotions for the fleetingness of what they truly are: Anna Stuart

See emotions for the fleetingness of what they truly are: Anna Stuart

23 April 2022
Frameworks of care: Bailee Lobb

Frameworks of care: Bailee Lobb