Creative industries

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Creative events

We sponsor signature, major and community events every year as part of our commitment to making Auckland a vibrant and creative international city with a soul:

• Auckland Festival
• Auckland Writers & Readers Festival
• New Zealand Music Awards
• Air New Zealand Fashion Week
• New Zealand Screen Awards
• Architecture Week
• Auckland Heritage Festival
• Auckland Lantern Festival
• Music in Parks
• Pasifika Festival
• Auckland Art Fair
• Mayoral Urban Design Awards
• Auckland Architecture Week

and many others.

These creative and cultural events are an opportunity to feature home-grown talent and highlight the creative industries. They also help enhance the industry and raise public awareness of the creative and innovative work and products generated in New Zealand.

These events also have a strong fit with the themes identified in the Creative Industries Action Plan and contribute to the aims of our Events Strategy, including its artistic and creative theme.

Creative events make our city a lively, exciting and rewarding place to live and work and in turn, attract more creative talent to help drive the city's economic future.

Visit our Major events pages for more detailed information about the creative events we organise and sponsor.