Arts & Culture

Community Arts and Culture

Crafting Threads of Aroha is a community of volunteer crafters in Wellington, Porirua, Hutt Valley and Kāpiti who donate carefully and lovingly hand-crafted items (knitted, crocheted, and sewn) to charities and other organisations supporting people in need.

In 1995 Tony Hopkins and Moira Wairama wrote the play Baggage for the 1996 Wellington Fringe Festival. In order to produce their play they formed the Baggage Co-op and after a successful season at Bats theatre it was decided the co-op should continue as a vehicle to produce more work. While the core members of Baggage Co-op are Moira Wairama and Tony Hopkins, other members change with each new production.

Arts Access Aotearoa | Putanga Toi ki Aotearoa works in partnership to increase access to the arts for people in Aotearoa who experience barriers to participation as artists, performers, writers, audience members, and gallery and museum visitors. This includes work in the disability, mental health and Deaf communities, and through a network of community arts organisations called creative spaces.