News
A collaborative week-long event in commemoration of the one-year anniversary of Cyclone Gabrielle’s impact aims to ignite a resilient future through a fusion of art, design, music and storytelling.
News
Toi Rauwhārangi College of Creative Arts has taken second place in the 2023 Red Dot Design Awards for the Asia and Pacific regions, making it the ninth consecutive year of being in the top three universities.
Students
We asked Genevieve Rae, Masters of Design (Textiles) student some questions about Making with Mycelium, her process, practice and studying textiles at Massey. Here’s what we found out.
Music
Te Rewa O Puanga, the School of Music and Creative Media Production, have invited Delaney Davidson to be Artist in Residence at Massey during 2022 and 2023.
Research
His creative based research has utilised the practice of ‘cameraless photography’ where photographic materials (film, photo paper etc) are used directly to record experience and phenomena aboard ship!
News
As part of the Threads festival, Ngā Pae Māhutonga Massey School of Design are exhibiting Textile Graduate work in a show called Whakatinana.
News
Nathan Jed F. Napolitano won the International Student Concept Artist Award in 2020's Earth Guardians Competition. We asked him about his design and for some advice for this year's entrants.
News
We are once again encouraging secondary and kura kaupapa students to open their minds and let imagination take over as the Earth Guardians competition returns for 2021.
News
All Toi Rauwhārangi whānau (current students, staff, and graduates) are welcome to hear from illustrator Toby Morris in conversation with Kerry Ann Lee.
News
Students from across Toi Rauwhārangi College of Creative Arts are busy putting their creative minds together to help Wellington’s Cuba Street Precinct come alive for the annual CubaDupa Festival.
Research
A Massey researcher is embarking on a PhD to explore the experience of female music producers in Aotearoa and come up with solutions to address the gender disparity in the profession.
News
The remarkable impact of Massey’s Toioho ki Āpiti Māori Visual Arts and Fine Arts programmes is on full view in a landmark exhibition of contemporary Māori art at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki.
Research
NZ music’s #MeToo moment is a wake-up call for educators: prepare graduates to challenge and change the industry, say researchers Dr Catherine Hoad and Dr Oli Wilson of Toi Rauwhārangi.
Students
Massey University Master of Fine Arts student, Turumeke Harrington, has been awarded the inaugural Collin Post Memorial Scholarship in recognition of her work in sculpture and installation.
Students
Massey University design graduate Tessa Hansen-Cane credits returning to university with giving her a window into a new life.
Research
Curiosity about a vintage design stencil spurred senior lecturer Dr Annette O’Sullivan onto seven years of research into New Zealand’s wool bale branding.
Research
The decision by New Zealand Police to introduce a hijab to their official uniform received worldwide attention, and Massey University apparel design researchers helped to create this world first.
News
Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa Massey University’s new National Academy of Screen Arts is one of two major partners of this year’s New Zealand Youth Film Festival.
Students
Master of Fine Arts student Bena Jackson has been announced as the recipient of the 2023 Iris Fisher Scholarship.
Research
Erana Kaa has won the Friends of the Dowse Fashion Design award for her collection Te Kākahu ō Te Kaikaranga, at the 2020 ECC NZ Student Craft/Design Awards.
Students
Massey University has once again come out on top in the annual national James Dyson awards, with recent graduate Rik Olthuis winning with an innovative design for fully biodegradable running shoes.
News
Award-winning chef and Monique Fiso was named the winner of the New Thinking Award sponsored by Toi Rauwhārangi College of Creative Arts at the Wellington Gold Awards in October 2020.
Research
A research project from Massey University’s Toi Rauwhārangi College of Creative Arts is bringing an Auckland rooftop icon to ground level.
Research
An interactive online tool that boosted youth voter turnout at the 2014 and 2017 election is being re-launched for the 2020 General Election. For the first time the tool will offer a te reo option.
Students
48 projects from students, staff and graduates of Massey University’s Toi Rauwhārangi College of Creative Arts are finalists in this year’s Designers Institute of New Zealand Best Design Awards.
News
The multi-award-winning musician and actor Troy Kingi is this year’s recipient of Mātairangi Mahi Toi Māori Artist in Residence.
Research
Mana Moana Volume 2: Digital Ocean is an immersive web-based digital art experience that explores our relationships with the ocean and climate change, highlighting indigenous knowledge and stories.
Students
Three Massey University students and musicians have launched a 24-hour song competition to inspire youth to make music in a time of upheaval for the music industry.
Alumni
Weta Workshop visionary Sir Richard Taylor gives tips for the next wave of NZ creatives and why he never stops learning.
Research
A “lifetime of scholarly dedication” will come to fruition this week when Dr Kathryn Hardy Bernal graduates from Massey University with her doctorate in visual and material culture.
Alumni
Four distinguished Massey University College of Creative Arts alumni were inducted into the College’s Hall of Fame in a ceremony at Government House this month.
Alumni
An artist collective comprised of Whiti o Rehua School of Art alumnae are currently exhibiting an artwork in a ground-breaking international exhibition at the National Gallery of Canada.
Alumni
Thinking about returning to university after a long gap, or for the first time as an adult student? Shihad’s Jon Toogood has been there, done that, and has some advice.
Research
Massey University’s College of Creative Arts has entered a partnership with the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) in India, currently ranked the 15th best fashion school in the world.
News
The award-winning Theia, Waikato-Tainui, Ngāti Tīpa, is the 2023-24 Mātairangi Mahi Toi Artist Residency recipient.
Students
An emerging designer's dream come true, we couldn't resist asking Premila a few questions about her garment and her journey getting it onto the cover of Vogue India.
News
Professor Kura Te Waru-Rewiri, of Ngāti Kahu, Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Kauwhata, and Ngāti Rangi, was awarded the Te Tohu o Te Papa Tongarewa Rongomaraeroa award at Creative New Zealand’s Te Waka Toi awards in Rotorua last week.
News
Awards for a kitset ride-on for children and a unique recovery centre for native wildlife have helped Massey University’s Wellington School of Design Ngā Pae Māhutonga to be named the number one University in the Asia-Pacific region by global design award agency Red Dot.
Students
A group of students from the Wellington School of Design have turned a quiet Lower Hutt street into a creative and vibrant space through their third-year design course.
Students
Excellence in student design was celebrated at the ECC NZ Student Craft/Design Awards at the Dowse Museum on Tuesday evening, which saw College of Creative Arts students awarded for their work in fashion, textile, furniture, lighting and product design.
Students
Felix Holton is in his second year of study of his Bachelor of Commercial Music, but his musical talents are already taking him around the world.
Students
The music world is Elleana Dumper’s oyster as she nears the end of her three-year Bachelor of Commercial Music degree.
Students
The World of WearableArt (WoW) awards show wrapped this weekend, and among the entries was second-year fashion student Anna Baines' incredible Bloom design.
News
Massey's Wellington School of Design students and graduates came away with 12 gold pins at the Best Awards on Friday evening for innovative designs including a helmet designed to identify concussions, and a project helping the children of prisoners.
News
Recognising Aotearoa’s extraordinary behind-the-scenes music talent, the fourth annual Artisan Awards will be celebrated at Massey University’s School of Music and Creative Media Production in Wellington on 4 November.
Students
Imagining the future of the film industry led Liam McGuire to attain one of Massey University’s creative media production scholarships.
Students
The Electric Cargo Trike, a compact tilting electric urban delivery vehicle designed by Massey industrial design students, won first place in the national James Dyson Award. It's the second year in a row that Massey students have won the top prize.
Students
Jaedyn Randell is studying music technology to support her ambitions to one day foster the talents of talented rangatahi (young people). She’s a recipient of Massey University’s School of Music and Creative Media Production Māori scholarship, and says it has helped with the financial support she needed to attend university.
Research
Professor of Māori Visual Arts Robert Jahnke has been named the winner of the the Wallace Arts Trust Paramount Award for his Lamentation VI sculpture and will receive a six-month residency at the International Studio and Curatorial Program in New York.
News
Emerging Pacific leaders were honoured in a ceremony hosted by the Ministry for Pacific Peoples last night in Wellington.
Students
Third-year Creative Media Production student Kelly Moneymaker talks about filming in Tokelau, and how indigenous stories have the power to change the world.
News
A collaborative week-long event in commemoration of the one-year anniversary of Cyclone Gabrielle’s impact aims to ignite a resilient future through a fusion of art, design, music and storytelling.
News
Toi Rauwhārangi College of Creative Arts has taken second place in the 2023 Red Dot Design Awards for the Asia and Pacific regions, making it the ninth consecutive year of being in the top three universities.
News
As part of the Threads festival, Ngā Pae Māhutonga Massey School of Design are exhibiting Textile Graduate work in a show called Whakatinana.
News
Nathan Jed F. Napolitano won the International Student Concept Artist Award in 2020's Earth Guardians Competition. We asked him about his design and for some advice for this year's entrants.
News
We are once again encouraging secondary and kura kaupapa students to open their minds and let imagination take over as the Earth Guardians competition returns for 2021.
News
All Toi Rauwhārangi whānau (current students, staff, and graduates) are welcome to hear from illustrator Toby Morris in conversation with Kerry Ann Lee.
News
Students from across Toi Rauwhārangi College of Creative Arts are busy putting their creative minds together to help Wellington’s Cuba Street Precinct come alive for the annual CubaDupa Festival.
News
The remarkable impact of Massey’s Toioho ki Āpiti Māori Visual Arts and Fine Arts programmes is on full view in a landmark exhibition of contemporary Māori art at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki.
News
Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa Massey University’s new National Academy of Screen Arts is one of two major partners of this year’s New Zealand Youth Film Festival.
News
Award-winning chef and Monique Fiso was named the winner of the New Thinking Award sponsored by Toi Rauwhārangi College of Creative Arts at the Wellington Gold Awards in October 2020.
News
The multi-award-winning musician and actor Troy Kingi is this year’s recipient of Mātairangi Mahi Toi Māori Artist in Residence.
News
The award-winning Theia, Waikato-Tainui, Ngāti Tīpa, is the 2023-24 Mātairangi Mahi Toi Artist Residency recipient.
News
Professor Kura Te Waru-Rewiri, of Ngāti Kahu, Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Kauwhata, and Ngāti Rangi, was awarded the Te Tohu o Te Papa Tongarewa Rongomaraeroa award at Creative New Zealand’s Te Waka Toi awards in Rotorua last week.
News
Awards for a kitset ride-on for children and a unique recovery centre for native wildlife have helped Massey University’s Wellington School of Design Ngā Pae Māhutonga to be named the number one University in the Asia-Pacific region by global design award agency Red Dot.
News
Massey's Wellington School of Design students and graduates came away with 12 gold pins at the Best Awards on Friday evening for innovative designs including a helmet designed to identify concussions, and a project helping the children of prisoners.
News
Recognising Aotearoa’s extraordinary behind-the-scenes music talent, the fourth annual Artisan Awards will be celebrated at Massey University’s School of Music and Creative Media Production in Wellington on 4 November.
News
Emerging Pacific leaders were honoured in a ceremony hosted by the Ministry for Pacific Peoples last night in Wellington.
Students
We asked Genevieve Rae, Masters of Design (Textiles) student some questions about Making with Mycelium, her process, practice and studying textiles at Massey. Here’s what we found out.
Students
Massey University Master of Fine Arts student, Turumeke Harrington, has been awarded the inaugural Collin Post Memorial Scholarship in recognition of her work in sculpture and installation.
Students
Massey University design graduate Tessa Hansen-Cane credits returning to university with giving her a window into a new life.
Students
Master of Fine Arts student Bena Jackson has been announced as the recipient of the 2023 Iris Fisher Scholarship.
Students
Massey University has once again come out on top in the annual national James Dyson awards, with recent graduate Rik Olthuis winning with an innovative design for fully biodegradable running shoes.
Students
48 projects from students, staff and graduates of Massey University’s Toi Rauwhārangi College of Creative Arts are finalists in this year’s Designers Institute of New Zealand Best Design Awards.
Students
Three Massey University students and musicians have launched a 24-hour song competition to inspire youth to make music in a time of upheaval for the music industry.
Students
An emerging designer's dream come true, we couldn't resist asking Premila a few questions about her garment and her journey getting it onto the cover of Vogue India.
Students
A group of students from the Wellington School of Design have turned a quiet Lower Hutt street into a creative and vibrant space through their third-year design course.
Students
Excellence in student design was celebrated at the ECC NZ Student Craft/Design Awards at the Dowse Museum on Tuesday evening, which saw College of Creative Arts students awarded for their work in fashion, textile, furniture, lighting and product design.
Students
Felix Holton is in his second year of study of his Bachelor of Commercial Music, but his musical talents are already taking him around the world.
Students
The music world is Elleana Dumper’s oyster as she nears the end of her three-year Bachelor of Commercial Music degree.
Students
The World of WearableArt (WoW) awards show wrapped this weekend, and among the entries was second-year fashion student Anna Baines' incredible Bloom design.
Students
Imagining the future of the film industry led Liam McGuire to attain one of Massey University’s creative media production scholarships.
Students
The Electric Cargo Trike, a compact tilting electric urban delivery vehicle designed by Massey industrial design students, won first place in the national James Dyson Award. It's the second year in a row that Massey students have won the top prize.
Students
Jaedyn Randell is studying music technology to support her ambitions to one day foster the talents of talented rangatahi (young people). She’s a recipient of Massey University’s School of Music and Creative Media Production Māori scholarship, and says it has helped with the financial support she needed to attend university.
Students
Third-year Creative Media Production student Kelly Moneymaker talks about filming in Tokelau, and how indigenous stories have the power to change the world.
Research
His creative based research has utilised the practice of ‘cameraless photography’ where photographic materials (film, photo paper etc) are used directly to record experience and phenomena aboard ship!
Research
A Massey researcher is embarking on a PhD to explore the experience of female music producers in Aotearoa and come up with solutions to address the gender disparity in the profession.
Research
NZ music’s #MeToo moment is a wake-up call for educators: prepare graduates to challenge and change the industry, say researchers Dr Catherine Hoad and Dr Oli Wilson of Toi Rauwhārangi.
Research
Curiosity about a vintage design stencil spurred senior lecturer Dr Annette O’Sullivan onto seven years of research into New Zealand’s wool bale branding.
Research
The decision by New Zealand Police to introduce a hijab to their official uniform received worldwide attention, and Massey University apparel design researchers helped to create this world first.
Research
Erana Kaa has won the Friends of the Dowse Fashion Design award for her collection Te Kākahu ō Te Kaikaranga, at the 2020 ECC NZ Student Craft/Design Awards.
Research
A research project from Massey University’s Toi Rauwhārangi College of Creative Arts is bringing an Auckland rooftop icon to ground level.
Research
An interactive online tool that boosted youth voter turnout at the 2014 and 2017 election is being re-launched for the 2020 General Election. For the first time the tool will offer a te reo option.
Research
Mana Moana Volume 2: Digital Ocean is an immersive web-based digital art experience that explores our relationships with the ocean and climate change, highlighting indigenous knowledge and stories.
Research
A “lifetime of scholarly dedication” will come to fruition this week when Dr Kathryn Hardy Bernal graduates from Massey University with her doctorate in visual and material culture.
Research
Massey University’s College of Creative Arts has entered a partnership with the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) in India, currently ranked the 15th best fashion school in the world.
Research
Professor of Māori Visual Arts Robert Jahnke has been named the winner of the the Wallace Arts Trust Paramount Award for his Lamentation VI sculpture and will receive a six-month residency at the International Studio and Curatorial Program in New York.
Alumni
Weta Workshop visionary Sir Richard Taylor gives tips for the next wave of NZ creatives and why he never stops learning.
Alumni
Four distinguished Massey University College of Creative Arts alumni were inducted into the College’s Hall of Fame in a ceremony at Government House this month.
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