GENERATOR Competitors

Wellington is a vibrant city with a thriving cultural life, talented people, and cutting-edge businesses. Known as the arts and events capital of New Zealand, the city has an abundance of recreation and leisure opportunities. It is also a compact city with a dramatic landscape and sound infrastructure. Wellington City Council wants to capitalise on these competitive advantages to help achieve economic growth, greater prosperity and an improved quality of life for all Wellingtonians. Creative Wellington - Innovation Capital is the Council's long-term strategic vision for the city. It aims to promote Wellington's reputation as New Zealand's centre of creativity and innovation in order to attract and retain smart, innovative people and creative, forward-looking enterprise.

Te Papa's photography collection contains over 800,000 rare and beautiful images, including Maori and Pacific taonga (treasures), and vintage shots of New Zealand's dramatic history and culture. You'll find fascinating photos of New Zealand's rich flora and fauna, and some hauntingly powerful images of our people and their land. Beautiful artefacts, objects, and pieces of art, both historical and contemporary, can also be found in Te Papa's photo collection. You can order a copy of images from our collection by browsing www.mediasalesandlicensing@tepapa.co.nz and then selecting "Buy of license this image". Te Papa also holds the collection of pre-eminent twentienth-century New Zealand photographer, Brian Brake. Te Papa holds several hundred hours of deep sea footage available to licence. Taken at seven locations around New Zealand from depths of 50 metres to 2000 metres. Includes unique and interesting behaviours of many species. Includes footage of large Ghost Sharks, Hagfish slime defence mechanism, Squid fighting and inking as well as multitude of other marine life.

With multiple exhibition spaces spreading across four levels of our award-winning building, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki is the largest and most inspiring visual arts experience in Aotearoa New Zealand. Our collection of more than 18,500 artworks includes major holdings of New Zealand historic, modern and contemporary art. These artworks plot a visual history of New Zealand, beginning with the first contact between Māori and European explorers in the 1600s. Outstanding works by Māori and Pacific Island artists are a powerful feature of our holdings, and the international painting, sculpture and print collections connect us with the world beyond the Pacific. Taken together, our holdings are widely considered to comprise New Zealand’s pre-eminent public art collection. Connect with us via: Facebook: facebook.com/aucklandartgallery YouTube: youtube.com/aucklandartgallery Weibo: weibo.com/aucklandartgallery