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{{Short description|Annual arts festival in New Zealand}}
[[File:AAF 2018 01.jpg|alt=night time shot of silhouetted people milling about big glowing orange red fences|thumb|Auckland Arts Festival venue at [[Wynyard Quarter|Silo Park]] on the waterfront in 2018]]
Formerly known as Auckland Festival, '''Auckland Arts Festival''' or {{lang|mi|Te Ahurei Toi o Tāmaki Makaurau}} is an annual arts and cultural festival held in [[Auckland]], [[New Zealand]]. The Festival features works from New Zealand, the [[Pacific]], [[Asia]] and beyond, including world premieres of new works and international performing arts events.
==History==
The first Auckland Festival of the Arts was held in 1953,
The 13th Auckland Arts Festival took place from 3 to 21 March 2021, although some events had to be cancelled as a result of Auckland entering into a [[COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand|lockdown in late February]].<ref name="Shona McCullagh in conversation with Indira Stewart">{{cite web | title = Shona McCullagh in conversation with Indira Stewart | work = First Up | publisher = Radio New Zealand National | year = 2020| url = https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/first-up/audio/2018747183/auckland-arts-festival-looking-for-all-creative-ideas-for-2021 | accessdate = 2020-05-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=AAF 2021 Shows Status Update on 16 March 2021 |url=https://www.aucklandlive.co.nz/auckland-arts-festival-2021-covid-19-response |website=Auckland Live |access-date=29 August 2021}}</ref> [[Shona McCullagh]] became the artistic director from 2021 onwards, taking over from Jonathan Bielski.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Christian|first=Dionne|date=2019-11-27|title=Auckland Arts Festival names new head|language=en-NZ|work=NZ Herald|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=12288872|access-date=2020-09-20|issn=1170-0777}}</ref>
The Festival is run by an independent not for profit trust, the Auckland Festival Trust. It is principally funded by [[Auckland City Council]].<ref name="Auckland City">▼
▲The Festival is run by an independent not
{{cite web|year=2007|title=Auckland Festival|url=http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/whatson/events/ak09/default.asp|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516124445/http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/whatson/events/ak09/default.asp|archivedate=16 May 2008|accessdate=2008-05-15|publisher=Auckland City}}
</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Russell|first=Alexia|date=2017-09-19|title=Auckland Arts Festival future secured|url=https://www.newsroom.co.nz/page/arts-festival-future-looks-bright
== Programme ==
The
The festival programme features international acts and the Auckland Festival Trust also commission up to six new works each year. In 2017, they presented the new opera ''The Bone Feeder'' at the [[ASB Waterfront Theatre]] with music by [[Gareth Farr]], based on a book by [[Renee Liang|Renee Laing]].<ref name=":0" /> In 2021 the festival programme was greatly affected by travel restrictions because of COVID-19. The programme of 70-plus events were therefore all from New Zealand.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2020-12-06|title=Auckland Arts Festival - coping with Covid|url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/standing-room-only/audio/2018775907/auckland-arts-festival-coping-with-covid|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201206211148/https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/standing-room-only/audio/2018775907/auckland-arts-festival-coping-with-covid |archive-date=2020-12-06 |access-date=2021-02-02|website=Radio New Zealand|language=en-nz}}</ref>
==Festival Directors==
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| 2002
| Mike Mizrahi & Marie Adams<ref>{{Cite web|date=3 February 2002|title=Auckland Festival a challenge|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/auckland-festival-a-challenge/UPHATUBL5QJYR5OVTOC5RTKSGM/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-02-02|website=NZ Herald|language=en-NZ|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210206223144/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/auckland-festival-a-challenge/UPHATUBL5QJYR5OVTOC5RTKSGM/ |archive-date=2021-02-06 }}</ref>
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| 2003–2004
|[[Simon Prast]]
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| 2005–2011
| David Malacari
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| [[Carla Van Zon]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Carla van Zon|url=https://nzdc.org.nz/our-team/carla-van-zon|access-date=2021-06-05|website=nzdc.org.nz|language=en-NZ}}</ref>
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|2018–2020
| Jonathan Bielski
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|2021–
|[[Shona McCullagh]] [MNZM]
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Festival staff include chief executive David Inns who started in 2009 working previously at the [[New Zealand Festival of the Arts|New Zealand Festival]] in Wellington. Inns was also
==References==
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