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{{Short description|Annual arts festival in New Zealand}}
Formerly known as Auckland Festival, '''Auckland Arts Festival''' or '''Te Ahurei Toi o Tāmaki Makaurau''' is an annual arts and cultural festival held in [[Aotearoa]] | [[New Zealand]]’s largest city, [[Auckland]] | [[Tāmaki Makaurau]]. The Festival features works from New Zealand, the [[Pacific]], [[Asia]] and beyond, including world premieres of new works and international performing arts events.▼
[[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
==History==
The first Auckland Festival of the Arts was held in 1953, after four annual music festivals were held from 1949 to 1952. A bigger festival was planned due to the coronation of [[Elizabeth II|Queen Elizabeth II]]. The festival continued annually until the 1980s and the last one was held in 1982.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hill|first=Marguerite|date=5 Aug 2016|title=Celebrations and centenaries, 1930s to 1950s|url=https://teara.govt.nz/en/arts-festivals/page-2|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151004013621/http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/arts-festivals/page-2 |archive-date=2015-10-04 |access-date=2021-02-02|website=Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand|publisher=New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu Taonga|language=en}}</ref> In September 2003 the inaugural event of the "new" Auckland Festival took place.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Festival history - Auckland Arts Festival|url=https://www.aaf.co.nz/about/festival-history|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201203043201/https://www.aaf.co.nz/about/festival-history |archive-date=2020-12-03 |access-date=2021-02-02|website=Auckland Arts Festival}}</ref> Subsequently, the dates were moved to March and festivals were held in 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, and 2015 before becoming annual in March 2016. In 2020 most of the festival's shows had to be cancelled as a result of the [[COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand|COVID-19 pandemic]]. However, four concerts by the [[Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra]] were streamed live online.<ref>{{cite news |title=Coronavirus cancellations guide: So Pop, Anzac Day services, and much of Auckland Arts Festival cancelled |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/120259506/coronavirus-guide-to-events-cancelled-over-the-pandemic |access-date=29 August 2021 |work=Stuff.co.nz |date=14 March 2020}}</ref>
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 celebrates the distinct and unique characteristics of Auckland and its particular Pacific style. Its main objectives are to engage Aucklanders in the arts, to support New Zealand art and artists, and to reflect what is unique about Auckland | Tāmaki Makaurau.<ref name="About Us?">{{cite web|title=About Us |publisher=Auckland Festival 2007 |year=2007 |url=http://www.aucklandfestival.co.nz/AboutUs/TheFestival/ |accessdate=2008-05-15 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070720222937/http://www.aucklandfestival.co.nz/AboutUs/TheFestival/ |archivedate=July 20, 2007 }}</ref> ▼
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|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-02-02|website=Newsroom|language=en-AU}}</ref>
== Programme ==
▲The festival
▲The Festival is run by an independent not for profit trust, the Auckland Festival Trust. It is principally funded by Auckland City.
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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| 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 instrumental in the annual music festival [[World of Music, Arts and Dance|WOMAD]] being in [[Taranaki]], and was the director of the [[Taranaki Arts Festival]] from 1998 to 2002.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Twelve Questions with Auckland Arts Festival chief executive David Inns|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/twelve-questions-with-auckland-arts-festival-chief-executive-david-inns/QY3AB2RMKRFB7IIJ3LMDN2L574/|access-date=2021-02-02|website=NZ Herald|language=en-NZ}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2012-12-20|title=Festival head seeks to wow|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/east-bays-courier/8099704/Festival-head-seeks-to-wow|access-date=2021-02-02|website=Stuff|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2009-01-31|title=Auckland arts job for Inns|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/742890/Auckland-arts-job-for-Inns|access-date=2021-02-02|website=Stuff|language=en}}</ref> Robbie Macrae commenced as Chief Executive in August 2022.
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