Youth Resources
Online workshops
Dunedin Public Art Gallery
A variety of art workshops presented by DPAG educators including a series of free videos designed to inspire students in the classroom and at home.
Tūhura Otago Museum
Tūhura have created a series of online workshops, including a resource on the sounds of taoka puoro/traditional instruments and other arts-related topics.
Te Papa Tongarewa / Museum of New Zealand
Surreal activities: Drawing, writing, randomness, surrealism: unlock your mind with these lo-fi activities – fun for children and adults alike!
Whānau challenges: Try some creative challenges at home with your whānau. Each challenge is connected to Te Papa’s collections or expertise.
Viewing
Te Papa Tongarewa / Museum of New Zealand
He Paki Taonga i a Māui is a series of 18 short films for tamariki aged 7-11 and tells stories about taonga in Te Papa’s collection. The short films are in te reo Māori and English subtitles are available.
Browse New Zealand’s rich history through pictures, videos and articles on arts-related subjects such as tapa (barkcloth art), tatau (Sāmoan tattooing), weaving, photography, fashion, pottery and botany art.
Artist interviews
Interviews with NZ creatives (Creativity Makes Us - Auahatia!)
Artist Sofia Minson (Sofia Minson)
Designer Jessica Young (The Designers Institute of New Zealand)
Lorde poses 7 questions to some of the talented young artists on her radar (New Zealand Herald)
Musician Stan Walker (Radio NZ)
Musician Ladi6 (The Spinoff)
Painter and printer Ella Ward (Toi Ōtautahi)
Sir Richard Taylor (The Big Idea NZ)
Te Papa interviews (Te Papa)
Writer Shelley Byrne-Field (The Spinoff)
Young at Art interviews with Christian Turner, Ruby Macomber, Zac Devey and Daisy Nicolas (Youth Art NZ)
Podcasts for older students
Disclaimer: Please use your discretion when listening to the following podcasts. This is a small selection of interesting arts podcasts but not every episode under the titles have been listened to by CODAT. By following these links, please follow the podcasts discretion disclaimer and content warning.
All in for Arts: He waka toi e eke noa nei tatou
In March 2025, together with Creative New Zealand ‘All in for Arts’ visited six cities for a series of free breakfast events, featuring short and sharp talks from leaders, decision makers, artists, and creative champions to amplify the arts and uncover how creativity can propel us forward. These events welcomed everyone – even those who hadn’t felt creative in years! For the second year running, they've shared each speaker’s kōrero on their podcast. This year's speakers join 50+ voices from 2024 – sharing their personal stories and relationships with creativity from across the motu.
Search for ‘All in for Arts’ on Spotify
Around The Table
Around The Table is a podcast by creatives for creatives. It brings creatives in Aotearoa New Zealand around the table for discussions around why the arts are crucial to the wellbeing of our people, advocating for a more creative Aotearoa, and everything in between. The range of topics is diverse, and episodes include Reindigenising Creativity and the vital role of mātauranga Māori in the arts, Art as Activism: Making Change Through Creativity, Art & Hauora: Strengthening Wellbeing Through Creativity and Beyond Boundaries: The Intersection of Queerness and Creativity.
There's also a great episode exploring the role of music in wellness (episode 36).
Search ‘Around The Table’ on Spotify or Apple Podcasts or visit Creative BOP
Creative Matters podcast
Conversations with diverse visual artists and arts practitioners from Aotearoa New Zealand, including artists close to home such as Queenstown painter Sally Bulling, Wanaka portrait artist Sierra Roberts, Alexandra photographer Eric Schusser and the photographic artist the late Annemarie Hope-Cross.
Search ‘Creative Matters’ on Spotify
For a youth perspective visit the link below and hear a Creative Matters interview with Jessica Gurnsey, the youngest ever recipient of the NZ Adam Portraiture Award. Her story will be inspiring for young art students and emerging artists.
Culture 101 podcast
Perlina Lau and Mark Amery host a weekly show about creativity and culture in Aotearoa.
Search for Culture 101 on Spotify or visit RNZ
Kōrero with Creators
Conversations with cultural experts and how they navigate cultural revitalization in online spaces.
Search for ‘Kōrero with Creators’ on Spotify. There’s a great interview with Stan Walker.
New Zealand Young Writers Festival
Every year NZYWF partners with Otago Access Radio (OAR) to deliver podcasts for selected festival events.
Here you can find links to podcasts for young writers festivals from 2021 – 2024.
Arts websites
Creativity Makes Us - Auahatia!
Creative NZ powers this initiative to build support for a future where creativity thrives, so all New Zealanders flourish. Their advocacy work promotes the value of art, culture, creativity and ngā toi Māori in all our lives, and supports the arts sector to make the case for creativity and the arts. The website includes opportunities to explore the working lives of artists through interviews.
Creativity Makes Us
NZQA Top Art Exhibition
View Top Art portfolios up close to appreciate the skill and thinking involved and find 2025's exhibition schedule.
NZQA Top Art
Te Tuhi
Feeling creative? Check out these art activities for children and young people, from galleries and museums in Aotearoa New Zealand and around the world.
Te Tuhi activities
The Big Idea – Learning Network
Be inspired by learning modules and interviews with a diverse array of practitioners working in the NZ arts industry, including young artists making a mark in their field.
The Big Idea resources
Youth Arts New Zealand
Youth Arts New Zealand (YANZ) is Aotearoa's leading youth-led social enterprise generating equitable opportunities for rangatahi/young people to explore creativity, both as a career and as a means of self-expression. Their vision is for an Aotearoa where every young New Zealander knows the worth of their creative identity. Within the site is a resource for rangatahi creatives to request information they need to support their creative mahi. Think templates, tutorials, tips, tricks, or anything you need!
Youth Arts resources
Funding for youth projects
Otago Community Trust: Rangatahi-led fund
The Rangatahi-Led Fund is a fund from Otago Community Trust supporting rangatahi-led projects across Otago. If you’ve got a project idea head to the website below.
Rangatahi-led fund