FANZA was delighted to partner with the New Zealand High Commission in London to celebrate the UK launch of The Book of Guilt, the ninth novel by award-winning New Zealand author Catherine Chidgey.

The British Council has opened applications for its 2025 Connections Through Culture grants, supporting creative collaboration between New Zealand and the UK.

New Zealand writer Kate Evans has brought her celebrated book Feijoa: A Story of Obsession and Belonging to UK readers, with the title now available through major booksellers including Waterstones.

New Zealand writer Tom Baragwanath has been shortlisted for a 2025 CrimeFest Award for his acclaimed novel Paper Cage.

This year, to mark Australia Day and Waitangi Day, FANZA and The London Australian Film Society (LAFS) are joining forces to present the first ANZ FILM FESTIVAL.

Rewi: Āta haere, kia tere is a tribute to the late New Zealand architect Rewi Thompson (Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Raukawa), a visionary thinker who believed that great architecture is crafted through careful consideration of people and place. This book brings together a breathtaking range of his projects, from conceptual dreamscapes to one-of-a-kind homes.

New Zealand star Corey Baker can add another impressive job to his increasingly awe-inspiring CV: choreographer and movement director for the new Hollywood hit, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, directed by Tim Burton.

We are delighted to welcome Mary Fenwick to the board of FANZA. Mary has been a well-known and highly respected member of the New Zealand community in London for over 20 years, with a long record of raising support for Kiwi projects as varied as Kea, University of Auckland scholarships and New Zealand’s WWI museum at Le Quesnoy, France.  

The Venice Biennale has announced the artists participating in this year’s international exhibition, Stranieri Ovunque, Foreigners Everywhere. 

We're thrilled to announce that Mary Strang, FANZA co-chair, has been nominated for the prestigious UK New Zealander of the Year Award 2024. This recognition is a well-deserved nod to her outstanding contribution to the arts and her commitment to supporting the cultural exchange between New Zealand and Australia and the UK.

Selected as one of Granta's Best of Young British Novelists 2023, Eleanor Catton has given a new interview to the literary magazine - video below - and an extract from her next book, Doubtful Sound.

Recorded live at the 2023 Sydney Writers’ Festival, celebrated actor - and FANZA arts patron - Sam Neill shares stories from his memoir Did I Ever Tell You This, a wild and witty account of a career in film and TV spanning half a century.

Frederick is a UK-based award-winning Māori artist and designer. He creates contemporary art pieces, graphic design work and photography, as well as commissioned pieces for individuals and businesses direct from his studio in Newcastle upon Tyne.

The Tait Memorial Trust is thrilled to announce the recipients of this year’s ballet awards. The recipients are dancers from Australia and New Zealand who study at the Royal Ballet School, English National Ballet School, Elmhurst Ballet School and Rambert Ballet School of Ballet & Contemporary Dance .

Former New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern has announced she is writing a book, with the focus more on leadership than on politics.

Through an exciting partnership between the British Council New Zealand and the Pacific and Creative New Zealand, the Edinburgh Festivals Intensive programme has been reignited. This opportunity supports New Zealand artists to experience the Edinburgh festivals and this will be the first time a New Zealand delegation of artists has travelled to Edinburgh since pre-Covid-19. 

One of the UK’s leading literary industry talents has been announced as the new artistic director of Auckland Writers Festival, Waituhi O Tāmaki.

Harvey Keitel has signed on to star in the eagerly anticipated Sky and Peacock TV adaptation of the Heather Morris novel, The Tattooist of Auschwitz.