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College of Creative Arts , Toi Rauwhārangi

Diverse. Dynamic. Daring. The College of Creative Arts — Toi Rauwhārangi explores what the future of creativity looks like in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Overview

The college fosters research, hands-on practice and scholarship across fine arts, design, music and media production. 

Our staff and students believe in the power of creativity to drive positive change. We are committed to growing Māori and Pacific arts and artists and supporting indigenous creative practice.

Te Tiriti o Waitangi at Massey

We are deeply committed to being a Tiriti-led college, demonstrating authentic leadership in contemporary Aotearoa New Zealand as we uphold te Tiriti o Waitangi, the founding document of our nation, and its principles through our practice. We embrace this not just as an obligation but as a real opportunity for the nation and its people.

Te Tiriti o Waitangi ki Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – The Treaty of Waitangi at Massey

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Study with us

From design to fine arts, screen arts to music and Māori visual arts, the College of Creative Arts offers a rich variety of learning options.

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Our research

Meet the College of Creative Arts researchers and find out about our research themes and strengths, projects and news.

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National Academy of Screen Arts

The academy is home to New Zealand’s most comprehensive screen arts community, advanced screen technologies and production facilities, and the nation’s leading screen arts qualifications.

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About us

Find out about our people, schools, facilities, rankings and accreditations.

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Engage with us

Engage with our research, facilities and enterprises. You can also find out who we partner with and how to visit us.

Who we are

Our staff are diverse, collaborative, caring and celebrated. Meet leaders in the College of Creative Arts.

Professor Ngatai Taepa

Professor Ngatai Taepa

Associate Pro Vice-Chancellor Māori, College of Creative Arts

Ngatai is one of Aotearoa's most significant and innovative contemporary Māori artists. He has produced an impressive body of work that combines Mātauranga Māori with contemporary expression.

He has exhibited extensively both nationally and internationally, and was a leading member of Te Kāhui Toi: the artistic team behind the award-winning Te Rau Karamu Marae.

Professor Kingsley Baird

Professor Kingsley Baird

Acting Head of School, School of Art

Kingsley Baird is a visual artist, writer, and professor of fine arts at the Toi Rauwhārangi College of Creative Arts. His research is an investigation of memory, memorialisation, and remembrance, primarily in relation to war, culture, national identity, mythology, place, and new conceptual, aesthetic, and material ways of creating memory forms. www.kingsleybaird.com

Associate Professor Bridget Johnson

Associate Professor Bridget Johnson

Associate Dean - Academic Strategy, School of Music and Screen Arts

Bridget has worked in Te Rewa o Puanga from its inception and was heavily involved in the development phases for all programmes within the school.

She comes from a background of design and development of new technology for music and media projects. Her unique approach blends creative arts with technology development and engineering techniques.

Associate Professor Sven Mehzoud

Associate Professor Sven Mehzoud

Head of School, Wellington School of Design

Sven Mehzoud has directed design programmes at New Zealand and Australian universities for over 20 years and is originally from Switzerland where he practiced architecture. Sven’s creative practice encompasses exhibition design, scenography and interior architectural design, and currently focuses on narrative constructions in museums and exhibition design.

Schools

Our college is home to three schools.

School of Art

The School of Art – Whiti o Rehua expands and challenges people's perceptions of the world.

School of Music and Screen Arts

Responding to Aotearoa New Zealand’s reputation for innovation and creativity in both music and media production.

Wellington School of Design

Wellington School of Design – Ngā Pae Mahutonga has a global reputation for innovative problem-solving through design.

Creative arts news

Discover news from the College of Creative Arts.

Auxetic kōwhaiwhai designs bring new dimensions to kiwifruit growers

Friday 13 December 2024

Māori artist Maihi Potaka and packaging expert Dr Eli Gray-Stuart have collaborated to created Māori-inspired, auxetic packaging for kiwifruit.

Emerging creatives on show at annual Exposure He Kanohi Kitea exhibition

Monday 4 November 2024

A new generation of artists, designers and other creatives' work will be on show at Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa Massey University's annual Exposure He Kanohi Kitea exhibition.

State-of-the-art facilities and new industry partnerships celebrated

Tuesday 27 August 2024

Ensuring students are ready to leap into the screen arts industry with the confidence, skills and knowledge that employers need is the aim of Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa’s National Academy of Screen Arts.

Award-winning shoe designs redefine safety and style

Monday 19 August 2024

Master of Design alumnus Austin Martin has won a number of awards for his sport performance shoes at the Fifth Annual Global Footwear Awards and the Fit Sport Design Awards.

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Contact the College of Creative Arts

College of Creative Arts – Wellington campus

Location

Physical address
Block 1
Te Whare Pukākā
Mount Cook
Wellington 6021

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