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Ara Institute of Canterbury student has been selected as one of the 2024 Emerging Practitioner Award recipients
Singer, dancer, and actor Deanna Young is this year’s recipient from the Ara Institute of Canterbury. Deanna is a multi-talented future star in the performing arts, who has been destined for a future…
University of Auckland student has been selected as one of the 2024 Emerging Practitioner Award recipients
Dancer Amy Griffin is this year’s recipient from the University of Auckland. Amy is a talented, passionate, and driven dancer, educator, and researcher.
Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington student receives 2024 Emerging Practitioner Award
Singer, actor, dancer, and writer Lizzie Bysouth is this year’s recipient from Victoria University of Wellington. Lizzie is a remarkably multi-talented performer, with an abiding passion for the world…
NZ School of Dance student selected as one of the 2024 Emerging Practitioner Award recipients
Dancer and educator Aylish Marshall is this year’s recipient from the New Zealand School of Dance.
2024 Emerging Practitioner Award recipient at the University of Otago
Viola performer, composer, and musicologist Grace Shaw is this year’s recipient from the University of Otago.
First FAME Year 13 Performing Arts Scholarship Recipient Selected
Congratulations to Michael van Lieshout, head prefect at Tauranga Boys’ College and talented guitarist.
Daily vaping rates in NZ teens almost double year on year
The doubling of daily vaping among teenagers is nothing short of a public health crisis that demands urgent attention. The Acorn Foundation will fund Te Hā Ora’s ability to offer 24 workshops to…
Will-fully Supporting Women’s Welfare
Noeline’s giving has created an invested community interest. She encourages those who haven’t updated their wills to consider leaving gifts to support the areas they care most about.
Acorn Foundation Inaugurates New Memorial Grove
The grove has been established to honour the legacy of donors to the foundation who have passed on and has begun with the planting of six young native saplings: three Kahikatea and three Pūriri trees.