Laureate Recipients
The Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi Laureate Awards celebrate and empower New Zealand’s most outstanding practising artists - artists whose practise also has an impact on New Zealand.
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Previous Recipients Profiles
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Neil Ieremia
19 Aug 2024 -
Taiaroa Royal CF
19 Aug 2024 -
Louise Potiki Bryant
19 Aug 2024 -
Oscar Kightley MNZM
19 Aug 2024 -
Kris Sowersby
19 Aug 2024 -
Cliff Curtis
19 Aug 2024 -
Colin McColl ONZM
19 Aug 2024 -
Alun Bollinger MNZM
2006 Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi Laureate19 Aug 2024 -
Reuben Paterson
2025 Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi Laureate receiving the Toi Kō Iriiri Queer Arts Award gifted by Hall Cannon09 Oct 2025 -
Yvonne Todd
19 Aug 2024 -
Shona Rapira-Davies
2025 Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi Laureate receiving the Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa Award gifted by Jillian Friedlander09 Oct 2025 -
Carin Wilson Kahui Whetu Ngā Aho
2024 Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi Laureate receiving the Design Award gifted by the Crane Foundation17 Oct 2024
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