Auckland Live welcomes delegates to the 2018 AAPPAC Auckland Conference

The Pacific-Asia Connection

19 – 21 September

Aotea Centre, Auckland, NZ

Auckland Live during Diwali

Auckland Live is delighted to welcome members of the Association of Asia Pacific Performing Arts Centres (AAPPAC) to New Zealand this September.

Auckland Live is New Zealand’s largest platform for live arts and entertainment, with its venues and iconic places – which include the Aotea Centre, Aotea Square, Auckland Town Hall, The Civic, Queens Wharf and the Bruce Mason Centre – the stages for presenting a programme of live performances, international companies, and local artists and arts communities.

The Civic

Unique as the southernmost member of the AAPPAC network, Auckland Live is at the coalface of performing arts in the Pacific region, and is excited to be hosting this year’s conference on the theme of The Pacific-Asia Connection.

From 19 – 21 Sep, the Aotea Centre – located in the heart of the Auckland CBD on iconic Aotea Square – will be home to delegates taking part in daily sessions with industry guest speakers, arts showcases, panel discussions, venue tours and networking opportunities.

Moderated sessions will focus on a range of topics including current programming trends in the Asia Pacific region; investment, partnership and collaboration opportunities; rapidly changing audience demographics, and much more still to be announced.

The conference will also introduce the newly launched AAPPAC Connecting Series – an initiative giving members opportunities to develop and foster new work with potential collaborators and touring partners from across the extensive AAPPAC network.

Register here!

For further information please email: aappac2018@aucklandlive.co.nz

If you are not an AAPPAC member but interested to join us at this Conference, please email the AAPPAC Secretariat.

Visit Auckland Live’s website here. 

Auckland City from Mt Eden

Nau mai haere mai, we look forward to welcoming you to Auckland, Aotearoa/New Zealand.

We look forward to welcoming you to our part of the world.

A bit about Auckland

With a population of over 1.5 million in the Greater Auckland area, Auckland is a small city by international standards, however it is the largest in New Zealand. Known as the City of Sails, it is located on a narrow isthmus of land between the Manukau Harbour on the Tasman Sea and Waitematā Harbour on the Pacific Ocean.  Auckland is one of the few cities in the world to have a harbour on each of two separate major bodies of water.  Māori are the indigenous people, the tangata whenua, of Aotearoa and their culture is unique to our island nation. The Māori name for Auckland is Tāmaki-makau-rau meaning “Tāmaki of a hundred lovers” or “a place desired by many”, a reference to its history as a highly contested, resource-rich region.

The hills surrounding the city are covered in rainforest and the region dotted with dozens of dormant volcanic cones including the iconic and widely visible Rangitoto Island located in the Hauraki Gulf.

Auckland is home to the largest population of urban Māori in the country and is the largest Polynesian city in the world.  It has also been officially recognised as one of the most culturally diverse cities in the world, with the fourth highest foreign-born population placing it ahead of many larger international cities.

Central Auckland

Aotearoa is renowned for its beautiful outdoor environment, and in Auckland you will find an incredible range of nature and outdoor experiences literally on its doorstep.  Be it beautiful beaches – many of which are less than 40 mins drive from the city centre – islands or volcanic cones you wish to explore, Auckland has an outdoor experience to match.

Climate

Auckland enjoys a temperate climate with warm, humid summers and mild, damp winters. September is springtime in New Zealand and you can expect average temperatures between 13-16°C, so it is recommended you bring a coat and an umbrella.

More information on Auckland and the surrounding region can be found here.

West Coast Beach