The Laureate Awards 2025

Join us in celebrating the outstanding artists shaping Aotearoa — our 2025 Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi Laureates.

Date:: Friday 17 October 2025
Location:: Aotea Centre
The Arts Precinct
Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
Time:: 6:00pm – 11:00pm
6.00pm: Kai and Libations
7.00pm: Awards presentation in the Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre
10.00pm: Post awards drinks

Hang with Aotearoa New Zealand’s greatest artists, get to know the 2025 Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi Laureate recipients, and party into the night with kai and libations from the best in Aotearoa New Zealand hospitality. Tickets include food, drinks, music – and of course, front row seats for the 2025 Laureate reveal.

What’s a Laureate?

Since 2000, the Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi Laureate awards have celebrated New Zealand’s greatest artists across the disciplines. Every year, The Arts Foundation recognise up to ten exceptional artists with a $30,000 award, and share their story with New Zealand. An Arts Foundation Laureate is an artist that is outstanding in their field, and is having impact on their community or practise, joining a Laureate whānau of 113 household names.

Our alumni of awarded artists and Kotahi members (our Arts Foundation giving collective) are invited on us! If you've ever thought about giving to The Arts Foundation – now is the time. Check out how you can be part of a movement backing the arts here.

If you have any questions reach out to Todd on rsvp@thearts.co.nz.