A world class UNESCO Creative City

Posted: Friday Nov 13, 2015

In October, Dunedin launched Ara Toi Otepoti - Our Creative Future, Dunedin's Arts and Culture Strategy.  

At the opening, University of Otago 2015 Robert Burns Fellow Louise Wallace read her poem pine & sand - a work she was commissioned to write for the launch. 

Mayor Dave Cull also spoke and acknowledged Dunedin's rich cultural heritage. In the strategy he says: 

From its beginnings Dunedin oozed creativity. Thomas Bracken penned our national anthem and Frances Hodgkins studied here. McCahon, Frame, Hotere, Baxter, Lawson, Reed, Hall, the Chills and so many other creatives expressed their muse from Dunedin.

We encourage you to read Ara Toit Otepoti as it sets the direction for investing in our creative life for now and into the future.