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Rugby fans converging on Hamilton for the All Blacks vs Tonga rugby test this Saturday can include a pre-match trip to see some of the game’s iconic images at Waikato Museum.

Dunedin-based artist Ayesha Green has won the prestigious $25,000 National Contemporary Art Award for 2019.

The winner of the 2019 National Contemporary Art Award, worth $25,000 and one of the richest in the New Zealand art world, will be determined next week by this year’s judge, Dr Fiona Pardington MNZM.

Matariki will be a real celebration at Waikato Museum Te Whare Taonga o Waikato this Saturday (6 July).

Fifty-one artists are vying for the $27,000 of prize money in the 2019 National Contemporary Art Award.

Waikato Museum Te Whare Taonga o Waikato is a finalist in the ServiceIQ New Zealand Museum Awards for an exhibition celebrating its region’s flair for science and innovation.

The 2019 Fieldays No.8 Wire Art Award will be hotly contested with two past winners, four recent place-getters and a previous People’s Choice Award recipient among this year’s finalists.

One of Aotearoa’s most notable and decorated artists will judge the 2019 National Contemporary Art Award.

The National Contemporary Art Award turns 20 in 2019 and major sponsors Tompkins Wake and Chow:Hill Architects have stepped up their support to celebrate the special milestone.

Scarface Claw, the roughest and toughest, boldest and bravest of cats, takes centre stage at Waikato Museum in an exhibition dedicated to the villain of the Hairy Maclary and FriendsTM book series.

Artists, inventors and D.I.Y enthusiasts have the chance to get creative and stake their claim to a share of the $8,500 of prize money in the 2019 Fieldays No.8 Wire National Art Award, with entries now open.

The heart of rural communities as well as the atmosphere, lifestyles, and culture of early 1990s New Zealand are celebrated in a nostalgic exhibition at Waikato Museum Te Whare Taonga o Waikato.