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Hui-ā-Tau 2026 // Invitation, RSVP & Programme
July 2026
Hui-ā-Tau 2026 // Invitation, RSVP & Programme
Kia ora koutou katoa 🎶
Planning is underway for our annual in-person, offline get-together of CreaTer members on Tuesday and Wednesday, 7-8 July.
A very warm thank you to Dr Vanessa Byrnes for once again offering space for our Hui-ā-Tau in the School of Creative Industries at UNITEC, Tāmaki Makaurau.
The programme includes:
1. Developing shared approaches to challenges and opportunities facing creative arts education in the tertiary education sector.
2. Exploring options for the development of CreaTer as a national peak body.
3. Informal opportunities for attendees to share information, experiences and questions for group input.
Ngā mihi nui 🌿 Elisabeth
AI & Creativity Summit + 1 Minute AI Film Festival
May 2026
The AI and Creativity Summit is back for 2026, bringing together creatives, innovators, and industry leaders in Auckland and Wellington. Alongside the Summit, the Aotearoa 1 Minute AI Film Festival returns – inviting bold, creative experimentation with AI storytelling.
This is your chance to explore how AI is shaping the creative sector, connect with others in the community, and even showcase your own work.
Entries are now open for the Film Festival, with $1,000 Jury Prize and $1,000 People’s Choice Award up for grabs.
Find out more and enter here: https://aicreativeindustries.nz/
AcademyEX: Disruptive Technologies Micro Credential
Next intake starts 31 March 2026.
ONLINE
The tools that built careers in film, screen and music are being rewritten. Production pipelines, scoring, sound design, post-production and distribution are all moving faster than most professionals have had the chance to properly understand, and the gap between what AI can do and what most people know about it is widening every month.
Frances Valintine CNZM has spent 30 years watching technology reshape creative industries. Recently she ran an AI bootcamp with professionals working across film, animation, visual effects and immersive media. The question that came up every time was the same one you are probably asking: what do I actually need to know, and who can I trust to tell me the truth about it?
Disruptive Technologies is a 10-week microcredential from academyEX that gives working professionals in the screen and music industries the practical AI knowledge to lead, govern and advise with confidence. It is taught by Frances herself alongside industry advisors Dr Mahsa Mohaghegh and Megan Rorich, and built around what professionals in your world actually need.
Over 10 weeks you will develop a practical understanding of AI and how it applies to your specific industry and role, a framework for evaluating which tools are worth your time and which are not, and a clear actionable plan for applying new technology in your own work or organisation.
- Cost: $450 NZD
- Duration: 10 weeks
- When: Tuesday evenings, 4:30 to 6:00pm online
- Starts: 31 March 2026
- 100% online and no technical background required.
- Credential: NZQA-accredited Level 8,
The people who understand AI will shape what happens next in their industries.
“It helped me deepen my understanding of how AI can be applied in real, practical ways, not just discussed as theory. It also pushed me to think differently about how human insight and emerging technology can work together to create better outcomes.” EL, DT alum
Enrol at Disruptive Technologies short course | academyEX
Because you’re not done yet.
