16/08/2025

The Post: Te Auaha’s demise, and the retreat of creative education

The Post: Te Auaha’s demise, and the retreat of creative education

As Te Pūkenga prepares to put its purpose-built creative campus in Wellington up for lease, arts students are fearing for their own future ‒ and for the students of tomorrow. By André Chumko.

“There is no creative capital without creatives.”

That precise statement, from Te Auaha stage and screen student Charlie Morse, cuts to the heart of a cultural crisis unfolding in Wellington.

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