Toi Whakaari

It was established in 1970 and is located in Wellington, New Zealand, in the Te Whaea: National Dance & Drama Centre.

The Māori portion of the name translates to "a place of learning (Te Kura), performing arts (Toi Whakaari), in (O) New Zealand (Aotearoa)".

[1] Toi Whakaari was established in 1970 by the Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council, as the New Zealand Drama School,[3] with Nola Leigh Millar as its first director.

The book, titled Transitions, was written by Bill Guest, former Head of the Entertainment Technology Programme and Associate Director.

[5] The school had a number of ongoing sexual and emotional abuse allegations reported in 2021.

Entrance to Toi Whakaari and Te Whaea: The National Dance and Drama Centre
'The Twelfth Man' poster at Centrepoint Theatre (1983). This was the graduate production 1982 [ 2 ]