Many opportunities exist for those who wish to study the arts or gain a recognised qualification: 

• Art + Design at AUT - Auckland
• Art & Design @ Wellington Institute of Technology - Wellington
• Art School NZ - Auckland - Whangarei - Kerikeri
  
• Canterbury School of Fine Arts - Christchurch
  
• Elam School of Fine Arts - Auckland
• Feeling Great - Wellington
  
• Freelance Animation School - Auckland
  
• FUSE Art Business Initiative - Christchurch
• Hungry Creek Art & Craft School - North of Auckland
  
• Inverlochy Art School - Wellington
  
• Quay School of the Arts - Wanganui
• Manukau School of Visual Arts - Auckland
• The Learning Connexion - Wellington
• The Paint Basket - Auckland
  
• Whitecliffe College of Arts & Design - Auckland
  

There are now a good number of online suppliers that provide a vast range of art related products that would excite most artists:

• Art Supplies Online
• Bespoke Art Canvas Company
  
• Core Blimey Packaging
• FASart
  
• Frames by Daniel
• Gordon Harris
  
• The French Art Shop
  
• Rosemary & Co - Quality Artists' Brushes
• Studio Art Supplies
• Tanjis Art Supplies
• The Canvas Company
• Tayles Framing Supplies
  

There are a number of awards, competitions and art events that New Zealand artists are invited to enter: 

• Adam Portraiture Award 
• Bold Horizon National Contemporary Art Award
• CoCA Anthony Harper Contemporary Art Award
• Cranleigh Barton Drawing Award
• Cultural Sector Awards - Ministry for Culture & Heritage
• Fieldays No. 8 Wire National Art Award
  
• Glaister Ennor Graduate Art Awards
• Molly Morpeth Canaday Art Award
  
• McCaw Lewis Chapman Regional Art Award
• National Drawing Award
  
• National Woman's Work Art Exhibition
• New Zealand Art Show
  
• New Zealand Painting and Printmaking Award
• North Shore City Art Award
• Olivia Spencer Bower Award
  
• One Size Fits All Art Competition
• Original Art Sale
  
• Peters Doig Marlborough Art Award
• Taranaki Art Awards
  
• Tauranga National Art Awards
  
• Wai Art Awards
• Wai Art Portrait Awards
• Waiheke Walker and Hall Art Award
  
• Wallace Art Awards
• Walters Prize
  
• Yellow Pages Group Art Awards
  

A great selection of New Zealand websites that offer free and paid art event promotion and advertising:

• Art News - All NZ regions
• Auckland City - Auckland city region
• BeThere.co.nz - Christchurch region
• Event Finder - All NZ regions
• Feeling Great - Wellington region
• Four Corners - All NZ regions
  
• Hutt City Events - Hutt Valley region
• Idealog - All NZ Regions
  
• Metro Live - Auckland region
  
• NZ Art Monthly - All NZ regions
• What's On Hamilton - Waikato region
• ViewAuckland.co.nz - Auckland region
• Wotzon.com - Wellington region
• Your Events - All NZ regions
  

Interested in discovering great online art resources whether it be for tips on promotion and marketing or simply to find out what in going in the art community?

• ARMS - Helping Artists Help Themselves
  
• Artists Alliance
• Creative New Zealand
• disco underworld
• Fuel4Arts
• NZ Art Monthly
• The Arts Channel
• The Big Idea
• SAUCE - Hot tips for effective arts promotion
• Smart Arts: Marketing the Arts in New Zealand

A great selection of New Zealand companies offering printing service from business cards to canvas and art prints:

• Art Bag
• Candid Canvas
• Canvart
• Canvas Creations
• Crisp Canvas Prints
  
• Custom Canvas
• Phreon Digital
  
• NZ Niche Greeting Print
• Photo-block.com
• PrintStop