Toi Whakaari: NZ Drama School

• NZ Diploma in Scenic Construction & Properties (Set & Props)
• NZ Diploma in Costume Construction
• Bachelor of Performing Arts (Management)
• Bachelor of Performing Arts (Acting)
• Bachelor of Design (Stage & Screen)
• Master of Creative Performance Practice

Unique like you 

We are Toi Whakaari. We stand tall alongside unique people like you, enabling you to express your true creative self. 

In our creative village, your individuality and passion for the performing arts is shared, celebrated, and nurtured. We care deeply about you and your unique place in our whānau. To us, manaakitanga – care, respect and enhancing each other’s mana – really does matter. 

Our distinctive learning approach, built on the mātauranga and tikanga of our whakapapa, enables our tauira to tell their, and our nation’s, unique story. 

As New Zealand’s premier school of performing arts, our legacy has always been to train the best performers, designers, and craftspeople from here and from around the world. 

Taught by renown experts and educators with broad industry and community connections, our prestigious qualifications are a mark of quality that opens doors to a successful career. And that’s why our talented alumni are sought after, in front of and behind the scenes, by the world’s leading productions. 

Being part of our kura is more than just gaining qualifications. Here skills are gained, perspectives are shaped, connections are made, and potential is revealed. We recognise all our students as future rangitira. They emerge from here - knowing who they are and where they stand - ready to add their value to Aotearoa New Zealand’s thriving performing arts community. 

If you’re a past, present or future tauira; a valued staff member, industry partner or funder; or a member of the many communities we’re part of, we stand with you. We’re proud to take this creative journey with people as unique as you.