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Taskmaster New Zealand Series 01 : task-by-task scoring @taskmasternewzealand #recap

The race between Angella and Madeleine is noteworthy.

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A few more moments from the 2026 Laureate Awards, captured at our photo wall 💗

A special night recognising our eight Laureates, their outstanding contributions to the arts, and the people who came together to celebrate them.

Check out the full photo galleries via the link in our bio, download your snaps, share the good vibes and tag @theartsnz in your favourites.

A huge mihi to our event photographers @jinkic and @johnrata_photography for capturing the action on the pink carpet!

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When Madeleine Sami got the call that she’d been cast in Sione’s Wedding, she was in a situation all too familiar to many Aucklanders: wandering around Westfield St Lukes in a crisis. ⁠
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She was 26, fresh from a seven-year stint touring No. 2, the play in which she played all nine members of a Fijian family. The play took her as far as New York, Edinburgh and Jamaica, but despite that, she’d been told at the last minute that she hadn’t been cast in its film adaptation. ⁠
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“Which was a bit of a yucky, f…ed up situation for me,” she says. That wasn’t all: “My dad died and my first relationship broke up. It was definitely quarter-life crisis shit.” Walking around the mall, her phone started ringing. “Someone called me to say, ‘Hey, we’re doing it. We got the funding, do you want to be part of this movie?’ ⁠
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To this day, Sione's Wedding one of the roles she's most commonly recognised for. Twenty years later, Sami was in Australia when she received another wild call: this time to tell her she was being named as a 2026 Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi Laureate.⁠
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“I struggle to see why,” she says on her selection. “But then I think back on what I’ve done and I go, ‘I’ve actually done heaps of cool shit’. It feels like quite an honour for a little girl from Onehunga."⁠
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At the link in bio, Sami talks to George Fenwick about growing up in Onehunga, the ups and downs of her expansive career - and how she's fought to make space for brown, queer women on screen.⁠
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📝@george_fenwick⁠
📸 @toddkarehana

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“Electrifying audiences with her uncommon gift for mimicry, precise comic timing and a fearlessness that belied her age, the world was introduced to a rare and uncommon talent.” - Laureate Selection Panel.

Congratulations to @madeleinesami – acclaimed actor, writer and director whose work has helped expand the spectrum of queer roles on screen, and one of eight 2026 Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi Laureates.

To watch her video in full, head to our website via the link in bio!

#AFLaureates #NZArtsLaureates #BackingTheArts

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Still buzzing from last night ✨

Eight outstanding Laureates, incredible performances, one unforgettable room, and a dance floor that didn’t stop.

Keep an eye out for our photo highlights, coming later today!

#AFLaureates #BackingTheArts #NZArtsLaureates

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The highlights from our 2026 Laureate Awards are in! 💗

A night celebrating our eight Laureates, their work and the people who came together to honour them.

Swipe through for some very special moments from the evening.

📸 @jinkic @johnrata_photography

#AFLaureates #NZArtsLaureates #BackingTheArts

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Proudly presenting your 2026 Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi Laureates! Huge congratulations to our eight recipients. Welcome to the Te Tumu Toi whānau.

Check the link in our bio to learn more about these outstanding artists – all having major impact on our nation and beyond. Each Laureate receives $50,000 in recognition of their immense contribution to the arts – and as a nudge to keep doing what they’re doing, please!

A huge thanks to the generous arts backers who make these awards possible (literally, we could not do this without their generosity) – @hall_cannon @jfriedlander_nz @friedlander_foundationnz, @myartnz Founders @sonjahawkins & @hawkins.glenn, Joanna Hickman through Waiwetu Trust, Liz Aitken, Rob Morgan and Foggy Valley Aotearoa, The Burr/Tatham Trust, Sir Roger Hall and Lady Dayle Mace, and The Crane Foundation.

And thank you to our 2026 partners for making tonight possible: our Principal Partner @hummingbirdcoffee, Strategic Partner @nzstuff, Major Partner @asbbank, and our Arts Business Club – Alberts, Aotearoa Art Fair, art+object, Barfoot & Thompson, Batch, Brown Bread, Cowdy Real Estate, Daily Bread, Forsyth Barr, GO Media, Gow Langsford, Heritage Expeditions, Kiwibank, Live Nation, Meadow Mushrooms, Patagonia Chocolates, Paradigm, QT Hotels & Resorts, Rialto View, Richmond Chambers, Russell McVeagh, Saatchi & Saatchi NZ, Shift Advisory, The Observatory Hotel, Webb’s, Wētā Workshop and Xero.

#BackingTheArts”

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The glue, the greatest, the one and only Madeleine Sami.

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By 2014, I found myself being a father and acting coach, trying to help the next generation of actors.🥹❤️🫶🏾💪🏾 ..I always learned to give back.

The most accomplished of my students is: @adhemzzz who had a style all of his own🙌🏾😎

It’s common+unity over “individualism”. My heart hasent changed. This is the journey🙂

3rd Coast & Fresh Coast alumni! I am just a BeachBoy living out his dreams🏄🏽‍♂️🤙🏾

In art, you are either opening people’s eyes or closing them. ❤️🥹🙃 ..I prefer to open them and heal our planet.🫶🏾

🎬🎭🎥💪🏾🙌🏾🤙🏾🖐🏾❤️⚡️🍗🔥🐿😎😃🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂 #actor #art #capricornseason #klvn #freshprinceofnewzealand moor love perthisok kelvintayloractor passportbros heroicmasculinity proafrican diddyfreeartistry crueltyfreeartistry chocolatekiwi humankind romantics decolonisethescreen africanamerican thegratefuloptomist moderndating australianactor newzealand kiirokuroproductions virginiabeach gratitude independentfilm weareallafricanstream inspiration

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📣 ANNOUNCING MADELEINE SAMI AS HOST OF THE 2026 APRA SILVER SCROLL AWARDS | KAITITO KAIAKA 📣

We’re mere days away from the 2026 APRA Silver Scroll Awards | Kaitito Kaiaka and we’re excited to reveal your ceremony host will be Onehunga High School legend turned worldwide creative quadruple threat, Madeleine Sami.

Madeleine will guide us through an incredible evening of performances and award presentations in Tāmaki this Wednesday. We can’t wait for a whole night under their wise-cracking guidance, celebrating the music and culture of Aotearoa - as APRA also celebrates its centenary throughout the 2026 APRA Silver Scroll Awards | Kaitito Kaiaka ceremony on October 14.

We’re pleased to invite the public to join us live online, thanks to our continued media partnership with @rnznewzealand. The event will be streamed live on rnz.co.nz and the @rnzmusic YouTube Channel. More about the night and our wonderful host via the 🔗 link in bio. 🔗

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ALT.VFX SINKS ITS TEETH INTO DEADLOCH S2 🐊

Bringing their proven creature expertise to @amazonmgmstudios' Deadloch, @alt.vfx delivered CG croc attacks, digi doubles, water simulations, puppet augmentation and explosive fireworks throughout the second season.

Grounded in detailed research and expertly balancing realism with the series' signature dark comedy, get the full VFX breakdown ⛓️‍💥 LINK IN BIO

#MakeItInAustralia #Deadloch #PrimeVideo #AltVFX #VFX

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Calling all gay pirate lovers! This Saturday is our 7th Calypso's Birthday at Harold's Haunt! Do you love Our Flag Means Death? Do you love pirates? Do you love queer joy? Then this party is for you! Roll up at 6pm Saturday 10/10 at Harold's and kick off spooky season with some yarrrrr! Everyone who shows up in a costume on Saturday gets a prize! Fun and games, more prizes, pirate decor, themed drinks, chill party vibes, and gay shit awaits you. And there won't be another Calypso until next November. Get your pirate on now!

#OFMD #OurFlagMeansDeath #pirates

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