The Ockham Collective is a registered charitable trust based in Auckland, New Zealand. Its kaupapa is to support lifelong creativity and education. Our support is direct: we offer beautiful, purpose-built spaces to like-minded individuals and groups who want to share their knowledge and ideas with our city.
The Comedy Collective is returning to the Nix on 12 September for a second instalment of Friday Night Laughs. Once again it will be hosted by the very funny (and very pregnant) Melissa Lawlor.
After a hit debut at the NZ Fringe Festival and a wildly successful tour, the Ockham Collective's Tom Knowles is finally brining his Roadkill Karaoke Van to Auckland with a season at Basement Theatre.
Two of our favourite semiregular musical events are returning to the Nix this month on consecutive Saturday afternoons: Pop Up Folk Club on Saturday 16 August followed the next week by the Classical Chill-out Session.
This year’s Ockham Collective include musicians, actors, directors and writers. Click to the next page to get better acquainted with each of them. Meet our 2025 Ockham Collective »
Previous Ockham Collectives have included a poet laureate, an arts laureate, two NZ Book Awards winners and an Emmy winner - many of whom to continue to use our spaces for events and teaching. Meet our Ockham Collectives from previous years »
Benjamin Preston and Mark Todd formed the Ockham Foundation in 2009 at the same time they founded Ockham Residential and started developing apartments in Auckland. They’ve been friends since university and are fiercely committed to lifelong learning, questioning and critical thought. Check out our story »
We realised early on how hard it is to find good spaces to educate and create in central Auckland. The main thing Ockham is known for is the creation of beautiful spaces. One of the most meaningful and enduring ways we can give back to the community is to make space available to the individuals and groups that enrich our city. See our spaces »
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