Creativity, Education, Community

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.

Latest News & Stories

News
February calendar
February calendar

It's February already? How did that happen? We've been hard at work behind the scenes finalising our Ockham Collective line up for 2025, so keep eye out for the big reveal in March.

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Splore on the screen
Splore on the screen

Billed as ‘a radical live multimedia experience’, Three Days in February is a work by multimedia artist Serena Stevenson combining footage filmed over five years at Splore with live music and an original score.

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It's Finland's Fält
It's Finland's Fält

If you had money on a Nordic Folk Singing Workshop being the Ockham Collective's first new event of 2025, the drinks are on you. This Sunday session will showcase the skills of Finnish/Swedish singer, Anna Fält.

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Our 2024 Ockham Collective

Our 2024 creatives are a talented and highly diverse bunch including writers, musicians, filmmakers, theatre makers and a visual artist. Click onto the next page to get better acquainted with each of them. Meet our 2024 Ockham Collective »

Our alumni

Previous years’ Ockham Collectives have included a poet laureate, an arts laureate, two NZ Book Awards winners and an Emmy winner. Meet our Ockham Collective alumni »

Our story, founders and staff

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 »

Our spaces

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 »

FAQs

Everyone loves a good question and – even better – a short succinct answer. Be the trivia master you always wanted to be. Browse our FAQs »

Contact us

Burning question still unanswered by our FAQs? Want to get involved? Want to be considered for a Residency? Just want to say hi? Please contact us »