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
Christmas lit.
Christmas lit.

We're delighted that Sonya has decided to host a book drive for Kiwi Christmas Books at our Ockham Collective space at the Nix this month. It's taking the form of a Festive Season Salon on Monday 16 December.

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December calendar
December calendar

We’re winding down the year with our last Irish sessions, ukulele sessions and Poetry for Pensioners. Plus there’s the Auckland Bluegrass Club’s annual Christmas shindig.

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Join us in 2025
Join us in 2025

It's that time of the year again when we start the search for next year's Ockham Collective. If you've ever thought about getting involved, or even if you haven't, now is the time to get in touch.

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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 »