As you read this, I assume you are thinking about how to take the next steps towards developing your career in the performing and screen arts. Or maybe you want to know more about our School and why we teach the way we do. Let me try to help you answer both of these questions. A little background then. Te Kura Toi Whakaari o Aotearoa: New Zealand Drama School (Toi Whakaari) is New Zealand’s largest dedicated training provider for professionals in the screen and performing arts. In 2010 we celebrated our 40th anniversary. Our whakapapa (lineage) dates back almost to the beginning of a professional performing arts industry in this country and together we have grown hand in hand. Our graduates now occupy key roles in all sectors of the industry and related fields.