Twenty-four of New Zealand's aspiring young opera stars have been selected to participate in the annual New Zealand Opera School in Wanganui from Sunday 3rd to Thursday 14th January 2010.

Performing arts stars of the future will again flock to Tauranga, when the Mazda Foundation National Young Performer Awards, are staged at Baycourt Community and Arts Centre on the 18th and 19th October 2008.