John Daly-Peoples

John Daly-Peoples is an influential Auckland arts critic and correspondent. He is the arts editor for the weekly financial journal, National Business Review.

John Daly-Peoples has worked in a number of arts related areas as writer, teacher, consultant, curator and administrator. As the arts writer for National Business Review he covers a range of the arts – visual art, opera, theatre, dance and music. He works with several companies including Air New Zealand and Mazda as well as curating the Team McMillan BMW Art Award as well as commissioning artist to work on BMW bonnets for charity auctions. In his works with Air New Zealand he manages a regular exhibitions programme in the Domestic and International Koru Lounges including annual exhibitions of art school student work. For several years he has been a member of the Eden Arts community art group which has initiated a number of successful and continuing art activities including Artists in Eden, The Mt Eden Literary Festival and the Mt Eden Young Artists Award. He has been a member of the Northern Regional Arts Council (1990 – 1992) and the Arts Board of Creative New Zealand (1998 – 2001) He was the Director of the Auckland Society of Arts (1981 – 1987) and the Arts Service Manager for Manukau City Council (1993 – 2003) He has written extensively on the arts including the centennial history Elam 1890-1990. In 1990 he was awarded the 1990 Commemoration Medal for his services to art and literature and was Arts Columnist of the year in the Qantas Media Awards of 1999.