John Daly-Peoples

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

He 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 has worked with several companies including Wilkins and Davies, Air New Zealand, Mazda and Team McMillan BMW He curates the Team McMillan BMW Art Awards as well as commissioning artist to work on BMW bonnets for charity auctions. In his works with Air New Zealand he developed an exhibitions programme in the Domestic and International Koru Lounges of major New Zealand artists as well as 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.