Congratulations to Emerita Baik, winner of the 2025 Parkin New Art Prize with Heaven's Only Door, 2021. This work will join Ngā Puhipuhi o Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection, with thanks to the Parkins for their generous support of this award. Emerita's work joins previous years' winners, Hikalu Clarke's You’re Safe Now, 2022, and Matt Tini's sitters i, 2022.

We are delighted to announce that the gallery designed by Athfield Architects has won an award at Te Kāhui Whaihanga NZIA’s New Zealand Architecture Awards presented on 21 November 2025. After winning the Wellington regional award back in June, Te Pātaka Toi has now been given a national award in the Enduring Architecture category.