John Daly-Peoples
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John Daly-Peoples is an Auckland
Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...

 based arts critic and correspondent. He is the arts writer for the weekly financial journal, National Business Review
National Business Review
The National Business Review is a weekly New Zealand newspaper aimed at the business sector. The paper is owned by Barry Colman who also publishes the Grocers Review and several other small trade publications....

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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
Air New Zealand
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, Mazda
Mazda
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 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
Creative New Zealand
The Arts Council of New Zealand Toi Aotearoa is the national arts development agency of the New Zealand government, investing in artists and arts organisations, offering capability building programmes and developing markets and audiences for New Zealand arts domestically and internationally...

 (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
Elam School of Fine Arts
The Elam School of Fine Arts, founded in 1890 by John Edward Elam is a part of Auckland University. Students study degrees in fine art with an emphasis on a multidisciplinary approach.-History:...

 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.
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