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The board and team at Te Ahurei Toi o Tāmaki Auckland Arts Festival have extended their heartfelt thanks and congratulations to Kaiwhakahaere Matua Chief Executive Robbie Macrae, as he announces his retirement from the festival at the end of April.

Macrae has served as Chief Executive since August 2022. A respected leader and long-standing advocate for the arts, he has guided the festival through the post-Covid period with care and steadiness, working alongside two board Chairs, John Judge and Sarah Judkins, and two Artistic Directors, Shona McCullagh and Bernie Haldane.

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Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the 2019 Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in early 2020. He received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association in 2021, and a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Photo: Fiona Hamilton. Follow Richard on Bluesky @richardthewatts.bsky.social and Instagram @richard.l.watts