ok, these links aren't all strictly hip hop, but some of the galleries do show some graf, and if you're visiting NZ/Auckland, it's worth checking them out.

in the galleries, there's usually an "Artwalk K Road" brochure created by the K Road Business Association - this is where all these links & descriptions come from. (typos & errors below are mine)

K Road = Karangahape Road, I'll use the abbreviation to save more typos

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Disrupt Gallery
level 1, 145 K Rd
Aotearoa's premiere urban art gallery
www.disruptiv.com

Verona Cafe
169 K Rd
started in 1992 Verona has become a K Road icon, with their excellent coffee, superb menu and extensive wine list making them a legendary cafe and bar
www.verona.co.nz

Misery, Illicit
200 & 202 K Rd
www.miseryboutique.com
www.illicithq.com

The Cross Street Orphanage
Basement, Illicit H.Q - 202 K Rd
the Cross Street Orphanage art gallery - established in 2005 to expose new artists in the genre of left-field lowbrow contemporary art. currently striking fear and intrigue into the heart of Auckland's art scene with underground art, under the ground on K Rd.
www.crossstreetorphanage.com

Canary Gallery
Arcade - 214 K Rd
Canary Gallery is an artist-run-space that was established in March 2004. we are a not-for-profit gallery and our program of exhibitions brings innovative and diverse art practices to the fore.
www.canarygallery.com

Hard to Find Books
(But worth the Effort)
238 K Rd
twenty years of rare, collectable and interesting books!
www.hardtofind.co.nz

The Area
Basement La Gonda Arcade - 203 K Rd
Studio and offices of music producer, multi-media artist and culture manipulator Mike Weston. This year Mike's producing paintings in collaboration with Graffiti/Pop artist Otis Frizzell, supplying art dealers around NZ. next major show Nov 15, 2005
www.thearea.co.nz

Habanero Cafe (licensed)
65 Pitt St
this European style cafe is a slice of tranquility in the bustle of Auckland. we serve Kiwi cuisine with a Spanish and Mexican flavour, made to order by our international chefs and accompanied by our hand crafted coffee.

(I need to go there to see what kiwi cuisine is!)

Artspace
Level 1 - 300 K Rd
ARTSPACE presents cutting edge contemporary art practice from emerging and established New Zealand and international artists
www.artspace.org.nz

(I've been to some of these - excellent. highly recommended!)

New Zealand Film Archive
Level 1 - 300 K Rd
the Auckland office of the NZFA has a video collection containing about 1200 items for public viewing, a moving image exhibition space, a reference library of books and magazines, two viewing stations and Viewfinder, a continuous moving image presentation at Auckland Central Library
www.filmarchive.org.nz

Moving Image Centre and Galatos
17 Galatos St
the Moving Image Center (MIC) is a contemporary film, digital media, performance & music organisation located at Galatos Bar and Club. MIC supports innovative artist' work. for the upcoming programme please visit the website
www.galatos.co.nz

(another recommended spot for great performances!)

Ivan Anthony
Level 1 ANZ Building - 312 K Rd
representing a number of leading contemporary New Zealand artists

Michael Lett
478 K Rd
www.michaellett.com

Merge Cafe & Bar
453 K Rd
fantastic homemade food and cakes, great coffee, fully licensed. enjoy it all in our private outdoor courtyard

Starkwhite
510 K Rd
www.starkwhite.co.nz

Artstation toi tu
1 Ponsonby Rd
the Artstation Gallery is a professional space for artists to exhibit quality work which represents and engages the wider community
www.aucklandcity.govt.nz

Objectspace
8 Ponsonby Rd
Objectspace is a new and award winning centre for craft and design that puts 'objects into play' through exhibitions, publications and activities
www.objectspace.org.nz

Whitespace
12 Crummer Rd
Whitespace artists represent the diversity and cultural richness of Aotearoa. we aim to nurture and work with artists to develop their careers over many years through a vigorous exhibition program and international exhibitions
www.whitespace.co.nz

Muka
68b Ponsonby Rd
Muka's main gallery exhibits contemporary New Zealand and international art: focusing on lithographs and monotypes but also exhibiting paintings, sculpture and jewellery. Muka's special youth gallery presents lithographs by leading artists exclusively to young people (5-18 years)
www.muka.co.nz

K Road Arts Manager
the K Road Business Association has appointed Nora West to: promote the unique cultural identity of the street, foster a broad range of arts activities and map it's local vernacular expressions i.e. tattoo, graf writing, nightscaping with light, fringe theatre. artists are featured each month in the office and online
www.kroad.com

VAANA Mural Restoration
Corner of K Rd and Ponsonby Rd
painted in 1985 by a group of artists concerned with the increasing threat of nuclear war, Visual Artists Against Nuclear Arms (VAANA). the murals were a significant tool in the establishment of NZ's nuclear-arms-free policy. twenty years on, this policy remains intact and the eight founding artists have become senior practitioners in the art establishment.
www.kroad.com

(I have photos of this at http://www.flickr.com/photos/aliak_com/tags/grafitti/ if you want to see)

Art Venues & Suppliers
Artscape : 14 Gundry St : www.artscaping.co.nz
KJ Art : 501 K Rd
MAOTA Gallery : Samoa House - 283 K Rd : pacificasiagroup.com
The Canvas Company : 518 K Rd : www.thecanvascompany.co.nz
Revel Cafe : 146 K Rd

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I'd also add a couple more for music/sound art and digital arts if those are of interest to you (great discussion mail lists on those topics also):

Audio Foundation - http://www.audiofoundation.org.nz/
Aoteaora Digital Arts (ADA) - http://ada.waikato.ac.nz/

and even:
Creative NZ - Creative Communities NZ
http://www.creativenz.govt.nz/

I've been collecting similar theme links @ http://www.aliak.com/taxonomy/term/159 if you're interested (or search for New Zealand or use one of the categories on the site)

The 2005 Auckland Hip Hop Summit was held 7-8th October at Auckland's Town Hall and Aotea Square. I caught a bit of the grafitti wall being painted on Saturday afternoon, and some of the "Disrupt the Floor" breakdancing heats. The finals and MC gigs were held Saturday night but unfortunately I couldn't attend. Congratulations to the Blackout crew for winning the competition - I heard it was a great battle between Step Kingz and Blackout. Check out some of the videos of the heats via the links below - be warned, some of the files are quite large!

Save the links and open in Real Player (Windows) to stream the videos instead of downloading. I'm trying out different file formats - some are are divX AVI and the others are DivX6. Any comments welcome on which format work best on your system..

Auckland Hip Hop Summit 2005 - 09
Disrupt the Floor semi-finals
Time Bandits (Hamilton) (LHS) vs Blackout (The Mount) (RHS)
Blackout went through to the finals
(33Mb) (divx6 fomat) (00:07:29)
http://www.archive.org/download/auckland_hip_hop_summit_2005_09/auckland...

Auckland Hip Hop Summit 2005 - 08
Disrupt the Floor breakdancing comp - Popping battle
Elijah (LHS) vs Big Spell (RHS)
(33Mb) (divx6 fomat) (00:07:01)
http://www.archive.org/download/auckland_hip_hop_summit_2005_08_divx6/au...

Auckland Hip Hop Summit 2005 - 07
Disrupt the Floor breakdancing comp semi-finals
Step Kingz (Wellington) (LHS) vs Faith City Rockers (Auckland) (RHS)
Step Kingz go through to the finals
(175Mb) (avi format) (00:08:36)
http://www.archive.org/download/auckland_hip_hop_summit_2005_07/auckland...

Auckland Hip Hop Summit 2005 - 06
Disrupt the Floor breakdancing heats
Time Bandits (foreground) vs Questionable tekneek (background)
(133Mb) (AVI format) (00:08:48)
http://www.archive.org/download/auckland_hip_hop_summit_2005_06/auckland...

Auckland Hip Hop Summit 2005 - 05
Disrupt the Floor breakdancing heats
Blackout (foreground) vs Back Breakers (background)
(133Mb) (AVI format) (00:08:41)
http://www.archive.org/download/auckland_hip_hop_summit_2005_05/auckland...

Auckland Hip Hop Summit 2005 - 04
Disrupt the Floor heats
Stepkingz (Wellington) (LHS) vs Faith City Rockers (Auckland) (RHS) (part 2)
(20Mb) (avi format) (00:00:53)
http://www.archive.org/download/auckland_hip_hop_summit_2005_04/auckland...

Auckland Hip Hop Summit 2005 - 03
Disrupt the Floor heats
Stepkingz (Wellington) (LHS) vs Faith City Rockers (Auckland) (RHS) (part 1)
(23Mb) (avi format) (00:01:05)
http://www.archive.org/download/auckland_hip_hop_summit_2005_03/auckland...

Auckland Hip Hop Summit 2005 - 02
the view in Aotea Square showing grafitti wall being painted - graf characters
(9.1Mb) (avi format) (00:00:34)
http://www.archive.org/download/auckland_hip_hop_summit_2005_02/auckland...

Auckland Hip Hop Summit 2005 - 01
the view outside showing grafitti wall being painted by New Zealand artists
(2.3Mb) (avi format) (00:00:04)
http://www.archive.org/download/auckland_hip_hop_summit_2005_1-01_0-04/a...

or visit the source files via the links below:
http://www.archive.org/download/auckland_hip_hop_summit_2005_1-01_0-04
http://www.archive.org/details/auckland_hip_hop_summit_2005_0
http://www.archive.org/details/auckland_hip_hop_summit_2005_02
http://www.archive.org/details/auckland_hip_hop_summit_2005_03
http://www.archive.org/details/auckland_hip_hop_summit_2005_04
http://www.archive.org/details/auckland_hip_hop_summit_2005_05
http://www.archive.org/details/auckland_hip_hop_summit_2005_06
http://www.archive.org/details/auckland_hip_hop_summit_2005_07
http://www.archive.org/details/auckland_hip_hop_summit_2005_08_divx6
http://www.archive.org/details/auckland_hip_hop_summit_2005_09