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Matariki Festival 2025

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Matariki 20 May 2025

Matariki Festival’s 2025 programme launches

Matariki Festival is a celebration of the Māori New Year for all to enjoy. This year it spans five weeks from 7 June to 13 July.

Matariki 19 Jul 2024

More Matariki highlights for Aotea

Discover the highlights from Matariki at Kawa Marae this year.

Matariki 18 Jun 2024

Matariki ki te Manawa delights and enlightens city centre: 20-day DIARY

Biggest city centre celebration of Matariki ever seen.

Matariki 7 Jun 2024

Tūrama: Kaitiaki

Don’t forget to click on the QR-codes located along Queen Street to read about the elements of Tūrama.

Matariki 24 May 2024

Matariki Festival Week One Highlights (15 - 21 June)

Te Kaunihera o Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland Council and iwi partner Ngāti Tamaoho present Matariki Festival, from 15 – 30 June, 2024.

Matariki 24 May 2024

Matariki Festival Week Two Highlights (22 - 30 June)

Chosen from over 90 events, here are highlights from the festival’s second week and closing weekend, 24 – 30 June. Mānawatia a Matariki!

Matariki 24 May 2024

Auckland Council and Ngāti Tamaoho reveal Matariki Festival 2024 line-up

The 16 day-long festival offers a programme of over 90 whānau-friendly events throughout Tāmaki Makaurau.

Matariki 19 Apr 2024

Matariki Festival comes back to Arataki

After a year’s hiatus, the much-loved Matariki Festival will light up the winter at Arataki Visitor Centre again in June, thanks to the funding support from Waitākere Ranges Local Board.

Events109 Results

24 May 2025 - 05 Jul 2025

Ngā Toi o te Tāhuhu

Each work in the exhibition honours the past, embraces the present, and looks toward the future,...

27 May 2025 - 24 Jun 2025

Ngā Whetū o Takurua (The Stars of Winter)

This show is presented through pūrākau (traditional stories) and practical astronomy.

27 May 2025 - 13 Jul 2025

Ngā Whetū o Te Tau Hou / The Stars of the New Year

Join us for a live, presenter-led Matariki kōrero under the Planetarium stars.

07 Jun 2025

Matariki Community Planting Day – Green Road Reserve

Join us and help create more natural habitat for our endangered native species in this precious r...

07 Jun 2025

PAPA Woven Wearable Arts Showcase

At PAPA, Aucklanders will together experience performance, music, weaving, art, fashion and commu...

07 Jun 2025 - 13 Jun 2025

Toi ki te Pāka 2025 (Art in the Park)

Experience Toi ki te Pāka, an art exhibition created by West Auckland kura alongside Te Kawerau ā...

07 Jun 2025 - 29 Jun 2025

Explore & Create at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki

Weave a tukutuku panel that says something about someone you love, yourself or your hopes for the...

07 Jun 2025 - 13 Jul 2025

Mātahi

Visitors can enjoy these artistic displays while learning about the stories and symbolism behind...