Matariki Festival 2025
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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.
More Matariki highlights for Aotea
Discover the highlights from Matariki at Kawa Marae this year.
Matariki ki te Manawa delights and enlightens city centre: 20-day DIARY
Biggest city centre celebration of Matariki ever seen.
Tūrama: Kaitiaki
Don’t forget to click on the QR-codes located along Queen Street to read about the elements of Tūrama.
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 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!
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 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.
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Ngā Toi o te Tāhuhu
Each work in the exhibition honours the past, embraces the present, and looks toward the future,...
Ngā Whetū o Takurua (The Stars of Winter)
This show is presented through pūrākau (traditional stories) and practical astronomy.
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.
Matariki Community Planting Day – Green Road Reserve
Join us and help create more natural habitat for our endangered native species in this precious r...
PAPA Woven Wearable Arts Showcase
At PAPA, Aucklanders will together experience performance, music, weaving, art, fashion and commu...
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...
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...
Mātahi
Visitors can enjoy these artistic displays while learning about the stories and symbolism behind...
