Matariki Festival 2024
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More Matariki highlights for Aotea
Find out what's different about Matariki at Kawa Marae this year.
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Matariki ki te Manawa delights and enlightens city centre: 20-day DIARY
Biggest city centre celebration of Matariki ever seen.
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Tūrama: Kaitiaki
Don’t forget to click on the QR-codes located along Queen Street to read about the elements of Tūrama.
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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.
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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!
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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.
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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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Auckland Council announces new iwi manaaki and festival dates for Matariki Festival 2024
Te Kaunihera o Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland Council announce Ngāti Tamaoho as iwi manaaki (host iwi) for Matariki Festival for the next three years.
Events22 Results
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Te Wā - A Moment In Time – Ngā Rangatahi Toa
Through interactive installations, rangatahi explore dimensions of their tapa whā – physical and...
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Parawhenua Kōmaru Solar Tsunamis
Get hands-on with magnets, play with a plasma ball, generate your own electricity, make an aurora...
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Whai
Experience 'Whai', a new and captivating light-based artwork by artist Janine Williams.
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Mānawa Maiea a Matariki 2024
Kia ora community! Join us in celebration of Matariki throughout our various West Community Hubs...
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Taurima
Taurima, the gorgeous crochet-like neon artworks floating above Elliott Street, return for the ci...
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Tūrama
Tūrama, the hugely popular series of large-scale illuminated art installations returns to light u...
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Fred Graham Toi Whakaata / Reflections
The exhibition maps the importance of storytelling in Graham’s work at both the interpersonal and...