Matariki Festival 2024
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Matariki celebrated with waka ama challenge
A waka ama competition took place in Okahu Bay to bring in the Māori new year.
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Celebrate Matariki at home with a traditional Hau Tapu / sacred offering ceremony
As the Matariki stars make their first appearance, celebrate Matariki with Te Kaunihera o Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland Council and iwi partner Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei.
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Matariki Week One Highlights
Prepare for a world of Matariki wonder from 11 – 22 July with Matariki Festival.
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Tūrama lights up Queen Street : 11 July to 20 August
Tūrama, an award-winning series of light installations celebrating Matariki, is set to light up Queen Street for a second year.
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Matariki ki te Manawa 2023 – city centre highlights
From 11 to 22 July, Matariki Festival will fill Tāmaki Makaurau with learning experiences, lighting splendour, storytelling, kōrero, music, art and much more.
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Matariki Week Two Highlights
As we celebrate our world, our people and our home this Matariki season, there are plenty of Matariki Festival events for whānau to enjoy.
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Kua tū anō te Taiopenga mō Matariki ki Tāmaki Makaurau i te tau 2023
Matariki Festival returns to Tāmaki Makaurau for 2023.
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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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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...
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Rehutai
Shannon Te Ao, Arapeta Hakura, and Ngahuia Harrison are three artists from Aotearoa invited to ma...