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  • Matariki Mākete

    Thursday 19 - Saturday 21 June 2025

    Join us for a magical evening under the stars as we come together to celebrate Matariki, the Māori New Year! ✨

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  • Pepe

    Tuesday 10 - Sunday 22 June 2025

    In this multi-award-winning collaboration presented by Good Company Arts, we are acquainted with a solo traveller who signifies both the male and female aspects of Hineraukatauri.

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  • Poetry with Pūoro - Matariki Edition

    Sunday 15 June 2025
    From: $15.00

    Get cosy by the fire and listen to some star-filled poetry by Ōtautahi-based creatives, their words woven with the mesmerising sounds of taonga puoro. Featuring Isla Huia (Te Āti Haunui a-Pāpārangi, Uenuku), Josiah Morgan (Kāi Tahu, Ngāti Maniapoto), Danielle O'Halloran (Ōtautahi-born Samoan (Malie, Mulifanua) and Pākehā (Irish/English)), and Ariana Tikao (Kāi Tahu).

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  • Pōhutukawa

    Tuesday 10 - Saturday 21 June 2025

    Te Whare Tapere presents Pōhutukawa, a Matariki exhibition honouring those we’ve lost, those who remember and the natural world from which we all come and return to.

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  • Songs of My Garage Party

    Saturday 14 June 2025
    From: $25.00

    Henare “H” Kaa presents Songs of My Garage Party – a show built on story and song, inspired by the legendary garage parties that so many of us Kiwi millennials grew up with in Aotearoa.

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  • Taonga Pūoro with Mahina - Porotiti Making

    Sunday 8 June 2025
    $25.00

    Porotiti are small discs with a looped cord, which are spun and create special rhythms as they wind and unwind. They are also used as healing aids. Their ultrasonic sounds and vibrations are said to clear infants’ sinuses and aid with arthritis. Learn about porotiti and decorate your own to take home. Mahina-Ina Kingi-Kaui. Caregivers welcome and recommended to stay.

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  • The Changing Universe

    Monday 9 June 2025

    Each night new stars in distant galaxies flash into existence before fading away to never be seen again. Every flash marks a colossal explosion created by dying stars, and by objects at the limits of our understanding such as black holes. Join us as we explore the different explosions we find out in the Universe and what we expect to find with telescopes on the ground and in space.

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  • Tī Rākau and Poi Workshop for Kids

    Sunday 8 June 2025
    $15.00

    A workshop for 5-9 year olds where they will learn some Tī Rākau actions and a Poi waiata, decorate their own pair of Tī Rākau to take home, and then present a short concert for whānau, to finish.

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  • Waiata Mai with Lisa Tui Aroha and Michelle Mahanga

    Saturday 7 June 2025
    From: $60.00

    Join Lisa Tui Aroha and Michelle Mahanga for a day of singing and music making.

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  • Whetū Harakeke Sessions with Kahu Collective

    Sunday 15 June 2025
    $5.00

    This is a fun hands-on activity for the tamariki to celebrate Matariki. Join Lisa Harding from the Kahu Collective in the Great Hall to learn about ways of working with harakeke (flax) to create a whetū (star) for Matariki.

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