Kawhe Kōrero – Whakapuāwai Programme

Opportunities for development and connection for the Māori performing arts community.

Sub-a-Thon

Uplifting new play gives voice to
prisoner’s perspective on the Treaty

Kōanga Festival 2025: Playwrights Programme Tono

Kōanga Festival Playwrights Programme Subs are open until 25 Feb – tono mai!

Theatre Foundations Workshop – Whakapuāwai Programme

Opportunities for development and connection for the Māori performing arts community.

A Niu Dawn

A fun filled day for the whole whānau!

TE MANU WAIATA | THE SONGBIRD

She is Kōpū i te ao, Parearau i te pō and if her teke could talk it would sound like this…

ration the Queen’s veges

Uplifting new play gives voice to
prisoner’s perspective on the Treaty

KŌPŪ

She is Kōpū i te ao, Parearau i te pō and if her teke could talk it would sound like this…

Raru e Maruakaītā

A traditional Cook Island fable following a brother and a sister who are caught in a celestrial struggle

Unitec Dance SHOWCASE 2024

Two new works choreographed by Sarah Foster Sproull and Eddie Elliott at Te Pou.

Timberrr…!

A physical comedy featuring horse riding, competitive wood chopping, a town dance, two world wars and tons of heart!

My Mothers

In this solo show, actor Levon James-Rawiri performs a devised theatre play My Mothers.
The show is about the wahine who have impacted his life and helped shape who he is today.

The Visitors | Indigenous Exchange Play Reading | Kōanga Festival 2024

Award winning Australian play The Visitors by Jane Harrison, workshopped and read by Māori creatives in a Our Stories Your People exchange with Moogahlin Performing Arts.

Fusion Concept New Zealand Qualifier 2024

Fusion Concept dance battle draws elite freestyle dancers worldwide for a renowned annual competition. This is Aotearoa’s second opportunity to compete with the best.

Te Arero Toi | Kōanga Festival 2024

A Free Te Reo Māori playwrighting Wānanga with leading playwrights.

Tōiri | Kōanga Festival 2024

An evening of Te Reo Māori Opera, kia tōiri anō ai te reo, hosted by Kawiti Waetford. Presented in partnership with New Zealand Opera at Kōanga Festival 2024.

Ngā Rorirori | Kōanga Festival 2024

A comical foray into one whānau’s relationship with their whenua, and their quest to turn their coastline into a cash cow. Kōanga Festival 2024.

Whānau Day 2024 | Kōanga Festival 2024

A fun filled day for the whole whānau!

Kōanga Play Readings | Pōmere | Tawhi Thomas & Tūī Matelau

Celebrate the development of new works by Māori playwrights Tawhi Thomas & Tūī Matelau at Kōanga Festival 2024.

Kōanga Play Readings | Pōhoroi | Turene Jones & Rainton Oneroa

Celebrate the development of new works by Turene Jones & Rainton Oneroa at Kōanga Festival 2024.