WHAT TO EXPECT
10am–5pm
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Hono mai ki Te Hui Ahurei o Matariki ki Toi o Tāmaki! He hui utukore, ā-whānau hoki, e whakanui ana i te hapori, te ngahau me te auahatanga.
Whai wāhi ki ngā mahi toi kua whakaaweawetia e ngā wai o Aotearoa.
Mātaki i ngā mahi kapa haka, ā, ako mō ngā taonga Māori me tō tātou hononga ki te wai mā ngā haerenga tāpoi me ngā wānanga.
Haere i te ara o Waihorotiu, te awa i whakairo i te riu e mōhiotia ana ko Queen Street, ā, mā roto i te wai ka kite i ngā hononga ki te whenua.
Hono mai ki te whakanui i te tau hou Māori!
Join us for the Matariki Festival at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki! This free, family-friendly event celebrates community, fun and creativity. Engage in art-making activities inspired by the beautiful wai (waters) of Aotearoa. Enjoy kapa haka performances and deepen your knowledge of taonga Māori (treasures) and our connection to water through insightful tours and talks. Explore the path of Waihorotiu, the stream that carved the valley we now call Queen Street, and discover how wai has shaped our sense of place. Celebrate the start of the Māori New Year with us!
- Date
- Location
- Entire gallery
- Cost
- KOREUTU (Free)
Wāhi auaha – awheawhe toro noa
Creative space - Drop-in workshops
Te Ātea I North Atrium
10am–5pm
Whakanuia te kaupapa o Te Hui Ahurei o Matariki 2025 – Matariki ki te Wai – mā te whai i te ia o ngā moana me ngā awa mā roto i ngā mahi auaha utukore. Rarangahia he kete, waihangatia rānei he momo tārai takutai. Ako i ngā momo here me te mātakitaki i ngā tauira e whakairo hoe ana. Tuhia ō moemoeā, ā, waihangatia he tukutuku mō tō tau aroha.
He utukore ngā mahi katoa.
Celebrate the theme of the 2025 Matariki Festival – Matariki ki te Wai – by embracing the rhythms of our oceans and rivers in a range of free, creative activities. Make a kete or coastal sculptural form, learn the art of lashing (knot tying) and watch tauira (students) carve hoe. Write down your moemoeā (dreams and aspirations) to tie to the taniwha and weave a tukutuku panel that says something about someone you love. You will also encounter sculptural forms created by ringatoi (artist) Tonina Ngātai, which you are invited to pick up and move to another part of the space, transforming it into a shifting landscape that ebbs and flows like a body of water.
Tamariki me ngā Whānau
Kids and Whānau
Connect with paintings of tūpuna Māori (ancestors) through craft. Weave a tukutuku panel that says something about someone you love, yourself or your hopes for the year ahead. Grab a Kids & Whānau activity booklet and set off on an exciting journey to find the nine whetū (stars) in the Matariki cluster. They are hiding in their favourite artworks!
All activities are free. Click through to find out more.
