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Enjoy a lineup of music performances, culture, kai and fun activations at Matariki Festival’s closing concert 🎤🎶

Anei tō tohu kia haere ki Te Korakora ki Waihorotiu. This is your sign to go to Te Korakora ki Waihorotiu.

📅 Sat 18 Jul
🕰️ 2 - 7PM
📍 Shed 10, Queens Wharf
🎟️ FREE taken in Shed 10 by @nzdanceco

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One for the whole whānau 🖤

@nzdanceco’s lunchtime Matariki for Tamariki performance on Wednesday brought storytelling, music and dance to Takutai Square, exploring the nine whetū of the constellation and the stories they carry.

A little bit of Matariki magic during the school holidays ⭐️

🏷️ Sean MacDonald
📷 @jinkic

#Britomart #MatarikiForTamariki #NZDC #LunchtimePerformance #SchoolHolidays taken in Takutai Square by @nzdanceco

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We’re bringing the bright and joyful spirit of Matariki to the Auckland Museum this week, and the NZDC dancers are so excited to celebrate this beautiful season with you all.

Bring the whole whānau — let’s all kanikani together. ✨

📍 Te Ao Mārama South Atrium – Auckland Museum
🗓️ Fri 10, Sat 11 & Sun 12 Jul
🕚 11am & 1pm
🎟️ FREE taken in Auckland Museum by @nzdanceco

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A perfect school holiday activity that’s just as entertaining for adults ✨🪩

Tomorrow at lunchtime, @nzdanceco brings a free performance to Takutai Square by dancer and choreographer Sean MacDonald (Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Raukawa).

Matariki for Tamariki follows the journey of a group of friends throughout Aotearoa during the Matariki season, an annual custom that honours ongoing relationships to place and each other.

DJ @rainkatayanagi will play before and after the performance, and @mamashangi will be serving hāngī 🎧🍲

🗓️ Wednesday 15 July, 12.15pm
📍 Takutai Square
🎥 Footage and cover image via @nzdanceco
🎵 Song credits: The Return to Voyaging by Mark Mancina and Opetaia Foa’i (used for this video only, not part of the live performance).

#Britomart #Matariki #SchoolHolidayActivity #WhatsOnAuckland #FreeEvent taken in Takutai Square by @nzdanceco

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Mānawatia a Matariki ✨

What a year it’s been already.

From sharing Matariki for Tamariki with tamariki and whānau across the motu, to performing Gloria – A Triple Bill, presenting at ISPA Singapore, developing new work through Āhua, and collaborating with the Royal New Zealand Ballet on
Home, Land and Sea—we’re incredibly grateful for the people and partnerships that continue to make this work possible.

Swipe through for some of our 2026 highlights.

📖 Read our full mid-year update via the link in our bio.

Ngā mihi nui to our funders, partners, artists and supporters. ❤️

#NZDanceCompany #NZDC #Matariki #ContemporaryDance #Aotearoa #Dance #CreativeNZ by @nzdanceco

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Magic tricks, Moa legs, and a whole bunch of mischievous antics are all jam-packed into Sean Macdonald’s Matariki for Tamariki — a show truly for the whole whānau!

Our next stop on tour is Kerikeri, and we can’t wait to bring this epic show to you all.

Matariki for Tamariki
📍 Turner Centre, Kerikeri
🗓 Sunday 21 June, 3pm
🎟 Choose What You Pay taken in Wellesley Studios by @nzdanceco

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This week marks the beginning of our Tāmaki Tour, where we’ll bring Sean Macdonald’s Matariki for Tamariki to schools across Tāmaki Makaurau, with special performances in Tauranga, Kerikeri, and the Auckland Museum ✨

For the past two weeks, we’ve been remounting this magical work with Sean in the studio, and we feel honoured to bring it back for its sixth iteration

The studio has been filled with the spirit of Matariki, and we can’t wait to share it with audiences around Aotearoa ✨ taken in Wellesley Studios by @nzdanceco

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A massive thank you to @nzdanceco for spending this week with our contemporary dance students.

They’ve been working on something special for this year’s Performance Season, and we’re so proud of everything they achieved this week.

#nzdance #contemporarydance #nzarts taken in Te Whaea—National Dance & Drama Centre by @nzdanceco

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Here are some beautiful images from last week during Anya’s awesome process 🌳

Āhua has been an incredible opportunity for the company dancers to develop their choreographic voices and explore their unique ways of leading space.

We are incredibly proud — congratulations to ‘Isope, Caterina, Eden and Anya on an amazing four weeks! taken in Wellesley Studios by @nzdanceco

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Our final week of Āhua concluded with a joyful process led by Anya 🌳

Her piece was inspired by ideas of dreams, nostalgia, childhood games, and commercial dance. She describes it as a coming-of-age work.

Anya wanted both the process and the final piece to feel playful and joyous for the dancers and the audience — and we definitely think she achieved that!

Ngā mihi, Anya! taken in Wellesley Studios by @nzdanceco

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A look back at last week’s beautiful moments from Eden’s development for Āhua.

This week, Anya has begun her process, exploring themes of dreams, nostalgia, and childhood memories. It’s been a joyful start and we cant wait to share some footage and images with you all soon👀

Photography - John McDermott taken in Wellesley Studios by @nzdanceco

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Eden wrapped up Week 3 of Āhua with a powerful investigative process, diving into themes of grief and numbness.

Structured as four chapters of the same story 🌳

1. Point of Grief
Is the moment that grief is felt, the start of isolation from all the joy and life nearby that doesn’t reach you and just passes by.

2. Chaos & Denial
Explores the physical effort to deny and reject what you feel in an attempt to protect yourself.

3. Numbing
Is about expressing your emotions then shutting them off, creating a mask and training yourself to be numb.

4. Numbness
Explores a detachment from feeling and a descent into dysfunction without letting the mask slip.

Congratulations Eden on your amazing mahi ☀️ taken in Wellesley Studios by @nzdanceco

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