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Turns out the lengths we’ll go to get young people engaged in politics include hiring five comedians. And we’d do it again. 😂

One more round of applause for the absolute legends who brought the laughs to Stand Up (and Vote!)! 👏❤️

A HUGE thank you to Rhys Mathewson @rhysmathewson Hoani Hotene @hoanihotene Courtney Dawson @cdawsoxx James Mustapic @jamesmustapic and James Nokise @jamesnokise for helping make the night such a success. We love y’all!

We loved seeing a room full of young people laughing, connecting and getting enrolled. Turns out politics doesn’t always have to be so serious!

But you know what IS serious? You still one very important bit of life admin to sort out.

⏰ Just 9 DAYS left to enrol or update your details before 25 October!

🗳️ vote.nz

Don’t make us organise another entire comedy show just to remind you. Pls 😭

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𝒜𝓊𝒸𝓀𝓁𝒶𝓃𝒹’𝓈 𝒸𝓊𝓁𝓉 𝒽𝒾𝓉 𝒻𝒶𝓋𝑜𝓊𝓇𝒾𝓉𝑒 𝓈𝑒𝓁𝓁-𝑜𝓊𝓉 𝓈𝑒𝓃𝓈𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝒾𝓈 𝐵𝒜𝒞𝒦 𝐹𝒪𝑅 𝒴𝒪𝒰𝑅 SPOOKY 𝒱𝐼𝐸𝒲𝐼𝒩𝒢 𝒫𝐿𝐸𝒜𝒮𝒰𝑅𝐸.

Run by award winning actor/comedian Johanna Cosgrove (Netflix’s Madam, Rats in the Gutter) this month’s show will be hosted by Courtney Dawson (Celebrity Treasure Island, 7 Days, Have You Been Paying Attention NZ) alongside a rotating cast of the sexiest and funniest femme/nb comics Tāmaki Makaurau has to offer.

FEATURING:
@oceandenhamcomedian
@jussismith
@hayleysproull
@evis_o
@angelladravid

📍THURSDAY 29 OCTOBER
⏰ 7PM SHOW START

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AROHA-HA was an absolute hoot! 🤣

Selling out our first-ever comedy show at Kōanga Festival was pretty epic. Dame Jthan kicked off the evening with a bang 💥 and stayed serving laughs all night long, while the star-studded line-up curated by Janaye Henry had the crowd in stitches from start to finish! 👏🏽

We hope we did you proud with this one, our mate Aroha Awarau 💛

Whatta you think e te whānau?! Should we convince our Festival Director to bring AROHA-HA back for 2027? 👀🤩🙂‍↕️

📸 @ralphxbrown

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Hearts and ha’s abound last week at The Dice Show 🎲🥳 We found out all about Christmas truthers, Vanderpump Rules, beds, Vanderpump Rules, financial advice and Vanderpump Rules. Shout-out to Alex in the booth, Rebecca on the door, and the fantastic team at Whammy Bar for embracing our chaotic joy!

Please support our wonderful panel:
Courtney Dawson @cdawsoxx
Marshall Lorenzo @marshalllorenzo
Liv McKenzie @livmckenziecomedian

And our host Codeine Steven @stelyons

#DiceShowNz #TuesdaysAtWhammy #Improv #PanelShow #NzComedy

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11 days, 11 events, one heck of a festival 🔥 Pt. 2

💛🌿 Kōanga Festival 2026 brought together new works, wild performances, wānanga, comedy, music, poetry and more, celebrating the incredible creativity of Māori and Pacific artists.

💫 150+ creatives through the whare
💫 1200+ whānau at our biggest Whānau Day yet
💫 Countless moments of laughter, inspiration, connection and aroha

🙏🏽 Ngā mihi nui to our festival partners New Zealand Opera for helping us open with Tākiritia! and to Playmarket NZ for supporting our free Te Arero Toi wānanga.

🫶🏽 He mihi aroha ki ngā kaihanga auaha who shared their mahi with us: MAJIC, Jordan Fonoti-Fuimaono, Maia Amosa, Maaka Pohatu, Rehekōrero, Tūrongo Collective, Te Whānau Āio, Tūmata Kōkiri, Horomona Horo, Regan Balzer, Jeremy Mayall, Michael Moore, Raureti Ormond, Billy Reynolds McCarthy as well as all our amazing Whānau Day performers, storytellers, musicians, DJ’s and facilitators!

✨ A special mihi to our Kōanga Playwrights Ellen-Moana Smith, Poe Tiare Tararo, Roy Iro, Maioha Allen, Reon & Huia Max Rose and Parekawa Finlay. Over the past 12 years, Kōanga has now supported 51 kaituhi Māori 🤩

💅🏽 AROHA-HA, you were iconic. Ngā mihi to Janaye Henry, Kura Forrester, Courtney Dawson, Hoani Hotene, TimProvise, Jonjon Tolovae, Ama Mosese and MC Dame Jthan for bringing the laughs in honour of our mate Aroha Awarau.

💛 And to our UPU whānau, thank you for closing the festival with such heart and brilliance. A special mihi to Maiava Nathaniel Lees, who performed in UPU for the final time.

One last acknowledgement for the funders who made this possible…
🙏🏽 Creative NZ, Next Gen, NZ Lottery Grants Board, The Trusts, Skycity Auckland Community Trust, Te Mātāwai, Chisholm Charitable Trust, Auckland Council

Kōanga Festival 2026 kua ea ✨

📸 Julie Zhu, Wendy Fenwick, Jinki Cambronero & Ralph Brown

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PoPtober. Where the poppy upgrades are just a small part of making moments. Same garage. Same poppys. Just better. Comedy. Kai. Commitment.

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🚨 AUCKLAND – WHAT ARE YOU DOING THIS SUNDAY? 🚨

Stand Up (and Vote!) is THIS SUNDAY at Double Whammy – and it’s completely FREE. 🎤🗳️

We’ve got speakers including @chloe.swarbrick plus an absolutely stacked comedy lineup: Tim Batt, Hoani Hotene, Joe Daymond, Courtney Dawson and James Mustapic.

📅 Sunday 4 October
📍 Double Whammy, Karangahape Road
🚪 Doors 5pm | Show 5:30pm
🎟️ FREE – RSVP essential

Grab a mate (or three), send this to the group chat, and come along.

🔗 RSVP now – link in bio

Get enrolled. Get laughing. Get voting.

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Hilarious chaos stand up comedy panel where three daring comedians take on The Dice of Destiny (cue lightning crash! ⚡), crafting comedy on the spot in this wild, high-stakes improv stand-up show.

Starring your new favourite comedians:
🎲 Courtney Dawson (7 Days, Celebrity Treasure Island, Best Foods Gala NZICF26, Peachy Keen NZICF26)
🎲 Liv Makenzie (Literal Angel, Guy Mont Spelling Bee, 7 Days)
🎲 Marshall Lorenzo (Canada's Drag Race, Decadunce, Just For Laughs Solo Sketch Showcase 2019)
🎲 Plus host Steven Lyons (Warm up 7 Days & Taskmaster Nz, Angel At My Table (ADR), Power Rangers Dino Fury)

“I was absolutely in stitches… genuinely hilarious”.
- @inattendanceauckland

The Dice Show
Tues 29 Sept 7:30pm at Whammy Bar!
Tickets from humanitix. (Use promo code DICE241 for 50% off)

#DiceShowNz #Improv #joys #PanelShow #NzComedy TuesdaysAtWhammy

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in the scheme of my life i have to imagine that buying a film camera will prove to be one of the most financially devastating decisions a cornball like me could have made

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Stand Up (and VOTE!)
Laughs, good people and a chance to have your say!

A free night of live comedy, good company and getting election-ready. Brought to you by Stand Up, the NZCTU Te Kauae Kaimahi’s youth network.

Join us for a free comedy show featuring:
- Tim Batt
- Joe Daymond
- Hoani Hotene
- Courtney Dawson
- James Mustapic

Sunday 4 October | 5.30–7pm | Auckland
FREE

Come for the laughs. Bring your mates. And while you’re there, make sure you’re enrolled to vote.

Young workers have a lot at stake in this election, from wages and the cost of living to housing and secure work.

We’ll have voter checks and enrolment information on the night, plus opportunities to connect with other young workers and find out what Stand Up is about.

The comedy is part of a bigger night, with the Rock'en'Roll rangatahi voter enrolment gig kicking off at 7.30pm.

Come along. Have a laugh. Get enrolled. Get involved.

Free entry. RSVP now as spaces are limited. Link in bio!

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E tipu, e rea, e haere tonu ana ngā kaupapa i tēnei te wiki tuarua o Kōanga! 🌱

Stories continue to grow and unfurl as we spring into the second and final week of Kōanga Festival. This week we’ve got the whare full of kaituhi and kaiwhakaari preparing four new plays to be read for the first time publicly this weekend at SCRIPTS & SIPS. Check out the line-up of incredible actors bringing these scripts to life and come along to our special brunch play-readings where you’ll get a treat and drink on entry 🥐🥂

In the evenings we’ve got comedy night AROHA-HA (sold out already!) and queer rugby musical GRASS ROOTS (selling fast!) as well as I WAS BORN TO SPEAK by @billy.rmc and WAI TAWHITO by @turongo_collective which you can see as a double bill on Fri and Sat this week. Then to close off the festival, we’re excited to present UPU, fresh from their tour to Te Whenua Moemoeā 🌀✨

Only a few more days to experience the magic of Kōanga and our Indigenous storytellers, nau mai e hoa mā! 💛

More info and tīkiti at koangafestival.nz 🎟️

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E te whānau, Kōanga Festival opens this week! 📢💛

Here’s an overview of what we’ve got in the whare for you over the next two weeks 🫶🏽

This week we have our festival opening event TĀKIRITIA! on Thursday, a night of opera, waiata, and prose, followed by WHĀNAU DAY on Saturday, full of free storytelling, kapa haka, market stalls, and workshops for all ages, and on Sunday we have the healing and restorative IHIRANGARANGA where taonga puoro meets live painting and kōrero 🌬️🌀

Next week is jam-packed with shows too and we’ve managed to squeeze a few more tūru in for the previously sold out AROHA-HA so a handful of tickets have just been released — but you better be quick e hoa mā! 🎤✨

More info via link in bio or visit koangafestival.nz 🌱

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