THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE! Arts Pasifika Awards nominations close next Monday 28 June at 1pm! There’ll be no extension, so be sure to get your nominations in asap! Check out our website for more info: ow.ly/xyHJ50Fd7Ut 📸: 2020 Pacific Toa co-recipient Pelenakeke Brown

Te Rongomaiwhiti at Kia Mau Festival brought te reo Māori, kapa haka and tikanga Māori to the stage. Ani-Piki Tuari reviews in te reo Māori. Four mokopuna descended from four Atua Māori are sent to the sacred school of learning – ‘Te Wānanga o ngā Atua.’ pantograph-punch.com/posts/te-kauha…

Do you want to be paid to learn? YES! You read that right. We invite Expressions of Interest to attend our inaugural Production Skills Course to be held at Te Auaha , Te Whanganui-a-Tara; Wellington in late July. More here: thebigidea.nz/work/233699-ki…

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Under the marama of Tangaroa-a-mua we harness the positivity and the energy to present to you our first programme drop for Kia Mau Festival 2023. Peep our 🔥 new colourways whānau 👀 Nau mai: kiamaufestival.org Music: Antique Ivory by Karnan Saba

Nau mai, hoki mai ki a Kia Mau! 👀 the first drop of artists in KMF 2023 + our 🔥 new colours! More Here - mailchi.mp/kiamaufestival…

D R O P #2 K M F ki B A T S Our artists are taking over BATS Theatre 02 - 17 June 2023. We have curated a hapū of artists bringing kōrero + whakaaro from their communities to bounce off and tautoko one another's works. Nau mai - mailchi.mp/kiamaufestival…

One of the world’s best contemporary indigenous arts festivals, Kia Mau Festival returns this June for 2 weeks 💃 Expect powerful theatre, a hip-hop musical, traditional dance made contemporary, live music, and visual arts from Aotearoa's best creatives! wellingtonnz.com/experience/eve…

Do you know about the day in 1979 when a group of students rehearsing a mock haka were confronted by He Taua activists? One of Kia Mau Festival's must-see shows, The Haka Party Incident is resurrecting the events of the day in live theatre on 15 June. wellingtonnz.com/experience/eve…

Chill in the coolest capital this winter 😎 Wellington is inviting you for a glass at Winetopia 🍷, showing off Māori, Pasifika and indigenous theatre and art at Kia Mau Festival🎭, and taking you to Isla Nublar at Jurassic World by The Brickman 🦖 stuff.co.nz/travel/destina…

Long weekend listening ahead on Wellington Access Radio 106.1FM from 5pm. Kia Mau Festival and Doc Edge - Life Unscripted interviews on the way. 📻 106.1FM 🎧 accessradio.org.Nz

Over the weekend we had a beautiful opening. Thank you to everyone who came. For the first full week of festival activity we invite you to come along and tautoko our artists bringing their incredible mahi toi to Te Upoko-o-te-ika-a-Māui. - mailchi.mp/kiamaufestival…

Tonight! kiamaufestival.org/events/esc-ama…

Kia Mau Festival has enchanted Wellington with a showcase of the best Māori, Pasifika, and indigenous arts in all forms 😍 But their biggest production, 'Avaiki Nui Social - A Night of Cook Islands' String Bands, is yet to come this Saturday, 10 June! rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-k…

Kia Mau Festival has brought the warmest vibes to winter Welly, and the show will go on until 17 June 💃 Find out how an indigenous arts festival has grown to rival the biggest urban arts festivals in Aotearoa since its start in 2015 👇 thespinoff.co.nz/pop-culture/07…

The World's First Lovers nā Jessica Latton is hitting Te Whanganui-a-Tara THIS WEEK as part of Kia Mau Festival! An incred chance for Te Ika-a-Māui peeps to get some Kāi Tahu theatre in ya, read up Mya Morrison-Middleton's review if you're intrigued: pantograph-punch.com/posts/the-worl…

Kia Mau Festival Show info & tix here: kiamaufestival.org/events/the-wor…

Your Chance to Join Kia Mau Festival's Team 🌕 - mailchi.mp/kiamaufestival…

Restocked + Ready to Rep Kia Mau Festival 2025 🌘 - mailchi.mp/kiamaufestival…

Kia Mau Festival 2025 AGM 🌖 - mailchi.mp/57d7e713fd29/2…