November 26, 2025 | Paakiwaha
This year’s Kōanga Festival is set to light up Tāmaki Makaurau with the premiere of WET, directed by acclaimed Māori theatre-maker Amber Curreen (Ngāpuhi, Te Roroa, Te Rarawa).
September 9, 2025 | Paakiwaha
Rutene Spooner is opening Kōanga Festival with Hardcase Hori Housie on 12 September, and bringing Pīpī Paopao to We The Young festival on 27 & 28 September.
September 18, 2024 | Paakiwaha
Hone Kouka’s show Ngā Rorirori opens at the Kōanga Festival this week – the comical story of one whānau’s relationship […]
September 11, 2024 | Paakiwaha
NZ Opera singer Kawiti Waetford is leading the performance at the Koanga Festival, called Toiri, Opera in Maori. - an hour-long concert celebrating the beauty of te reo Māori through opera, marking the beginning of Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori. This unique event, presented in partnership between Te Pou Theatre and New Zealand Opera, will showcase a stunning fusion of operatic songs and waiata Māori, all performed in te reo Māori.
September 29, 2022 | News
Two new Māori plays will have their first public readings at Auckland's Basement Theatre from tomorrow as part of Te Pou Theatre’s annual Kōanga Festival.
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