What's on in New Zealand

Pasifika

Pasifika Festival

Auckland boasts the world's largest Polynesian population, and celebrates the art, culture and lifestyle of this vibrant native community with the annual Pasifika Festival. The festival opens on Friday evening with a concert showcasing talented Polynesian music artists. On Saturday the entertainment continues with...  see full details



New Zealand Fashion Week

New Zealand Fashion Week

International fashion buyers and writers descend on Auckland during October each year to celebrate in grand style the unique indigenous-inspired collections of New Zealand’s talented designers. About 50 designers show their collections at this major event. Some shows are open to the general public,...  see full details



Lantern in Albert Park, Auckland

Auckland Lantern Festival

To end the Chinese New Year celebrations, the annual Lantern Festival is one of the city's most popular events. Thousands of people flock to the park to enjoy the spectacle of hundreds of glowing lanterns, as well as a variety of performances, fireworks, crafts...  see full details



Stargazer lily at the Ellerslie Flower Show

Ellerslie Flower Show

New Zealand's answer to the famous Chelsea Flower Show in the U.K. saw over 65,000 attendants during 2007 in Auckland and has been increasing in popularity since 1994 when it was first held in Ellerslie. The show is filled with multitudes of the...  see full details



Matt Bellamy from Muse

Auckland's Big Day Out

The New Zealand leg of the popular Australian summer tours brings the biggest names in popular world music to Auckland for a day of hard rocking and dancing till the sun goes down. ...  see full details



Comedian performs

NZ International Comedy Festival

Some of the best and brightest comedians from the International circuit join some of New Zealand's top acts for over three weeks of comedy madness. ...  see full details



Toast Martinborough

New Zealand's premier food, wine and music festival, Toast Martinborough is a fun event allowing visitors to sample the latest vintages produced by the top wineries in New Zealand, mostly located in the Martinborough region, accompanied by food from some of Wellington's most well-known...  see full details



Pohutukawa Dive Festival

Celebrating the fantastic scuba diving in New Zealand, the Pohutukawa Dive Festival is held over a weekend in November in the Coromandel, and includes many events and activities both in the water and on land. Non-divers will enjoy craft fairs, food and wine tastings,...  see full details



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