Events

Upper Hutt City Council is now accepting applications from local event organisers to support a range of diverse events in the city.

The Napier Art Deco Trust is gearing up for a special Winter Deco festival in July.

The Auckland Writers Festival has attracted 60,000 attendees and 180 writers at its event in May.

The Mackenzie Regional Events Fund has now opened for applications.

The Tauranga Western Bay Community Event Fund has received an additional boost, bringing the total 2023/24 grant pool to $900,000.

New Plymouth District Council’s Community Events Grant has delivered a $12,000 boost for the Waitara Night Markets.

Queenstown Airport is getting behind a new pilot project to make the LUMA Southern Light Project more accessible.

The Ticker talks to Karen Hamilton, New Zealand director of events firm ICMS Australasia.

The 2022/2023 TSB Festival of Lights delivered an $8.3m injection into Taranaki’s economy over summer.

The Auckland Home Show attracted tens of thousands of visitors and more than 300 exhibitors at its first show in three years.

Techweek is returning to regions around New Zealand this May to showcase homegrown innovation and technology.

Auckland Showgrounds will host around 40,000 visitors for this year’s winter Home Show in April.

Armageddon Expo is introducing a new talent quest event in Auckland, to be held in conjunction with its annual expo in the city.

The Queenstown Lakes District Council’s contestable annual events fund is now open to organisers.

A new business events advocate programme called Tūwhana has launched in Ōtautahi Christchurch, with the city’s mayor, Phil Mauger, the patron of the initiative.

An estimated 120,000 visited Wellington’s CubaDupa festival over the weekend, an audience on par with similar crowds seen at the event in 2021.

The three top major events between September and January attracted 90,000 Aucklanders and 39,000 domestic and international visitors.

NZEA says extreme weather caused hundreds of North Island events to be cancelled with some organisers suffering losses of up to $2m.

More than 14,000 ticket holders over two days are expected at the New Zealand Sail Grand Prix at Lyttelton near Christchurch this weekend.

The Northland Regional Events Fund will distribute almost $400,000 to 14 local events this year.

The Auckland Matariki Festival 2023, Doc Edge Life Unscripted Festival 2024, and Masterton’s Golden Shears 2024 event have been named recipients of the government’s Creative and Cultural Events Incubator funding.

More than 44,000 people attended the 86th Wānaka A&P Show on Friday and Saturday after a two-year hiatus, injecting more than $28m into the local economy.

The Wānaka A&P Show will donate $1 from every ticket sold to farming communities affected by Cyclone Gabrielle.

Ringa Hora Workforce Development Council is hosting a travel and tourism hui this month to better understand current and future workforce requirements in the services sector.

The biggest mountain bike stage race in New Zealand is being held across 200 kilometres of the North Island’s geothermal regions in Rotorua, Taupō and Tokoroa.

Kāpiti Coast District Council’s Major Events Fund is now open to applications for events planned between 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024.

Hamilton City Council’s major events fund is offering a pool of almost $430,000 for events that can attract a significant number of visitors to Hamilton and have high profile coverage.

The iconic IRONMAN event is returning to Taupō on Saturday.

New Zealand’s archaeological history and knowledge will come to life in April with a series of events, talks, heritage walks, workshops, special exhibitions and community days.

The Rodger Fox Big Band will play three shows in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch to raise money for the Hawke’s Bay Disaster Relief Fund and the Hawke’s Bay Jazz Club.

Music superstars Cyndi Lauper and Rod Stewart have added a show at Auckland’s Spark Arena this April.

More than 10,000 people are descending on Tapapakanga Regional Park near Auckland for the return of Splore Festival.

The Hamilton Arts Festival Toi Ora ki Kirikiriroa has returned to the city once again.

Fiordland and Southland are welcoming competitors for GODZONE Adventure Race, slated to begin tomorrow.

Waka Kotahi has postponed the Walk It. Wheel It. events across the Auckland Harbour Bridge next month to ensure all resources can focus on the recovery from Cyclone Gabrielle.

Ngā Ana Wai Eden Park will welcome more than 120 performers and many more visitors as the Te Matatini kapa haka festival begins tomorrow.

More than 500 competitors are expected to descend on Picton this weekend for the Summer Challenge Adventure Race.

Wings Over Wairarapa has been postponed due to the impact of Cyclone Gabrielle.

The Far North Rally scheduled for 27 May this year has been postponed until 2024.

The Napier 2023 Art Deco Festival has been cancelled due to the impact of Cyclone Gabrielle on the battered Hawke’s Bay.

Visa Wellington on a Plate is bringing nine internationally-renowned chefs to iconic wellington venues from 5-21 May.

Women in Events is seeking applications for its 2023 Mentor programme.

About 15,000 people are expected to venture into Wellington’s Waitangi Park for the annual Pasifika Festival on Sunday.

The annual Big Gay Out festival has been postponed this year due to damage and ground moisture at Auckland’s Coyle Park.

Flavours Bay of Plenty Festival is returning to Tauranga in March 2023.

The 2023 Auckland Lantern Festival has been cancelled for the fourth year in a row due to the region’s severe weather.

The inaugural Roam Central wine and food celebration has been hailed a success after it attracted more than 1,500 people to venues across Otago and Southern Lakes.

A raft of events have been cancelled in the wake of Friday’s flooding and the ongoing poor weather in Auckland and across the North Island.

The capital is lined up for more than 33,000 visitors to hit town for Waitangi weekend – part of a crowd of more than 50,000 set to head to events in the Wellington from Thursday.

Around 40,000 reggae lovers are expected to attend a major music festival in Tauranga this weekend.