Latest Events in Auckland(March Updated)

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Safety in Numbers: Colin McCahon’s Dark Equations draws from Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki’s extensive holdings to explore a selection of the artist’s mysterious number paintings made between 1975 and 1976. Numbers first surfaced in McCahon’s work in the late 1950s and would become the primary subject of his art by the mid-1970s in the Teaching aids, Clouds, Noughts and crosses, and Rocks in the sky series. Within these works, Arabic and Roman numerals hover in darkness, appear at once tabulated and like geological strata, or recall complex mathematical equations on a school blackboard. The number paintings also refer to The Stations of the Cross, and communicate themes of life and death, as well as redemption and salvation. Safety in Numbers presents a puzzling yet visually unified chapter of the artist’s practice. While the stark block printing may appear straightforward, the works provide a profound reflection on art’s ability to communicate existential concerns, drawing viewers into a dialogue with McCahon’s coded symbolism. Beyond this, the exhibition also prompts a questioning of art’s role as a space for teaching and learning, and the challenges that come with interpretation.

The Pacific Islanders Festival returns to West Spa Park on March 14th and 15th, 2026, celebrating everything Pacific Island. This iconic festival will feature eight villages showcasing the best of 11 Pacific Island nations, including world-class traditional and modern performances, food, and more. Enjoy spectacular performances on eight stages throughout the Pacific Islanders Festival. Talented performers from across the Pacific will bring you immersive new music, along with all the most popular classic songs to get you singing and dancing. Explore, taste, and buy from over 100 delicious local food and independent handicraft stalls at the Pacific Islanders Festival. From Maori traditional dishes like "otai" to Maori traditional stove cooking "Hāngī," find your favorite foods and purchase traditional souvenirs while relaxing amidst the captivating stage performances.

The New Zealand Sea Festival will run for the third time from February 28 to March 15, 2026. The Auckland Sea Festival will feature a unique series of events showcasing the spirit of summer, the power of the sea, and the cultural pulse of Auckland. In addition to popular events such as the Z Manu World Championship and the Auckland Yacht Show, the 2026 festival will also launch exciting New Zealand firsts, blending food, culture, and entertainment to create a unique summer experience for everyone.

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Jenny Holzer’s text works, called Truisms, were first executed as pithy and sometimes provocative slogans on the streets of New York in the late 1970s and early 1980s as stickers, t-shirts and posters, with the intention of taking art out of the museum and into public life. Holzer quickly converted these statements to the media of advertising and public communication with a series of pivotal LED signs, most famously in New York’s Times Square. Holzer’s use of electronic technology is, she says, motivated by ‘needing to be where people look’. Hanging suspended from the ceiling of the Gallery’s South Atrium, in STATEMENT – Truisms +, 2015 iconic statements like ‘ABUSE OF POWER COMES AS NO SURPRISE’ and ‘ENSURE THAT YOUR LIFE STAYS IN FLUX’ cascade and flash in speech-like pulsating rhythms and rainbow spectrums of colour, seemingly with a life of their own.

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