Sun13 Mar 10am - 4pm
Festival Garden, Aotea Square & Aotea Centre
Family Day
Sunday 13 March
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Experience great live performances, workshops, free music and craft activities to
entertain the entire family. Grab your kids, grab some friends,
start planning for some fun and prepare to be excited!
FREE FESTIVAL GARDEN PARTY
The free Festival Garden Party celebrates the next
generation of Kiwi talent with free music and fun activites for the
families.
I'm Just Saying
A work by John Reynolds and you...
In the age of mass communication, and with a young generation
increasingly technologically involved, everything is news.
Combining this willingness to share information with forms of
physical action such as the protest march, I'm Just Saying
is like a Facebook status update page taken out of the virtual
realm and into the streets. Inviting kids of all ages to
share their ideas on placards and banners, I'm Just Saying
will be a wonderful absurdist action, a debate with no moot, a
protest with too many messages. Reynolds has long been
exploring the intersection between texts, utterances, humour and
(mis)communication through drawing, paint and performance.
I'm Just Saying summons ideas and text into space in a
clamorous artwork to engage the young people of today.
So…
Come one, come all! Make art not war!
Kids of all ages, it is time to make yourselves heard as part of
a new and special mobile artwork.
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What matters to you? What does the world need to know? What is
important in your world today? Join celebrated New Zealand artist
John Reynolds and help create an artwork inspired by the power of
Twitter and protest banners. Share your thoughts and opinions in
the streets and squares of our BIG little city.
Drop in to make your placard
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10am - 4pm |
| Actions will occur |
12pm - 2pm |
| WHERE |
Aotea Square |
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Spiegeltent Storytime
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A memorable day of delightful stories and storytelling awaits
adults and children alike. Be entertained and excited by well known
New Zealanders as they bring their favourite children's storybooks
to life. An event that's sure to speak to the child in
everyone.
WHEN
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10am - 1pm
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WHERE
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Spiegeltent, Aotea Square
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DURATION
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30min sessions
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| AGE-O-METER |
5 - 12 |
| COST |
FREE |
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Kiwileles
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Strumming out some excellent tunes, the Kiwileles - a gathering
of ukulele orchestras from Auckland primary and intermediate
schools brought together by the NZ Ukulele Trust - bring super
sounds to the Square. Listen out for the closing number as some
special guests join the Kiwileles for a few iconic Kiwi songs.
| WHEN |
11am - 12pm |
| WHERE |
Festival Garden, Aotea Square |
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Legends of Maui
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The legend of Maui -Te Ika is one of the many stories about this
famous Maori ancestor. This story tells of Maui's many achievements
as a child growing up into a young man and then an amazing super
hero!
Rewi Spraggon and Riki Bennett team up taking kids on a journey
back in time with the sounds of Taonga Puoro (traditional Maori
instruments) and some innovative contemporary sounds added to the
mix.
| WHEN |
12pm - 12.45pm
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| WHERE |
Festival Garden, Aotea Square |
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Play it Strange
Emerging Artists
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Rock into the afternoon as young artists who have excelled in
the Play It Strange secondary school songwriting competition take
to the Festival Garden Stage. Rising stars from Papatoetoe
High School, Takapuna Grammar, Rangitoto College, Western Springs
College, Aorere College, Kaipara College and Sacred Heart College
are included in the talented line-up.
If you are a school student years 11-13 and want to play along
side Super Groove band members or Annah Mac in Band of Strangers click here!
| WHEN |
1pm - 3pm |
| WHERE |
Festival Garden, Aotea Square |
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Band of Strangers
Capping off a great afternoon of free music is Play it Strange's
Band of Strangers.
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Aspiring teen performers joined by iconic Kiwi musicians come
together to create great music. This final hour of the Festival
Garden Party will feature Supergroove band members Karl
Steven, Nick Atkinson and rising star Annah Mac with a new
generation of music icons. Not to be missed!
| WHEN |
3pm - 4pm |
| WHERE |
Festival Garden, Aotea Square |
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WORKSHOPS
Costume Making
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A top-notch team of costume designers will be on hand to help
kids create quirky costumes from all sorts of odds and sods. Bring
oodles of imagination and crates of creativity to this
workshop.
| WHEN |
11am - 1pm & 2pm - 4pm |
| WHERE |
Limelight, Level 3, Aotea Centre
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| AGE-O-METER |
8 - 12 |
| COST |
$30 |
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Bookings essential - contact workshops@aucklandfestival.co.nz
Physical Theatre
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Get inventive with Red Leap Theatre as we explore ways to make
stories come to life through play and imagination.
Using games and improvisations we will focus on building trust
and commitment in an atmosphere of exploration and fun.
Come ready to move and play!
| WHEN |
1pm - 3pm
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| WHERE |
Spiegeltent |
| AGE-O-METER |
9 - 12 |
| COST |
FREE |
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Bookings essential - contact workshops@aucklandfestival.co.nz
New Zealand Post Vietnamese Water Puppets Design
Competition
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Children from 5 to 12 years take some time to create a unique 3D
puppet out of recycled materials in our activities area for the
New Zealand Post Vietnamese Water Puppet Design Competition.
Winners will receive their very own authentic puppet hand carved by
the Thang Long Troupe.
| WHEN |
10am - 4pm |
| WHERE |
Blues Bar, Level 3 Aotea Centre
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| AGE-O-METER |
5 - 12 |
| COST |
FREE |
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Face painting and wacky hair-dos for kids!
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Almost anything goes in this Family Day event as
artists and hair stylists create wacky looks for kids.
| WHEN |
10am - 4pm |
| WHERE |
Aotea Square |
| AGE-O-METER |
Kids of all ages |
| COST |
KOHA |
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SHOWS ON FAMILY DAY
While you're here - grab a ticket for these family shows!