The Wētā Cave is turning 18!

Join us on Saturday 27 June, 1:00–3:00pm to celebrate 18 years of creatures, creating & making.

Have a chinwag with Richard and Tania, meet our artists live in action, grab a slice of birthday cake, and score yourself giveaways from our Narnia Collectibles range.

All are welcome — come say hi!

An adults-only celebration of the stories, traditions, and mātauranga shared between Aotearoa New Zealand and Te Moananui-a-Kiwa, the wider Pacific.

Artists and speakers include: R&B, hip‑hop blended beats with KOREKASH, Dance the night away with our Cook Island whanaunga/whānau through performances by Inano Dance, Learn about the practice of tīvaevae from the Tīpurepure ‘Au Vaine, Weave and wānanga with the Pacific Climate Warriors, Learn about te reo o te waka from Te Moananui-a-Kiwa, Te Papa curators and special guest speakers kōrero about waka and collection highlights, Cash bar and seasonal kai available

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This event will have NZSL interpretation

A full schedule, including information for Deaf whānau, will be shared soon at tepapa.nz/afterdark

After three international tours, countless Gardens Magic shows, parades at multiple Newtown Festivals and Cuba Dupas and tours across the motu - Crash Bandihoot are putting on their biggest ever indoor home show, opened by the incredible Cumbia Blazera!

The 8-piece colourful, raucous, New Orleans street style horn funk explosion known as Crash Bandihoot are excited to bring their soaring horns, driving dancing rhythms and plenty of smiles to San Fran on the 3rd of July.

Several trips around Aotearoa and a tour of Colombia have established Cumbia Blazera as a much-loved part of the Wellington music scene, lighting up dancefloors with infectious South American rhythms.

Don't miss the show that will chase away your winter blues, on the 3rd of July at San Fran, get your tickets from moshtix.co.nz

EBONY LAMB and GRAM ANTLER return home from Tokyo this winter performing as a duo at Vogelmorn Upstairs!

Don't miss this double headline performance as they traverse their own personal musical landscapes together, sliding the screen open for the audience to share in a night of intimate songwriting, atmospheric harmonies and the strong audience rapport they are renowned for.

Saturday 11 July at Vogelmorn Upstairs - tickets via undertheradar.co.nz

Sci-Fi Sundays continue at space science museum Space Place in July.

Tickets are selling fast. Don't miss out on seeing the 1981 cult classic Escape from New York in the planetarium’s immersive dome theatre on Sunday 12th July.

Tickets include popcorn and a live star talk. Book now and see the full Sci-Fi Sunday's line-up at spaceplace.nz

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Come Together performs… Radiohead’s OK Computer. Groundbreaking and ambitious, OK Computer is one of the greatest albums of the 1990’s and all time. This album will be performed by the acclaimed Come Together band– a group of Aotearoa’s best rock musicians and artists.

Ok Computer will be followed by a set of classics and deep cuts from Radiohead’s back catalogue. A must for any Radiohead fans.

July16, Opera House. Tickets from $79

BOOK NOW AT TICKETMASTER - Full details at cometogethertour.com