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    02/26/2021 to 03/20/2021

    New Zealand Fringe Festival 2021

    New Zealand Fringe Festival, NZ’s largest open access arts festival of unbridled creativity and culture returns for another year.
  • 02/10/2021 to 02/20/2021

    ‘Not As Simple As It Sounds’

    6 days long durational performance, installation and workshop
  • Night of the Queer
    02/04/2021 to 02/13/2021

    Night of the Queer

    Featuring dazzling dance, extraordinary aerial artistry, sassy song, bold burlesque, divine drag and a huge dose of comedy, this sublime queer cabaret appeals to all colours of the rainbow.

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3 Mar 2021 to 4 Mar 2021
Theatre

Let Me Tell You About Auckland..Finally

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Basement Theatre Carpark
Auckland
4 Mar 2021 to 21 Mar 2021
Art

Educate to Liberate – Panthers Mural

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Corner Gundry St & Karangahape Rd
Auckland
4 Mar 2021 to 21 Mar 2021
Art

Aroha Art Project

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Aotea Square
Auckland
4 Mar 2021 to 21 Mar 2021
Art

Digital Stage Artworks

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Aotea Square
Auckland
4 Mar 2021 to 21 Mar 2021
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Activities in the Square

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Aotea Square
Auckland
4 Mar 2021 to 21 Mar 2021
Art

Acts of Love

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Various City Locations
Auckland
4 Mar 2021
Cultural

Te Tīmatanga

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Aotea Square
Auckland
4 Mar 2021 to 20 Mar 2021
Comedy

The Tom Sainsbury Love Hour

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The Civic Club
Auckland
4 Mar 2021 to 7 Mar 2021
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The Griegol

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Rangatira, Q Theatre
Auckland
4 Mar 2021
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Estère – Into the Belly of Capricorn

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The Civic Club
Auckland
4 Mar 2021
Festival

Taku Tau Kahurangi: An Aotearoa Love Story

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Great Hall, Auckland Town Hall
Auckland
5 Mar 2021
Art

Mercury Bay Art Escape 2021 Artists Open Studios Gala Opening

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Hot Waves Cafe
Waikato
5 Mar 2021 to 2 May 2021
Art

'Amui ‘i Mu‘a | Ancient Futures

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The Wallace Arts Centre, Pah Homestead
Auckland
5 Mar 2021 to 7 Mar 2021
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The Air Between Us / A Figure Exhales

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Outdoor Location TBC
Auckland
5 Mar 2021 to 13 Mar 2021
Cultural

The Haka Party Incident

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ASB Waterfront Theatre
Auckland
5 Mar 2021 to 6 Mar 2021
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Subtle Dances

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Bruce Mason Centre
Auckland
5 Mar 2021
Festival

Carnivorous Plant Society

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The Civic Club
Auckland
6 Mar 2021 to 2 May 2021
Art

Distant Kinship / Verre Verwanten NL / NZ - An exhibition of printmakers of Grafiekgroep Bergen and the Print Council Aotearoa New Zealand

Venue: 
Waikato Museum
Waikato
6 Mar 2021
Art

Introduction To Taxidermy: Small Creatures And Birds - Antoinette Ratcliffe

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Studio One Toi Tū
Auckland
6 Mar 2021 to 14 Mar 2021
Art

Mercury Bay Art Escape 2021 Artists Open Studios

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Eastern Coromandel Peninsula
Waikato
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