After Dark: Mātahi o Rongo

Join us for a free, adults-only late-night event with live music, a cash bar, workshops, screenings, and talks after dark.

When | Āhea

Fri 4 Apr 2025, 7.00–11.00pm

Where | Ki hea

Various locations on Level 4

Cost | Te utu

Free event, exhibitions will be closed

As the temperature drops and the nights draw in, Rongo draws back into the earth and we enter the season of harvest.

Join us for an evening of music, creative workshops, documentary screenings, and talks connected to ngahuru.

Groove to the dreamy vibes of Casual Healing, screen print your own garment, explore Te Papa’s Toi Art Collections and much more.

This is a free event, with a cash bar and kai available for purchase.

Schedule

7.15–7.30pm: Curatorial Talk, Hye Rim Lee: Āke Tonu Atu | Eternity

7.45–8.45pm: Mauri Aura DJ set

9.00–9.45pm: Live Music with Casual Healing

9.50–10.50pm: Lakeboon and Wear Pounamu DJ sets

7.00pm–9.00pm: Mātauranga Māori taonga spotlight

7.00pm–10.00pm: Ngahuru print making

7.00–10.30pm: Taste test ngahuru kai and kōrero with Te Au Moko Ross

7.00–10.45pm: Cash Bar and kai

Envisaging Atua Connections: Collage Workshop and Art store visit

Workshop 1: From 7.30–8.30pm (*sign-up opens at 7.00pm in Signs of a Nation)

Workshop 2: From 9.00–10.00pm (*sign-up opens at 8.00pm in Signs of a Nation)

*Only 18 places available in each workshop

7.00–10.00pm: Firepits and kawakawa tea
7.00–10.30pm: Board games, Māori Mermaid colouring in and taiao sketching