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Aronui wins creative arts + design award at the Tompkins Wake Business Awards 2024

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The Voices in the Shadows: Musical unites Māori, Pacific and Palestinian cultures

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Rotorua Business Awards celebrates ‘passionate, committed’ finalists

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Māori game developers and storytellers to explore China’s tech scene 

After the success of the Matariki Drone show, ARONUI Founder and Director Cian Elyse White, has been selected to travel to China next week as a part of the Asia…
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Matariki drone light show at Rotorua Lakefront as part of Aronui Indigenous Arts Festival

A drone light show at Rotorua Lakefront is set to light up the sky this Matariki. Part of the Aronui Indigenous Arts Festival, the event on June 27 and June…
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Mākereti Papakura : 7 Story Mural Celebrating 100 Years Since Doctorate Completion At Oxford University

ARONUI Indigenous Arts Festival (ARONUI) has honored a Rotorua leader, Mākereti Papakura (Guide Maggie), with a 7 story mural. 2023 marks the 100 year anniversary since Papakura completed her degree,…
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ARONUI back with a bang

After a partial hiatus since 2019, ARONUI Indigenous Arts Festival 2023 is back! And with just two weeks to go until its opening, which also celebrates Te Wiki o Te…
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Building Capability for Indigenous Festival Models

Learn about the history of ARONUI and how we’re supported by the Māori Arts Festival Capability Fund….
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Māori filmmaker Merata Mita immortalised by street artist Mr G

At three storeys high, the black and white mural can be spotted a fair way from its location on Rotorua’s Eruera street. Commissioned by the ARONUI Indigenous Arts Festival, it’s…
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Te Matatini Champions Te Kapa Haka o Ngāti Whakau Te Matatini Champions Te Kapa Haka o Ngāti Whakaue and Nikau Grace will open Te Mātahi o Te Tau with He aha te aha, a powerful tribute to Tā Bom Gillies and The 28th Māori Battalion.

Poua te aroha 🫶🏽 ✨. Tickets selling fast! Link in our bio

📅 Saturday 21 June
📍 Sir Howard Morrison Centre, Rotorua

This is an all ages event.

@1814official @jordynwitha_why @nikau_grace @ngatiwhakauekapa  @waiataanthems @kingsmusicnz @R67

#aronui2025 #matariki2025 #temātahiotetau #matariki2025 #ngatiwhakaue #ngātiwhakauekapa 

🎥 @aotearoacharts
🌿✨ More than a century after pioneering schol 🌿✨ More than a century after pioneering scholar and Te Arawa legend Mākereti Papakura began her studies, Oxford University will honour her with a posthumous Master of Philosophy degree. Known to many simply as Maggie, she was the first Māori woman to complete a degree at Oxford.

In 2023, ARONUI honoured her legacy with a towering seven-storey mural by our friends the Dream Girls Collective in the heart of Rotorua — a tribute to her brilliance, courage, and leadership. We’re also deeply honoured to have her mokopuna, June Grant, serving on the ARONUI Board of Trustees. An outstanding artist and fierce champion of indigenous art, June’s contribution to ARONUI and the arts is a living testament to Mākereti’s enduring legacy.
✨Nau mai te mātahi o te tau✨ ️  After the ✨Nau mai te mātahi o te tau✨
️ 
After the incredible success of last year’s event, we’re excited to announce the return of our Matariki Drone Show in 2025! 

This year we’ll unveil a new celestial narrative, along with an extended @rotoruanightmarket at the Rotorua Lakefront | Kouramāwhitiwhiti. 

🌟 Drone Show: 8pm on Thursday 19 June & Friday 20 June
🌟Night Market: 5pm – 9pm both nights

Nau mai ngā hua o te tau hou Māori ✨

#aronuikimatariki #aronui2025 #temātahiotetau #matariki2025
Aronui presents Te Mātahi o Te Tau ✨, a Matari Aronui presents Te Mātahi o Te Tau ✨, a Matariki celebration honouring the Māori New Year with music. Headlined by legendary reggae band 1814, supported by Jordyn with a Why, R67 (Te Kura kaupapa Māori o Ruamata) and more acts to be announced. Ngā mihi o te mātahi o te tau! 💫

Early bird tickets from ticketmaster.co.nz or the link in our bio. Be quick though! Early birds won’t last long ⏰
The man himself, @rutenespooner 🌟 in his natura The man himself, @rutenespooner 🌟 in his natural habitat. Congrats on your successful Aotearoa Tiki-Tour and thank you again for being a part of Aronui 2024! We can’t wait to see what you create next. 🙌🏽

📸 @aio.media.nz
Thinking back to the two magical nights of the Aro Thinking back to the two magical nights of the Aronui Matariki Drone Show. Should we bring it back next year??? ✨

Footage courtesy of @kapongapictures.

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