Fierce theatre, a hip-hop musical set in the city streets of Te Whanganui-a-Tara, customary Indigenous dance made contemporary, and wāhine Māori telling it like it is – these are amongst the offerings of Kia Mau Festival 2023.

Now in our seventh iteration, Kia Mau brings winter warmth to the Wellington region and has fast become one of the world’s most highly regarded contemporary Indigenous arts festivals. This year, we continue our focus on uplifting mana whenua artists, tangata whenua and tangata moana, and global Indigenous artists from Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland), Ōtepoti (Dunedin), the Te Moana-nui-a-Kiva (Pacific) and Canada to Te Upoko O Te Ika A Māui (Wellington) region from 02 to 17 June 2023.