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NUKU Live 2.0

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Nau mai, haere mai e ngā wāhine toa! 

After a hugely successful first outing in 2019, NUKU Live 2.0 has grown to become an empowering two-day women’s event featuring the exchange of kōrero, Indigenous knowledge, systems and mātauranga Māori + Pasifika, with maker and movement workshops, panel discussions, spoken word poetry, exclusive Indigenous film, music and kai.

NUKU Live 2.0 is about sharing stories and experiences, while making Indigenous mātauranga more readily available for wāhine to connect, learn and be entertained and inspired.

Taking place at the culturally and historically significant Makaurau Marae in Ihumātao, topics will cover arts, entrepreneurship, orangatanga (wellbeing) and traditional Māori and Pacific knowledge practices including rongoā.

If you choose the exclusive V.I.P experience, you’ll also be treated to an overnight stay that includes taonga pūoro, an evening hīkoi with a focus on star constellations and navigation and, a dawn waka paddle on the Waitematā.

The word NUKU is derived from the atua Papatūānuku and represents the ultimate female essence. NUKU Live 2.0 is part of our creative and social impact storytelling movement that amplifies the voices of kickass Indigenous wāhine.

This women's wānanga is about connection and collaboration, a celebration of culture, story-telling, identity and female power. Kai will be locally sourced as much as is possible and menus will be designed to celebrate the region’s rich culinary flavours with a focus on Māori and Pasifika ingredients to acknowledge Ihumātao’s important heritage as the food bowl of Tāmaki Makaurau.

Taha Tinana // Taha Hinengaro // Taha Wairua
(Feed your body, your mind, and your spirit)

NUKU Live 2.0 is part of the Auckland Elemental Festival and has been made possible by their amazing support. For more about the festival and other events visit: https://www.aucklandnz.com/elementalfestival

Note: This is a women's event, open to all who identify as wāhine. 

*COVID-19
Thank you for considering a ticket to NUKU Live 2.0. We live in an unpredictable world and 2020 has proven that things can change in an instant. While we have done our absolute best to prepare for the variable situations Aotearoa could be in at the time of our event,  if you are at a higher risk of COVID-19 infection, we encourage you to avoid our event this year. Your health and wellbeing is important to us. 

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Refund policy

Please note that due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the associated COVID-19 Alert Level Restrictions imposed by the New Zealand Government, we may be prohibited from holding NUKU Live 2.0 in whole or in part. We may have to cancel, or postpone NUKU Live 2.0 at Makaurau Marae depending on the COVID-19 Alert Level mandated by the New Zealand Government that will be in force on October 31-November 1, 2020. Our event is permitted to continue as planned under COVID Level 1 or Level 2, so keep the positive wairua flowing towards one of these alert levels. Please be assured you will receive a full refund in event of cancellation, including booking fees (but may not include the bank/credit card charge which is out of our control). Government imposed Covid-19 restrictions for event holders resulting in event cancellation is the only instance in which we will fully refund tickets, we cannot refund tickets if you change your mind.