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Ninety per cent of the festival’s line-up will still perform in March, he said. The festival chose to pack its programme with 100 per cent Kiwi acts, a decision which is paying off now – with an international line-up, postponing would have been much trickier, Minty said.
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Splore Festival was supposed to take place next weekend. Ticketholders who cannot make the new date or do not feel comfortable attending a large event will be able to get a refund. Organisers for large events like Splore, Pride and Round The Bays had to endure an unnerving few days following the Sunday announcement, which stated that Auckland would be plunged into level 3 lockdown for 72 hours.
Covid 19 coronavirus: Splore announces new dates for the three-day music and arts festival
17 Feb, 2021 04:36 AM
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Splore director John Minty announced the date change for Splore to March 26-28, saying the move will ensure attendees can celebrate Splore safely . Photo / File
NZ Herald
Organisers have postponed the Splore Festival to March 26-28 at the same location, Tāpapakanga Regional Park, Auckland.
The decision was in light of Auckland remaining under level 2 Covid restrictions for at least the next week, if not longer.
Splore organisers released a statement declaring: The current uncertainty makes it too risky to proceed with pack-in this weekend and to hold Splore Festival on the original date of February 26-28.
Covid-19 alert level change: Which events have been affected Thursday, February 18, 2021 RNZ
Despite Covid-19 alert levels going down at midnight, some upcoming events are either unlikely to go ahead or have been postponed.
Despite this, Napier s Art Deco Festival remains cancelled and Auckland s Splore festival and its pride parade have also been impacted.
Christchurch 2011 earthquake anniversary commemorations will go ahead as planned, however.
Auckland Mayor Phil Goff told
Checkpoint he believed the change in levels was the right decision, balancing what needed to be done to contain the spread of the virus but not disrupting people s lives and businesses any further.