Covid 19 coronavirus: Splore announces new dates for the three-day music and arts festival 17 Feb, 2021 04:36 AM 3 minutes to read 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. "