By Jogai Bhatt RNZ Splore Festival is taking a break in 2025 after a “challenging” festival season in 2024. Festival producer Fryderyk Kublikowski says.
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.
Splore 2021: John Minty on Covid nightmares, keeping the festival quirky and Treaty relationships
13 Feb, 2021 04:00 PM
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Saturday night s dress-up party is one of the most popular features of Splore. Photo / File
Saturday night s dress-up party is one of the most popular features of Splore. Photo / File
Social issues reporter, NZ Heraldmichael.neilson@nzherald.co.nz
Fifteen years ago Splore was on the edge of collapse. Now, the festival has sold out three years in a row and, in a world of lockdowns amid Covid-19, 2021 is looking to be the most special yet. Michael Neilson speaks to director John Minty about organising a festival during a global pandemic, and how it has stuck true to its quirky roots despite the surge in popularity.
What I m Reading: Splore Festival s performance director Emma Herbert Vickers
5 Feb, 2021 11:00 PM
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Emma Herbert Vickers. Photo / Supplied
By: Eleanor Black
What I m Reading: Emma Herbert Vickers Coming back to reading books is like coming out of a social media coma and being unsure how to digest anything solid again. This was me when my youngest requested I start reading the Wings of Fire series by Tui T. Sutherland, that he and his fantasy-loving friends are obsessed with. Short chapters, large font and an exciting, in-depth fantasy dragon world was a great way to kickstart my appetite for fiction.