10 Mar 2020

Iconic waiata to open Auckland Arts Festival

From Nine To Noon, 11:23 am on 10 March 2020

Aotea Square will be filled with song when the Auckland Arts Festival opens tomorrow evening with the free event Tira. It is a gathering of choirs from around the city, singer Hollie Smith and Hatea Kapa Haka singing iconic waiata. Musical directors Steven Rapana and Kate Bell talk about what's gone on behind the scenes.

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