School holidays

Let's get crafty

Ōku hoa Moana | My Ocean Friends

7 - 17 APR | 10AM - 2PM | $5 per child

Pick up your trail and follow the coral path through the galleries, discovering the vibrant citizens of the Moana beneath the waves along the way. Young ones can create their own miniature honu turtle keepsake to take home, and don’t forget to snap a selfie with their dazzling performer inspired by the moana.

Kids & Whānau Create 

Get creative with your whānau at our free drop-in art-making sessions every weekend and during school holidays from 11AM to 3PM. With imagination and creativity, a hidden jewel can be revealed.

Storytime & Watercolours for tamariki

11 APR | 10.30 - 11.30AM | Free

Get creative these school holidays by bringing your Tamariki to Gus Fisher Gallery for a story time session and watercolour workshop. Begin with a whānau-friendly story time in the gallery, followed by a guided watercolour workshop that explores ideas of dreaming, place and imagination.

Artland

Until 19 JUL | 45 minutes | Free

A collaborative hands-on installation designed by Do Ho Suh with his young daughter, it's an evolving sculptural environment created from children's modelling clay. The installation features imaginative creatures and fantastical landscapes and invites visitors of all ages to sculpt their own creations.

Make-a-Fish Badge

19 & 26 APR | Free

Create your own ocean-inspired badge using fishy stamps or inky fingerprints to design a colourful school of sea creatures.

Catch a show

& Juliet

9 - 26 APR | Various times | $72

Created by the Emmy® Award-winning writer of Schitt’s Creek, & Juliet is a bold, high-energy musical that flips the script on the world’s most iconic love story. Set to a playlist of pop anthems from hitmaker Max Martin—including “Roar,” “Baby One More Time,” and “Can’t Stop the Feeling!”

Bookworm at Silo Cinema

10 APR | 5PM Food trucks & DJ | 8PM Film | Free

Join the last movie of the season with Bookworm, a New Zealand–based family film about 11-year-old Mildred, whose world is turned upside down when her estranged father, Strawn Wise, comes to look after her. 

Tunes 4 Tamariki: The Fantabulous Animal Orchestra 

12 APR | 12.30PM or 3PM | $15

Herd your cubs, pups and tadpoles to Auckland Philharmonia’s latest interactive children’s concert! This animal-themed music extravaganza features a delightful Kiwi children’s storybook brought to life on stage though music, art and storytelling, alongside a zoo-full of singalong tunes.

K-Pop Live

18 APR | 2.30PM or 6PM | $35 - $65

Join this high‑energy, one‑hour concert experience filled with colourful costumes, dynamic choreography, and performances of major K‑pop hits like Gangnam Style, Golden and Soda Pop from K-pop Demon Hunters along with hits from Blackpink, BTS, Stray Kids and more.