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Breathe | Mauri Ora Events Season

Explore our events season for Breathe | Mauri Ora: An Immersive Journey into Nature by Marshmallow Laser Feast, featuring panel discussions, performances, immersive dining, a wellbeing symposium, taonga puoro, all celebrating our connection to te taiao.

  • A composite photo of three heads on top of each others. There are lots of dots covering them.

    First Breath: Opening Party

    Be among the first to explore Breathe | Mauri Ora at a special opening party that includes late-night exhibition access and live entertainment.

    Sat 13 Dec 2025, 7.00pm–11.00pm

    Event Ngā kaupapa motuhake

  • A man with long hair, a beard and cap is in the foreground playing a pūkāea - a long, narrow traditional Māori taonga puoro instrument, used to welcome people. A second man plays a taonga puoro instrument behind him.

    Hā ki roto, hā ki waho

    A one hour immersive performance of taonga puoro (Māori musical instruments) and spoken word celebrating the exhibition Breathe | Mauri Ora: An Immersive Journey into Nature by Marshmallow Laser Feast and the connection to te taiao (nature) in our own backyard. 

    Tue 17 Feb 2026, 7pm to 8.30pm

    Event Ngā kaupapa motuhake

  • Two men are looking closely at the green leaves on the branches of a tall plant. One has his back to the camera and his arm extended to touch the leaf, the other faces the camera and is smiling at the part of the plant that is being touched.

    From Land, Sea, and Sky: Unseen stories from nature

    As part of Breathe | Mauri Ora: An Immersive Journey into Nature by Marshmallow Laser Feast, discover inspiring stories of Aotearoa New Zealand’s unique native species with an evening of spotlight talks from Mana Whenua kaitiaki and Te Papa natural history and art curators.

    Wed 25 Feb 2026, 6.30pm to 8pm

    Event Ngā kaupapa motuhake

  • Two men are looking closely at the green leaves on the branches of a tall plant. One has his back to the camera and his arm extended to touch the leaf, the other faces the camera and is smiling at the part of the plant that is being touched.

    From Land, Sea, and Sky: Unseen stories from nature

    As part of Breathe | Mauri Ora: An Immersive Journey into Nature by Marshmallow Laser Feast, discover inspiring stories of Aotearoa New Zealand’s unique native species with an evening of spotlight talks from Mana Whenua kaitiaki and Te Papa natural history and art curators.

    Wed 11 Mar 2026, 6.30pm to 8pm

    Event Ngā kaupapa motuhake

Te Papa acknowledges the British Council New Zealand and the Pacific for their support of the Breathe | Mauri Ora Events Season.