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First Breath: Opening PartyTihei Mauri Ora: Te Whakarewanga

E mua kaikai ki te tūhura i a Breathe | Mauri Ora ki tētahi hui whakarewa e whai wāhi ai  ki te whakaaturanga me ngā whakangahau ngangahau i te pō. 

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

When | Āhea

Sat 13 Dec 2025, 7.00pm–11.30pm

Where | Ki hea

Gallery, Espresso, Level 4

Cost | Te utu

$89.00

Age

An adults-only event

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Join us to celebrate the opening of Breathe | Mauri Ora, a boundary-pushing digital art experience from London-based collective Marshmallow Laser Feast in a touring exhibition created by ACMI – Australia’s national museum of screen culture.

Enjoy cocktails, canapés, live entertainment and late-night exhibition access to monumental, immersive digital worlds, the like of which have never been seen before in Aotearoa New Zealand. Please note: This is an adults-only event.

Marshmallow Laser Feast (courtesy of the artists)

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

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