The Warratahs – supported by Sophie Toyne
New Zealand’s country music icons, The Warratahs, will be supported at this Rongo Rehutai event by 15-year-old Sophie Toyne, an award-winning country music star from Whanganui.
Fri 21 Mar 2025, 6.00pm–8.00pm
Amphitheatre via Red Gates, Level 1
Free event – exhibitions will be closed
A range of alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks and bar snacks will be available to purchase from Red Gates bar.
Access is outside, behind the museum through the Red Gates bar. The outside venue is flat, with some seating (on a first-come, first-serve basis). There is also a tiered concrete sitting area that is shaped like an amphitheatre, which has no wheelchair access.
Don’t miss the chance to catch The Warratahs at Te Papa in this third event in the Rongo Rehutai series.
From the Far North to Bluff, The Warratahs have been performing Barry Saunders’ songs to Kiwi crowds for nearly 40 years. Formed in Wellington, founding members Barry Saunders and fiddle player Nik Brown are joined by Alan Norman (piano and accordion), Nick Theobald (bass and vocals) and Caroline Easther, formerly of The Chills and The Verlaines (drums and vocals). Catch their new single ‘Little Victories’, while their latest album, Burning Daylight, will be released in June.
The Warratahs will be supported at this Rongo Rehutai event by 15-year-old singer-songwriter Sophie Toyne, who has already won multiple country music awards at the Golden Guitars. In January Sophie won gold at the CCMA Talent Quest and silver at the Golden Gig Awards in Tamworth, Australia. Sophie will release Orange Skies, her second album, later this year.
A range of alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks and bar snacks will be available to purchase from Red Gates bar. Every purchase supports the mahi of Aotearoa New Zealand’s national museum.
The Warratahs. Photo by James Gilberd Photospace
