Royal Easter Show 2026 | ASB Showgrounds, Auckland, New Zealand

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Parnell, Auckland 1010, New Zealand Auckland War Memorial Museum

This exhibition focuses on a series of breathtaking and captivating images, capturing little-known animal behaviors, rare species, and the awe-inspiring diversity of nature. The Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition is a global event that has been dedicated to showcasing some of nature's most amazing and challenging aspects for 61 years. Hosted by the Natural History Museum in London, the competition attracts the world's finest nature photographers, demonstrating a combination of skill, luck, and most importantly—the beauty of nature.

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Wellesley Street East, Auckland Central, Auckland 1010, New Zealand

Safety in Numbers: Colin McCahon’s Dark Equations draws from Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki’s extensive holdings to explore a selection of the artist’s mysterious number paintings made between 1975 and 1976. Numbers first surfaced in McCahon’s work in the late 1950s and would become the primary subject of his art by the mid-1970s in the Teaching aids, Clouds, Noughts and crosses, and Rocks in the sky series. Within these works, Arabic and Roman numerals hover in darkness, appear at once tabulated and like geological strata, or recall complex mathematical equations on a school blackboard. The number paintings also refer to The Stations of the Cross, and communicate themes of life and death, as well as redemption and salvation. Safety in Numbers presents a puzzling yet visually unified chapter of the artist’s practice. While the stark block printing may appear straightforward, the works provide a profound reflection on art’s ability to communicate existential concerns, drawing viewers into a dialogue with McCahon’s coded symbolism. Beyond this, the exhibition also prompts a questioning of art’s role as a space for teaching and learning, and the challenges that come with interpretation.

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Wellesley Street East, Auckland Central, Auckland 1010, New Zealand Auckland Art Gallery

This exhibition brings together a series of works from international private collections, all of which are being shown to the public for the first time. The exhibition spans over sixty years of Bourgeois's artistic career, from her early paintings in 1945 to her textile works from the last year of her life. Bourgeois is widely acclaimed for her psychologically charged and bold sculptural practice, exploring themes such as memory, family, body, and the subconscious, often drawing inspiration from her personal experiences. Her most famous works are a series of large-scale spider sculptures, which have been exhibited in many major international cities.

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Parnell, Auckland 1010, New Zealand Auckland War Memorial Museum

This family-friendly exhibition takes you underwater into the world of sharks, unveiling the fascinating world of these marine predators. Blending traditional knowledge, cutting-edge science, and interactive experiences, the exhibition guides you through how these ancient fish have evolved over 450 million years and the vital role they play in today's marine ecosystems. The "Sharks" exhibition, created by Australian museums, will take you underwater to uncover the diversity, biology, and cultural significance of this most extraordinary—yet most misunderstood—creature. Through expert insights, personal stories, and interactive design, you'll see sharks from a whole new perspective. Step into a meticulously designed digital aquarium, get up close to lifelike scientific models, and touch fossils and teeth. Learn about the importance of sharks to a healthy ocean, the challenges they face, and how each of us can contribute to their protection. Revered? Feared? Misunderstood? The judge is yours.

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Auckland, NZ,The Powerstation

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Mount Smart Stadium • Auckland, New Zealand

The New Zealand Women's British & Irish Lions3 Union team, also known as the Black Ferns, is a powerhouse in the world of women's rugby. They are 3-time winners of the Women's Rugby World Cup in 1998, 2002, and 2017 and have consistently performed well in other international competitions. With a strong focus on developing talented players, the team boasts impressive names such as Portia Woodman, Kendra Cockles, and Selica Winiata. The Black Ferns often play at Women's Rugby World Cup4, the largest stadium in New Zealand and the site of many iconic moments in the team's history. With a strong fan base and a legacy of success, the New Zealand Women's British & Irish Lions3 Union team is certainly one to watch in the world of rugby. The British & Irish Lions Women's British & Irish Lions3 Union team has been a dominant force in international competitions since its inception in 2003. The team, made up of elite players from England, Scotland, British & Irish Lions4, and Ireland, has competed in various prestigious tournaments such as the Women's Six Nations Championship and the Women's Rugby World Cup. In 2017, they were crowned Six Nations Grand Slam champions, solidifying their position as one of the top teams in Europe. The Lions Women also boast a talented roster of players, including record-breaking try scorer, Lizzie Kelly, and England's most capped female player, Rochelle Clark. The team calls the iconic Twickenham Stadium their home ground, providing a thrilling atmosphere for fans to watch their favorite players in action. With an impressive track record and a dedicated fan base, the British & Irish Lions Women's British & Irish Lions3 Union team continues to make a mark in the world of women's rugby. Information Source: fixturecalendar.com

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Spark Arena 42/80 Mahuhu Crescent, Parnell

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Auckland Art Gallery Wellesley Street East, Auckland Central

Taimoana | Coastlines explores the art of Aotearoa New Zealand, locating it within Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa, the wider Pacific region. Taking the concept of the coast, or shoreline, as a starting point, the exhibition navigates a sea of ideas, offering multiple perspectives on New Zealand art through a selection of works from the collection of Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki. The coast is central to the way of life of many in Aotearoa New Zealand and it has been throughout our entire history. Integral to te ao Māori, the Māori world, the interconnectedness of land and sea is reflected in cultural narratives and practices. The coast is at times a source of sustenance and employment, at others a route for travel, a space of recreation, conflict, well-being or inspiration, but also, as the climate continues to change, at the frontline of danger. The coast is a threshold, an in-between zone, a perpetually shifting meeting point of land and sea that prompts us to examine our relationships with both. In this exhibition, artists from the 18th century to today ride the oceans’ currents, traversing themes from the enormity of the Pacific to the vessels that have crossed its expanse and plied Aotearoa’s coasts, and exploring their personal responses to the shore as well as the legacies of colonial encounters and conflict.

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Auckland Art Gallery Wellesley Street East, Auckland Central

Threads of Time: Travel, Trade & Textiles is a jewel-box display in the historic Mackelvie Gallery that offers a survey of European art from the 15th to the 18th centuries. Presenting for the first time new acquisitions and recent donations to our Auckland audiences, this exhibition also showcases beloved paintings and sculptures from the permanent collection, some of which have not been on display for several years. Five thematically-driven, Salon-style hangs underline the sumptuous materiality of fabrics, both as depicted subjects in art and as physical supports that sometimes peek through a painting’s layers of pigment and varnish. Products of technology and trade, fabrics are cultural artefacts. They are also markers of social status and expressions of individual taste and sentiment. As such, their depiction in paintings, sculpture and works on paper is the outcome of precise negotiations between artist and client. Interpreting works from the permanent collection through this social and historical lens, Threads of Time explores how fabrics can offer insight into the interwoven threads of fashion, art and identity in the politics and cultures of the past.

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Wellesley Street East, Auckland Central, Auckland 1010, New Zealand Auckland Art Gallery

“Endless Giacometti” transports viewers to the French capital. This rotating exhibition features 50 lithographs from Alberto Giacometti’s most significant print project, “Endless Paris” (conceived 1957–66; published 1969), depicting street-side cafes, tree-lined boulevards, and the shopping arcades of the “City of Lights.”