Britomart.
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A new dance battle in Takutai Square showcases the Krump dance style. Not sure what that is? Keith, aka A$AP, is here to explain. 

Britomart welcomes the World Choir Games 2024. Choirs of all ages from around the world will be sharing their love of music. Informal and fun, Takutai Square will be filled with the sound of voices singing a diverse range of musical styles.

To celebrate Matariki, Britomart commissioned a series of artworks by Hāmiora Bailey and Robyn Pryor representing each Matariki star. Read on to find out more about the works here, along with their accompanying affirmations in Te Reo Māori and English.

Everyone is invited to these free events to celebrate the new year at Britomart. Come along with friends and whānau to enjoy an installation of beautiful artwork, a contemporary dance performance and some incredible student kapa haka. 

Four Pacific poets bring climate change concerns to Britomart's Pavilion Panels in a collaboration with Auckland Writers Festival Waituhi o Tāmaki. 

Streetside: Britomart is a free, fun, frantic night of literary improvisation, experimentation and collaboration, with more than 30 poets, authors, playwrights, musicians and other artists stepping up at six venues around Britomart.

The team bringing street dance battles to Britomart has got all the right moves. 

The NZ Korean Dance Association brings hot dance routines to Takutai Square with K-Pop Sundays. 

Peter Wing Seeto's photographs allow their friends present themselves - or amplified, aspirational versions of themselves - for the camera. 

Chantal Knowles is one of three co-directors at the Māori and Pacific textile and fibre centre, Te Aho Mutunga Kore, at Auckland Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira. We spoke to her about how museums are changing their role in today's society, and how Te Aho Mutunga Kore is helping the Museum move towards a more collaborative, community-led model. 

Our summer exhibition with Auckland Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira focuses on an amazing collection of woven and fabric works and the communities that made them. 

A portrait series with photographer Mataara Stokes and the students from Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Hoani Waititi Marae asks the question ‘What does Matariki mean to you?’ 

Britomart is proud to host Te Ahurei Toi o Tāmaki | Auckland Arts Festival with live performances in Takutai Square. Bring your friends and family along and enjoy an incredible variety of fun and free events.

Britomart's Takutai Square is the perfect place to celebrate the Matariki public holiday at Te Pā Harakeke, a free market day of music and kapa haka performances, as well as excellent kai from Māori food trucks and a vibrant range of arts and crafts stalls. 

A new exhibition on Britomart's Te Ara Tahuhu is a collaboration with Auckland Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira that celebrates the art of tivaevae. 

Not everyone has the choice to work from home. Here, we show our appreciation for the dedication of the teams who turn up to Britomart every day to do their jobs and keep people safe. 

A pathway of public art through the city highlights the voices and creativity of Takatāpui Māori artists for Pride 2022. 

A new artwork by Talia Pua brings the Whale Tales Art Trail into the heart of Britomart - and raises money for WWF's important work in the oceans at the same time. 

In February 1939, the New Zealand Government allowed 256 wives and 244 children of Chinese men in New Zealand to take refuge here from the Sino-Japanese war. In this project, Talia Pua talks to some of the descendants of these refugees about coming to New Zealand. 

The work of NZ's best photographers is on display in the Atrium on Takutai. 

There's no excuse not to get out and enjoy the sun over the next few months, with a region-wide line-up of events based around arts, culture, sports, wine, food, music, sustainability and more.

We're proud to join Auckland Art Gallery Toi O Tāmaki's monumental celebration of contemporary Māori art by hosting a satellite show of one huge new permanent work and three temporary new installation works by four Māori artists.

Jessica – aka The Māori Mermaid – illustrated the care cards for our 2020 Green Christmas giveaway of native plants. 

A photographic tour of some of the beautiful heritage buildings of Britomart, and the bustling streets around them.