Events Calendar

Kahu Youth will once again be celebrating Matariki on the Dinosaur Park. We are now in our third year, and this event just keeps on growing!

This year there will be two bonfires on the beach to keep us all warm in the cold winter evening plus a whole host of workshops, storytelling, kapa haka and fire poi performances all organised and run by local people. Not only that, there will be a much bigger community hangi than last year and new this year, to top it all off, we will be finishing the evening with a massive fireworks display!

This is a real community event, and the sheer volume of young (and older!) members of the community pulling together to make this happen has yet again taken our breath away. We are truly humbled by them all.

This event exists because of funding from Te puni kokiri and support from many local people and businesses including:

Radio Wanaka & Roy FM, Mitre 10, Snow Drifta, Wanaka Mediterranean Market, The QLDC, Lakes Environmental, The Wanaka Sun, Our own local secret philanthropic pyromaniac (He is a professional, but has asked to remain anonymous) M.A.C students in the community plus all the phenomenal local young people and adults alike who have been working tirelessly behind the scenes for the last few weeks to help pull this all together.

Without all of them doing what they do, and giving what they give, we couldn’t come close to pulling this off.

Our celebrations begin at 3pm and run until 7pm down at the Dinosaur Park. Koha (Donations) are welcomed for the hangi. The fireworks will start around 6:45pm.

For more information contact Richard and Angie at Kahu Youth on 03 443 5880, 0275 709268(Rich), 0226 947334(Angie), or email us on [email protected]

Cost: Free entry. Koha (donation) for hangi. 

Location

Wanaka Dinosaur Park & Lake Wanaka waterfront.