| Saturday 16 Feb | Wellington Foyer | Amphitheatre | Marae | Other (timeline does not apply to this column) |
| 10.00am | | | | Te Papa Opens |
| 10.00am - 10.15am | | Super Sausage Sizzle. BBQ food for sale. | | Dutch Street Organ on Plaza 30 min every hour 10am-3pm [except 1pm] |
| 10.15am-10.30am | | DJ Raw 45min | |
| 10.30am - 10.45am | Didik Nini Thowok - Indonesian Dance performance with Gamelan orchestra. 45 min | | Cook Island Drummers on Plaza 30 min. 10.30am-11am |
| 10.45am - 11.00am | |
| 11.00am -11.15am | Te Ahikaaroa Kapa Haka. 30 mins | Caitlin and Sika - world woodwind instruments. 30 mins | The Beat Squad - Samba/Funk/Hip Hop on Plaza 15 min. 11.30am-11.45am |
| 11.15am - 11.30am | |
| 11.30am - 11.45am | | Shaolin Monks. 30 min | The O'Connors. NZ folk singers 30 mins | Cadbury - chocolate fish giveaway. 11am-5pm. Amphitheatre |
| 11.45pm -12.00pm | |
| 12.00pm-12.15pm | Live feed to large screen of Cake Cutting from Oceania. Musical Island Boys Barbershop quartet sing. | Dougie B. Beatboxer. 30 min | Whitireia Polytechnic Performance. 60 mins | Birthday Cake Cutting and VIP speeches in Oceania.12noon. |
| 12.15pm - 12.30pm |
| 12.30pm-12.45pm | | DJ Raw. 30 min | Ngai Tahu weaving demonstration in 'Signs of a Nation' all day |
| 12.45pm-1.00pm | |
| 1.00pm - 1.15pm | The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra (NZSO), conductor Hamish McKeich, with Whirimako Black, Deborah Wai Kapohe, Derek Hill, and Mere Boynton | | | BodyFX - face painting. All day. |
| 1.15pm-1.30pm | | Hula workshop - by Charlene Tedrow. 45 min |
| 1.30pm-1.45pm | | City of Wellington Pipe Band on Plaza. 2.30pm for 30 min |
| 1.45pm-2.00pm | |
| 2.00pm-2.15pm | | The Beat Squad - Samba/Funk/Hip Hop. 45 min | | Loonesco - Kids, look out for roaming costume characters! All day. |
| 2.15pm-2.30pm | | |
| 2.30pm-2.45pm | Didik Nini Thowok - Indonesian Dance performance with Gamelan orchestra 30 min | Mexican guitarist - Carlos Navarrete 30mins | Friends of Te Papa booth set up on level 4. All day |
| 2.45pm-3.00pm | |
| 3.00pm-3.15pm | | Sanjay Dixit - Indian tabla 30min | | Discovery Centre Free Kid's Activity Outside Sndgs Thtr - 10:00-11:30am Whip up a whale tail pendant |
| 3.15pm-3.30pm | | The Real Time Liners - Blues Band. 60 mins |
| 3.30pm - 3.45pm | | Didik Nini Thowok - Indonesian Dance performance.30 min | Discovery Centre Free Kid's Activity in Te Huka ā Tai - 11am-12noon "Make an Awesome Aotearoa Badge" |
| 3.45pm - 4.00pm | |
| 4.00pm - 4.15pm | | Te Ahikaaroa Kapa Haka. 30 mins | Discovery Centre Free Kid's Activity Outside Sndgs Thtr. 12:00-1:30pm. Fashion a fantastic festive flag |
| 4.15pm - 4.30pm | | |
| 4.30pm - 4.45pm | Te Papa Collection Items show and tell. | Legacy Dance Crew - 2006 Hip Hop Dance Championship finalists in Los Angeles. 30 min | Caitlin and Sika - world woodwind instruments. 30 mins | Discovery Centre Free Kid's Activity Outside Sndgs Thtr. 2:30-4:00pm Construct a sizzling summer sombrero |
| 4.45pm - 5.00pm |
| 5.00pm - 5.15pm | | Hula workshop - by Charlene Tedrow. 45 min | Discovery Centre Free Kid's Activity Outside Sndgs Thtr. 4:30-6:00pm Create a beautiful Chinese lantern |
| 5.15pm - 5.30pm | Battle-Ska Galactica - ska music. 30 min |
| 5.30pm - 5.45pm | Amazon Trio. Classical music in Level 4 Espresso. 5pm-5.45pm |
| 5.45pm-6.00pm | | Niho Taniwha kapa haka. 30 mins |
| 6.00pm-6.15pm | | Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra. 30 min show | Robbie Duncan, freestyle Jazz guitarist, Level 4 Espresso. 6pm-7pm |
| 6.15pm-6.30pm | | Lorenzo Buhne - Italian Folk Singer. 30 min |
| 6.30pm-6.45pm | | |
| 6.45pm - 7.00pm | | | 21st Century Indian Dance, Bollywood workshop and performance. 30 min |
| 7.00pm - 7.15pm | Capoeira Mandinga Aotearoa. 30 min | Real Hot Bitches - 80's comedy dance troupe. 45 min | |
| 7.15pm-7.30pm | | |
| 7.30pm-7.45pm | | | |
| 7.45pm-8.00pm | | | | |
| 8.00pm - 8.15pm | Wellington Batucada, flamboyant samba. 30 min. Proudly supported by the Embassy of Brazil. | Julia Deans [Fur Patrol] jazz/rock. 45 min show | | |
| 8.15pm-8.30pm | | |
| 8.30pm - 8.45pm | | | |
| 8.45pm - 9.00pm | Queen of the Whole Universe pageant - drag queen extravaganza | | | |
| 9.00pm-9.30pm | | | |
| 9.00pm - 9.45pm | | | |
| 9.45pm - 9.55pm | | | | |
| 10.00pm | | | | Te Papa Closes
Fireworks by Te Papa's waterfront |
| 10.10pm | | | | |