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First Breath: Opening PartyTihei Mauri Ora: Te Whakarewanga

E mua kaikai ki te tūhura i a Breathe | Mauri Ora: An Immersive Journey into Nature by Marshmallow Laser Feast ki tētahi hui whakarewa e whai wāhi ai  ki te whakaaturanga me ngā whakangahau ngangahau i te pō. 

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Be among the first to explore Breathe | Mauri Ora: An Immersive Journey into Nature by Marshmallow Laser Feast at a special opening party that includes late-night exhibition access and live entertainment.

When | Āhea

Sat 13 Dec 2025, 7.00pm–11.00pm

Where | Ki hea

Gallery, Espresso, Level 4

Cost | Te utu

$89.00

Age

An adults-only event

Join us to celebrate the opening of Breathe | Mauri Ora, a boundary-pushing digital art experience from London-based collective Marshmallow Laser Feast in a touring exhibition created by ACMI – Australia’s national museum of screen culture.

Tickets include:

  • late-night access to Breathe | Mauri Ora

  • a Dancing Sands cocktail and two drinks

  • a live, meditative audio-visual performance by Sanoi (Loop Recordings)

  • immersive forest soundscape by Kodama 木 (Manu Byrne)

  • a grazing table. 

Immerse yourself in monumental digital worlds like no others seen before in Aotearoa New Zealand. Please note: This is an adults-only event.

Photo courtesy of Sanoi

Rebel Hearts Galentine’s Dinner, 2025. Photo by Fineline Photography. Te Papa (257738)

Photo courtesy of Sanoi

Rebel Hearts Galentine’s Dinner, 2025. Photo by Fineline Photography. Te Papa (257853)

Te Papa acknowledges the British Council New Zealand and the Pacific for their support of the Breathe | Mauri Ora Events Season.

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