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The Arts Centre Te Matatiki Toi Ora

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2 Worcester Boulevard
Christchurch, 8014 NZ

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April 2024

Chamber Music New Zealand Presents: Delaney Davidson – Out Of My Head Tour

April 27 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pm NZST
The Arts Centre Te Matatiki Toi Ora, 2 Worcester Boulevard
Christchurch, 8014 NZ
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$50

CMNZ is delighted to be presenting, NZ Arts Foundation laureate and multiple award-winning musician, Delaney Davidson for a five-centre tour to launch his 10th studio album – Out of my Head. One of the most distinctive figures in Aotearoa’s musical landscape, Delaney Davidson is well known for his hypnotic and original One Man and his Ghost Orchestra. Enigmatic, multi-instrumentalist both defines and commands his own unique realm in the shadowy musical world some call ‘Country-Noir”. Recorded in Kurow and Diamond…

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June 2024

Dillastrate x Harmony & Rhythm

June 20 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm NZST
The Arts Centre Te Matatiki Toi Ora, 2 Worcester Boulevard
Christchurch, 8014 NZ
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$20

In celebration of Matariki 2024, Dillastrate are bringing a new live experience to the Great Hall. Dillastrate have teamed up with Harmony & Rhythm (including a 7-piece horn section led by the amazing Jimmy Rainey) to perform a special selection of Dillastrate’s waiata reo Māori. These waiata have been making big waves in the music industry, frequently charting in the Official New Zealand Top 10 Music Charts, and exported globally as the theme song for New Zealand Cricket broadcasts worldwide.…

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Ngā Tohu o Matariki with Māmā Mihirangi and Pou Ataata

June 21 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm NZST
The Arts Centre Te Matatiki Toi Ora, 2 Worcester Boulevard
Christchurch, 8014 NZ
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$20

A celebration and interpretation of the many signs of Matariki guiding us towards new beginnings and endless possibilities. Let yourself be transported to a world where ancient wisdom meets modern marvels, where each note carries the whispers of the stars and each word reveals the celestial secrets of creation. "Ngā Tohu o Matariki”, is a collaborative collective of celebrated artists, empowering women whose musical wisdom weaves together a soundscape for the soul to create a mesmerising musical journey. Bringing together…

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Māmā Mihirangi & The Māreikura

June 22 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm NZST
The Arts Centre Te Matatiki Toi Ora, 2 Worcester Boulevard
Christchurch, 8014 NZ
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$30

Māmā Mihirangi & The Māreikura present the big concert before their international tour of Canada in July and August 2024. An Indigenous Producer, Songwriter and Tohunga, a traditional Māori Priestess of Io Matangaro, with grace, fierceness, warmth and humour, Māmā Mihirangi’s lyrics poetically celebrate the values, lore, medicines and customs of her lineage, uplifting her audience with her naturalness, infectious laughter and fearless authenticity. Weaving soaring ancient chants with intricate harmonies, traditional and contemporary instruments with beats and deep bass…

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Kommi Me Ana Taipō

June 29 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm NZST
The Arts Centre Te Matatiki Toi Ora, 2 Worcester Boulevard
Christchurch, 8014 NZ
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$25

Kommi is an Lyttelton-based vocalist who performs entirely in the Kāi Tahu dialect. A bit swampy, a bit witchy, gliding and fluttering through te reo Māori rapsongs, Kommi will carry you into a philosophical reconciliation with their own personal taipō (spooks, goblins, ghosts). This performance acknowledges life (and death), contentment and joy (and grief and angst), and the absurd. You will encounter elements of self-deprivation, purification and preparation, alongside leisure and longing, maternal and supplementary love, unity within non-conformity and…

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