Join the Royal New Zealand Ballet and 100 tamariki from the kura and schools around the Bay of Islands region as they into the ngahere. Artists from the RNZB will perform three works from their 2024 repertoire in the first half.

The tamariki will then present a dance work inspired by the children's novel Hine and the Tohunga Portal, written by Whangarei novelist Ataria Sharman (Ngati Kura) about a brother and sister who wander into an enchanted forest, Performers include tamariki from Bay of Islands International Academy, Oromahoe, Kawakawa and Moerewa schools, Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Taumarere and the Northern Dance Academy.

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