{"id":350939,"date":"2026-03-27T17:50:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T17:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/350939\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T17:50:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T17:50:13","slug":"cuba-dupa-aspiring-conversations-and-jazz-the-spinoff-event-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/350939\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuba Dupa, Aspiring Conversations and jazz: The Spinoff event guide"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Spinoff\u2019s top pick of events from around the motu. Here\u2019s the best for the week March 26 \u2013 April 2.<\/p>\n

Welcome to The Spinoff event guide, your weekly, curated selection of gigs, events and exhibitions happening across Aotearoa. If you want to pitch your event for future guides then please use this handy form<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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T\u0101maki Makaurau<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

Literature: W\u0101hine Inside \u2013 book launch<\/a><\/p>\n

Ellen Melville Centre,
7pm Fri, March 27
Free (or $35 to receive the book alongside your entry registration)<\/p>\n

Te K\u0101hui Creative Writing launches their latest anthology \u2013 W\u0101hine Inside \u2013 of poetry and prose from women formerly or currently incarcerated.<\/p>\n

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Tauranga
\n\"AJake Baxendale\u2019s Waypeople is one of the many gigs in this year\u2019s Port of Tauranga National Jazz Festival.<\/p>\n

Music: National Jazz Festival<\/a><\/p>\n

Multiple venues
March 27 \u2013 April 6
Various prices<\/p>\n

Get jazzy in Tauranga for the 63rd National Jazz Festival which encompasses street festivities, seated\/ticketed gigs and the youth jazz competitions.<\/p>\n

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\nTe Whanganui-a-Tara<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

Festival: Cuba Dupa<\/a><\/p>\n

Wellington City
March 28 \u2013 29
Free<\/p>\n

Over 80,000 people will flood the CBD over the weekend to listen to live music, dance, eat, marvel at street artists and generally revel. See the timetable online, here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\u014ctautahi
\n\"AMark Adams, 1988. Hori Korei. George Grey monument. Albert Park. T\u0101maki Makaurau Auckland, 1988 {printed 2024}, silver bromide print, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o T\u0101maki, purchased 2025.<\/p>\n

Visual art: Mark Adams: A Survey | He Kohinga Whakaahua<\/a><\/p>\n

Christchurch Art Gallery
On until July 26
Free<\/p>\n

A survey of over 50 years of Mark Adams\u2019 photography documenting elements of Aotearoa New Zealand. Stunning, and a lovely Autumnal visual art outing.<\/p>\n

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W\u0101naka
\n\"FourA past panel event for Aspiring Conversations.<\/p>\n

Literature: Aspiring Conversations<\/a><\/p>\n

Lake W\u0101naka Centre
March 27 \u2013 29
Various prices<\/p>\n

A weekend of conversations with writers, politicians, economists and artists; including with The Spinoff\u2019s own Toby Manhire (his session is sold out, sorry; but there\u2019s plenty more).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Spinoff\u2019s top pick of events from around the motu. Here\u2019s the best for the week March 26…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":350940,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[186056,3681,492,3683,156,3684,3685,111,3686,139,69,1066,1227,3687],"class_list":["post-350939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-christchurch-art-gallery","tag-cnz-review","tag-comments-enabled","tag-contemporary-art","tag-entertainment","tag-event-noticeboard","tag-events","tag-new-zealand","tag-new-zealand-music","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-pop-culture","tag-tauranga","tag-the-spinoff-event-guide"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=350939"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350939\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/350940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=350939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=350939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=350939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}