{"id":513094,"date":"2026-07-06T22:46:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T22:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/513094\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T22:46:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T22:46:16","slug":"dreamer-light-exhibition-brings-indoor-glow-to-tauranga-this-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/513094\/","title":{"rendered":"Dreamer Light Exhibition brings indoor glow to Tauranga this July"},"content":{"rendered":"

Visitors can draw with light, play glowing games, create music on an interactive drum kit and step into digital installations that transform them into a blooming bouquet.<\/p>\n

\" Producer Jamie Newman says Dreamer brings the magic of a light festival without winter weather risks. Photo \/ Melissa Nickerson<\/p>\n

New features have also been added since Auckland, including a glow drawing room, a musical light installation and updates to the exhibition\u2019s infinity mirror experience. <\/p>\n

Beyond the lights and technology, Newman said creating opportunities for people to connect was at the heart of everything he did. <\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of division in the world, and experiences where people can connect with friends, family and even strangers help remind us we\u2019re more alike than we are different.\u201d <\/p>\n

\" Large\u2011scale digital and light artworks will transform the arena into an immersive playground. Photo \/ Shakie Cinematography<\/p>\n

That philosophy also comes from Newman\u2019s other venture, Morning People<\/a>, the early-morning dance events that have been held in New Zealand for the past decade. <\/p>\n

As part of Dreamer, a free Morning People session will be held inside the exhibition on Saturday, July 11, from 7am to 8.30am. It will feature Auckland DJ and Synthony music director Dick Johnson.<\/p>\n

Morning People tickets are free but must be booked separately from Dreamer admission. <\/p>\n

Newman has plans to take the Dreamer exhibition to other parts of the country.<\/p>\n

Dreamer ticket prices<\/p>\n

Child: $16 + booking fees<\/p>\n

Adult: $24 + booking fees <\/p>\n

Under-5 free, no ticket required <\/p>\n

Family Pass: $54 + booking Fees<\/p>\n

Zoe Blake is a multimedia journalist at the Bay of Plenty Times and Rotorua Daily Post. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Visitors can draw with light, play glowing games, create music on an interactive drum kit and step into…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":513095,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[46871,51,1038,183928,156,4296,25139,69620,5832,6804,130,111,139,69,384,1305,1227,131,1961,61,17249],"class_list":["post-513094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-46871","tag-auckland","tag-brings","tag-dreamer","tag-entertainment","tag-exhibition","tag-glow","tag-indoor","tag-july","tag-light","tag-more","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-people","tag-show","tag-tauranga","tag-than","tag-this","tag-to","tag-visited"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513094","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=513094"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513094\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/513095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=513094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=513094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=513094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}