Vector Lights for Matariki Festival 2025 tells the story of the festival’s iwi manaaki (host iwi), Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei and the theme Ahi Kā roa (burning fires).

Rainbow storytelling comes to life in a dynamic new light show by contemporary installation artist Alex Watene (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Whātua, Te Arawa a Tūhoe) and will be the feature of Vector Lights for Auckland Pride Festival.

Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland is the first major international city to welcome in the New Year, and Vector Lights will light up in the countdown to 2025.

Vector Lights is celebrating this festive season with a brand-new light and sound show based on the New Zealand children’s Christmas book We Wish You a Kiwi Christmas.

Vector Lights will appoint an Auckland based artist to deliver a new dynamic light and sound show on Auckland’s iconic Harbour Bridge for Auckland Anniversary Day.

Vector Lights show for the Festive Season is based on the story A Pūkeko in a Ponga Tree by author Ihaka Kingi – a New Zealand adaption of the popular song The Twelve Days of Christmas. 

2022 is the 182nd commemoration of the signing of Te Tiriti o Waitangi (the Treaty of Waitangi) between tangata whenua and the Crown.

Learn more about the background narrative for the Vector Lights for WWF Whale Tales show including details on the public art trail

Vector Lights show for the Festive Season is based on the story A Pūkeko in a Ponga Tree by author Ihaka Kingi – a New Zealand adaption of the popular song The Twelve Days of Christmas.