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Amanda Wright - The Breath Metronome + Awakening to the Qi of Joy
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In this session, I guide participants through simple yet powerful breathwork patterns that flow seamlessly into embodied movement. The music informs the pace and energy, but it is the breath that leads. As participants tune into their own breath, they are invited to let go of inhibitions, move with joy and freedom, and rediscover the natural rhythm of life within their bodies.
The atmosphere is playful and inclusive - there is no choreography, no expectation, only an invitation to connect breath with movement in a way that feels authentic and alive. Some moments are still and inward; others burst into dance, laughter, and release. Breath & Beats creates a safe container where people can reconnect with presence, regulate their nervous system, and celebrate the vitality of being fully embodied.
As a certified Breathwork Coach, Qi Gong teacher, and long-time DJ, I bring a deep understanding of rhythm, energy, and the healing power of sound and breath. Breath & Beats weaves these threads together into a joyful, grounding, and transformative offering - one that reminds us that the breath is both anchor and liberator, and that music can guide us back home to ourselves.
Awakening to the Qi of Joy - Qi Gong is an ancient Chinese practice of breath, movement, and awareness that cultivates Qi — the vital life force energy that flows through all of us. Subtle but potent, accessible to any age and any body, Qi Gong is a way to balance the nervous system, relax stress, and re-calibrate balance. Advanced scientific studies validate what has long been understood among practitioners: intentional movement and breath can lower cortisol, increase circulation, improve immune function, and increase overall vitality.
I invite you to move through a series of smooth, breath-led movements designed to open and unwind the body, calm and recenter the mind, and reconnect you to your natural state of presence and aliveness. Amidst a scene like Splore, where energy is running strong and community is plentiful, Qi Gong offers a unique chance to ground and replenish yourself while tuning in to your inner pulse and to that communal energy around you. It's a replenishing practice and not a draining one — a wonderful equal to the energy of the dance floor.
Come as you are. No experience is needed. We will awaken the Qi of Joy together - a practice that can be brought into the festival and into daily life.
Chardin - Himalayan Raga Yoga Meditation
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Regarded as the highest path of meditation, Raja Yoga distils the wisdom of all yogic traditions. At its heart are five powerful techniques that use breath and focused awareness to reveal how we create our own suffering — and how to dissolve those patterns with clarity and precision.
Through this timeless practice, Chardin guides students toward genuine inner peace and happiness, independent of external circumstances. As practitioners connect more consistently with their own radiant inner light, their consciousness begins to shift, the sense of separation softens, and they open into a deeper experience of unity within themselves.
Christine Spicer - Human Design Embodied
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This workshop strengthens your connection with the physicality of the BodyGraph map. It introduces you to the relationship between the mind and the ‘inner authority’ which is the potential for your navigation in life.
Christine gives you a taster of how different authorities and auras are designed to interact with life. The influence of the world can take us far from the way we are designed to be. This system provides our personal map pointing us back home to person sovereignty, Self-love integrated healing and empowerment as the purity of You.
When travelling in Germany in 2005, Christine discovered she belonged to the rarest Aura type - a Reflector, just 1.5% of the population. 20 years ago she brought Human Design to NZ and has since qualifying as NZs first HD Analyst and Teacher she has activated and empowered thousands of people with their unique designs through her Readings, Retreats and Guidance. Christine's passion is enabling each person’s embodiment of their own BodyGraph Map and she gives a sense of this by guiding you inwards to explore the possibilities of your own design.
Claire Conza - Threads of Creation
Co-create a giant artwork symbolising connection and diversity of the Splore community. Make Give Live will set up a large, round, wooden frame with nail heads sticking out around the edges. I’ll invite people to choose a string to represent them from a selection of natural yarns and fabric strips of different colours and textures. Then they’ll get to tie and string patterns between the nails, filling out the centre of the circle, weaving them between others if they wish. On the end of the yarn they tie a disc of wood with a name or word or little note that hangs down from the bottom forming a sort of dream catcher blended with a wind chime.
Afterwards the piece can hang from a tree for all to enjoy.
Frankie Cole - Blue Lotus Yoga Nidra Ritual
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In this journey, you are invited into a temple of ceremony and balance, where men and women share wisdom equally, and sacred ritual is a way of life. You’ll walk along lotus-filled waterways, step into candlelit halls carved with hieroglyphs, and sit with gods and goddesses as you are offered the sacred lotus. The temple’s energy gently carries you to a state of profound relaxation and subconscious healing.
This Yoga Nidra session offers a peaceful sanctuary amidst the vibrant energy of the festival. It is designed for anyone - no yoga experience needed. All you need to do is lie down, close your eyes, and allow yourself to be guided into stillness.
Julia Vajda de Albuquerque - Family Yoga: The Little Yogi Prince
In this yoga session intended for children of all ages and their families, we will join the Little Prince on a journey around the universe. Embarking in this adventure based on the enchanting fable by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry will lead us to important lessons on kindness, goodwill, and caring for our relationships and the environment. Let's practice yoga with the wise Little Prince!
Katie Greengrass - Energising Beach Yoga Flow
Rise with the morning sun and step into your body with a revitalising yoga session designed to awaken, stretch and energise you for the day ahead. This class blends deep breathing with flowing movements, a touch of strength to shake off the night before and deep, delicious stretches to open your body and mind.
We’ll finish with a grounding, heart meditation, leaving you centred, refreshed and ready to fully immerse yourself in the magic of Splore.
Beginners and experienced festival-goers alike are welcome. Come as you are, connect with your breath and let your body move freely.
Kiri Walden - The Neuroscience of Sound
Sound has the power to shift our state of mind, regulate the nervous system, and influence our emotions—yet few of us understand why it affects us so deeply. In this workshop, Dr Kiri dives into the neuroscience of sound, vibration, and resonance, revealing how different frequencies and rhythms interact with the brain and body. Through live demos and immersive listening experiences, attendees will feel how music and sound can boost focus, energy, and relaxation. This is a festival-ready, practical approach, offering tools to reset, energise, or ground yourself anytime during the weekend. Blending modern science with experiential learning, the workshop makes these concepts accessible, interactive, and easy to bring into daily life. By the end, attendees will leave with a deeper understanding of how sound shapes the nervous system and practical ways to weave this awareness into their festival journey and personal wellness.
Kayla Jade - Run Club
Kickstart your Splore morning with Kayla and a 45-minute movement session blending a dynamic warm-up, a 15-minute out-and-back run, a nourishing cool-down, and a calming relaxation with live singing to ground your wairua. With over a decade in the fitness and wellness space, Kayla weaves together group fitness, yoga, music, and holistic health with her life as an athlete, artist, and storyteller.
As LSKD’s New Zealand Community Leader, she’s a passionate kaitiaki of people and connection—crafting spaces where movement, culture, and community help everyone become 1% better. Come move, breathe, and reset before a big day of festival magic.
Lauren Filer - Flow into Festival
Start your day with a slow, mindful Vinyasa flow that connects breath and movement. This session is designed to stretch, release tension, and help you shake off the outside world, so you can fully drop into the festival experience. Whether you're new to yoga or an experienced practitioner, you'll leave feeling rejuvenated, grounded, and ready to embrace whatever the day brings.
Open to all levels. No previous experience required.
Loren Honey - Women’s Empowerment Circle
Magic happens when women-identifying humans gather together in circle, an ancient practice of the ‘Red Tent’ in our modern world. These spaces are a safe space for women to receive, feel the beauty of sisterhood in a way that is ceremonial and liminal.
Women's circles can be mysterious but essentially it's how it sounds - women sitting in circle talking. The magic is everyone is able to express themselves fully, without self censorship or reservation knowing there's no judgment. You are so welcome exactly as you are. Loren Honey is an internationally renowned Breathwork facilitator, life coach, yin yoga teacher, published author and activist of the wild. She rebels against the dogma’s and is known for being deeply grounded while being connected to the cosmic. Loren holds alchemical space with integrity and often weaves her Maori worldview into her work.
Louise Mills - Plant Potions
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This session is a journey and you get a Scent Passport - the adventure card you need to navigate through the Plant Potions Chakra Activation Trail - a mindfulness interactive installation in Wendy’s Wellness. Each session participant receives a gifted Ebook - The Scented Self by Plant Potions founder, Louise Mills and an invitation to the Plant Potions Saturday Pop-Up, your go-to oasis for festival-friendly aromatherapy with Splore exclusive deals. (SESSION TIME TBC)
ACTIVATION
Plant Potions Chakra Activation Trail - a mindfulness interactive installation. Grab your Scent Passport and journey your way through Splore activating the chakras. Immerse yourself in plant based scents, a crystal bowl meditation and mantra all aligned with each of the chakras, placed in 7 soothing locations around Wendy’s Wellness zone.
PLANT POTIONS SATURDAY POP-UP
Join Plant Potions founder Louise Mills for a Saturday pop-up - a curated oasis for festival-friendly, plant based aromatherapy with Splore exclusive deals. Situated in Wendy’s Wares at Wendy’s Wellness.
Maryam Al-Roubaiai - Electric Yin
A combination like no other, Electric Yin fuses the deep release of yin yoga with the dreamy soundscape of live electric guitar and supporting instrumental music. Sink into long, restorative poses as shimmering, ambient riffs swirl around you, creating a space that’s equal parts grounding and mind-expanding. No yoga experience needed - just come ready to stretch, breathe, and drift into the music. A perfect way to rest your body while staying connected to the rhythm and whimsy of the festival.
Maya Nova - How to stay SANE in an insane world
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SANE is a mindful framework for finding clarity, steadiness, and purpose in turbulent times:
- Surrender – Let go of limiting beliefs and unhelpful patterns through self-awareness practices and guided reflection.
- Awaken – Cultivate presence and reconnect with what truly matters.
- Navigate – Learn practical self-regulation tools to stay centred, grounded, and resourceful in moments of stress or uncertainty.
- Embody – Integrate your insights into daily life, living with intention, presence, and purpose.
You’ll leave with practical tools, guided practices, and a personal action plan to help you stay SANE, not just in theory, but in the moments that matter most.
Meg Bell - Morning Beach Vinyasa
Meg Bell, founder of Numi yoga space in Kerikeri, is a heart-led yoga teacher known for creating grounded and soulful spaces, where movement becomes a pathway to presence.
This 60 minute vinyasa yoga experience will start with breathwork to calm the nervous system, create heat with flowing asana and finish with a dreamy, soul nourishing savasana.
Expect a joyful, expansive session with a carefully curated playlist to inspire the journey together.
Raquel Minh - Intro to Acro
No previous experience is necessary and you're welcome to attend with a buddy (or two!) or come solo and join a group. Suitable for all ages.
Create acrobatic shapes with someone else through honest and kind communication. This workshop will be suitable for complete beginners and also for people who have explored partner yoga movement. Kanuka Yoga will begin by guiding everyone through an individual warm-up routine that will get you in the zone for Acro. Learn how to share space as a "flyer," "base," and "spotter". We'll explore some fundamental acro shapes like bird, chair, shoulder stand, and restorative folded leaf. Find your balance, have fun and try something a little different with your buddy!
Sarah Spence - Interpreting Dreams and Visions
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If you have one, please bring a written account of a dream, vision, or life event you'd like to explore, along with a journal or device for capturing inspiration.
This dream-work approach is rare in Aotearoa and offers something truly unique. Rooted in the teachings of Swami Radha, founder of Yasodhara Ashram and author of Realities of the Dreaming Mind, it blends yogic wisdom with Jungian psychology.
Sarah trained at Yasodhara Ashram and holds their certified Dream Teacher qualification — currently the only person in New Zealand with this training. Her lineage-based method offers a personal, spiritual, and psychologically grounded way to explore dreams, far beyond conventional dream dictionaries or surface analysis.
Summer Knight - Art as Therapy - Life Drawing
Life Drawing at Splore is an invitation to experience the world a little differently. No experience or artist identity needed. Just a willingness to observe and scribble two Beings in Motion, our models*. You’ll learn simple techniques to explore drawing the human form in a way that feels good for you. Through guided charcoal mark-making and quiet observation, we let go of getting it right and instead create for the sake of creating.
All materials provided. Come as you are.
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Tor White - Ahoy Griefy
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Ahoy Griefy is a creative expression and offering of Grief Ship (a creative studio exploring grief as a portal to transformation, and giving endings and death a rebrand). Ahoy Griefy was inspired by kundalini yoga x Annie Frost Nicholson's "Grief Rave" (UK) x loss and grief therapy training x lived experience of both the shipwrecking pain of loss and the alchemic power of grief.
Tor White is a creative director and strategist, music lover, certified kundalini yoga teacher, death doula / end of life guide, trained in grief and loss.
Taane Mete + Jock Barnes Graham - Yoga Rebel
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Yoga: Rebel Embodiment (Beach)
This isn’t your usual studio flow.. Forget straight lines, rigid cues, and textbook shapes. We’re here to break rules, dissolve constructs, and rewire how we move. Think of it as yoga flipped on its head; a playful protest against the confines that keep us small.
Through flow, sound, and raw expression, we’ll explore the body as a wild vehicle for truth; shaking, spiralling, collapsing, expanding. No right, no wrong, just movement born from authenticity. Together, we’ll carve out space for liberation, for heart-led embodiment, for pure, unfiltered You.
Come as you are, dressed up or stripped back, and leave with your body buzzing, your spirit loud, and your freedom dialled all the way up.
Jock Barns Graham leads Yoga, Ancient Karakia and Waiata by Taane Mete
Together - we weave oneness
Breathwork
Breath work is sweeping the world by storm. In this chaotic world we live in, breath work is fast becoming the go-to as a means for healing and regulating the central nervous system and the entire body.
This deeply profound modality relieves stress, past and current trauma, emotional unease, whilst providing understanding of one's limitations and limiting belief systems.
Each practice builds a window of tolerance that increases over time.
I look forward to assisting you at Splore 2026!
Jock Barns Graham curates a 90min breath work practice, Ancient Karakia and Waiata by Taane Mete.
Tracey Bennett - Plant Based Cooking with Ease and Fun
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A working mother of four and grandmother of four, Tracey champions simple, delicious plant-based meals that are quick, nutritious, and full of flavour. She understands the realities of being time-poor while still wanting to eat well and she teaches others how to do the same with confidence.
When she’s not developing new recipes, Tracey shares her passion through workshops, festival talks, and corporate sessions, guiding people toward an easy, enjoyable shift to more plant-based eating. She is also deeply committed to wellness retreats, having co-led 33 weekend experiences across Aotearoa. Now hosting her own 3-day Plant-based Cooking retreats, Tracey combines mouthwatering food education with yoga, meditation, nature, spa time, connection, and plenty of laughter.
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What is Twerkwerk?
Twerkwerk is more than just movement - it’s a groundbreaking experience that fuses the unapologetic freedom of Twerking with the deeply transformative power of Breathwork. This unique practice is your invitation to step into a world of confidence, self-expression, and connection. It’s not about looking a certain way; it’s about feeling free in your body, letting go of shame, and connecting to your power through rhythm, sweat, and self-expression. Expect booty-focused movement, a supportive vibe, and a whole lot of fun - no dance experience needed.
Zoe Kee-Sue - Twerkwerk
Christopher Jones - Palmistry Psychology
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Modern handreading is a valuable tool for understanding ourselves better and fostering personal development and is not at all concerned with ‘prediction’ or ‘fortune telling’. The hand is a blueprint of the unique consciousness patterns that are you - and the most significant hand features of all are the fingerprints. Everybody knows that each person has a unique set of fingerprints. That they remain unchanged through life shows their importance as a biometric marker of our deepest identity. No two fingerprints are the same - not even identical twins have identical fingerprints! For the fingerprints are a blueprint of the unique consciousness patterns that are you; they reveal something of the patterns of our soul psychology.
This is not fortune-telling, this is self-revelation....
Gwenhyfer Gabbie - Traditional Thai Massage
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Festival-goers often describe her work as ceremonial. A healing experience shaped by strength, stability, and genuine care. Gwenhyfer Gabbie holds each person with devotion, precision, and an attuned awareness that allows the body to feel lighter, looser, and more open.
Her clients speak for her:
“She has a very sound knowledge of the techniques and a highly therapeutic, sympathetic touch, both relaxing and powerful.” Nick Wright
“Her attention to detail was incredible. Every movement felt intentional and expert. I walked out feeling lighter, looser, and genuinely cared for.” Hayley Claire
“Her massage carries the lineage of her Thai training. Her touch feels ceremonial, grounding and awakened.” Kevin LeRoy (John Smythe)
“My nervous system unwound under her soothing touch. A blissful sense of relaxation.” Jamala Smyth
“Calm, grounded, and healing. Strength, stability, and loving care in every movement.” — Shaunie
Jackie Segers - Integrated Reflexology
Reflexology is the concept that the feet, hands,outer ears and face is a mirror image of the body. Accessing these areas brings balance into organs, glands and structures of the body and deep blissful relaxation.
I offer a curated wellness session to support Splore revellers achieve deep soulful relaxation, mind body balance and transform tired feet into dancing machines.
Jamali Salamba - Wa’Mana Massage
My practice offers a unique style of relaxation and deep-tissue oil massage.
My offering is generous, intentional and attentive, a deeply soothing space for your being. Allowing yourself a moment of gratitude, a moment to melt, suspended in time. Rest your body while revitalising your spirit. Leave moving lighter so you may sink deeper into your empowered essence. Joy.
James Hancox - Zenthai Shiatsu Bodywork
Zenthai Shiatsu is a unique blend of Zen Shiatsu, Thai massage and osteopathic techniques. It is a fluid bodywork/massage modality that resets the physical and energetic bodies!
Zenthai is a fluid movement bodywork modality that moves and shifts energy in a way that allows people to drop into a deeper state of being!
Kimberly Mabbett - Elemental Touch Massage Therapy
Kimberley is offering one-on-one paid massage therapy sessions. She is a qualified massage therapist with over 10 years of experience and a deep passion for holistic wellbeing. Holding a Diploma in Massage Therapy, she weaves together relaxation, therapeutic, sports and trigger point techniques to create intuitive, restorative treatments.
Kimberley’s sessions are guided by a gentle awareness of the mind–body connection, inviting clients to slow down, release tension and reconnect with their natural state of balance. Her touch is grounding and nurturing, creating a peaceful space to reset, restore energy and return home to oneself.
Lana Raill - Sacred Soul Tarot & Flower Essences
Lana has over 25 years’ experience supporting people through personal Tarot and Astrology readings, holistic and spiritual healing, and flower essence therapy.
She is passionate about guiding others on their journey of discovery and growth, helping them come to know themselves in an exciting new way. Her sessions offer a special kind of conversation - an opportunity to explore the sacred tools of tarot and astrology for guidance, insight, wisdom, and deeper understanding.
Laura Jean - Reiki For Ravers
Reiki for Ravers, can be found within Wendy’s Wellness, a bell tent to recharge or chill down Splore's Ravers and party people, a sensory place for comfort to regulate and balance so you can get the very best out of your festival experience. Laura from Messy by Nature is a Reiki master, teacher and an original raver with a lifetime of experience getting the vibe right, so you get to party mind, body and soul setting the vibe high, naturally. Reiki is beautiful in the quiet moments of daily life, but Laura has discovered it also comes alive in the festival space. It supports a natural high, a sense of freedom and an ease in expressing yourself beyond the limits of everyday life. In this environment, Reiki helps you open up, let go and step into the very best version of yourself.
Phoebe Hart - Somatic Face Massage
Somatic Face Massage is a deeply personalised healing experience that weaves together Face Sculpting Massage, Energy Work, Bodywork, and Sound Healing.
Each session begins with a 10-minute consultation to explore your current state of being. From there, Phoebe will guide you through a tailored journey shaped by your needs in that moment.This gentle yet powerful practice works with the muscles, fascia, and lymphatic system of the scalp, face, neck, and shoulders - encouraging healthy circulation, supporting lymphatic flow, and nurturing the mind-body connection through vagus nerve stimulation and nervous system regulation. Drawing on her experience as a somatic practitioner, Phoebe takes a holistic view of your wellbeing. She considers posture, lifestyle patterns, and both environmental and emotional stressors as influences on what is expressed through your face - treating not just one area, but the whole person.
Rā Massage - Romiromi Healing Massage
Rā Massage brings Romiromi — traditional Māori bodywork — to Splore. Each session creates a space to release, be held, and return to yourself. Romiromi works deeply with body and spirit. Through slow and fluid massage, deep pressure applied to Haemata points and stretches, it helps unravel stress, pain, stored emotion and heal intergenerational trauma. Kaupare (protective prayer) is woven in, offering spiritual safety and closure. At a festival, where energy is high and constant, Rā Massage offers a sanctuary: a quiet space to land, release, and reconnect before stepping back into the flow. Whether seeking healing or just deep rest, each person leaves clearer, lighter, and more grounded.
Chloe Palmer - Sound Healing
Chloe is a New Zealand based, world class sound alchemist and with over 20 years of experience performing around the world. She shares her voice through hauntingly beautiful, original songs, and entrancing, live-looped soundscapes that take you on a journey deep within yourself. Chloe sings and plays sound healing instruments tuned to 432hz including guitar, handpan, Native American style flutes, singing bowls, monochord and natural percussive instruments as well as singing native New Zealand bird calls. This session will be a mind-blowing experience. The perfect way to wind down your evening with pure sonic magic that takes you out of this world and soaring into the cosmos.
Dive Deep
Sharing some of my wide collection of heartikal dub and reggae music, for the purpose of love, dance and meditation.
Dave runs the sound through a hand built pre amp, sculpting the sound to vibe and taste.
Love Language - Carlotta and Scarlett
Love Language (95bFM), Carlotta and Scarlett create a sanctum of tranquil vibrations for those seeking an interlude from the wider wild world of Splore.
A chance to settle the senses, Love Language encapsulates the sounds of spiritual jazz, ambient, gospel, & soul. Be drawn into a sonic space of bliss as you delve into the night at Wendy's Wellness After Dark.
Misled Convoy
Michael Hodgson, a pioneer in Aotearoa's electronica scene, began his journey with Tinnitus in 1985, expanding into live AV performance and sound design in the 90s with the Projector Mix and then onto Pitch Black. Rooted in a musical family from Nelson, Hodgson's passion for experimental sound and visual communication drove his unconventional path, curating multidisciplinary events showcasing his music and video art across various spaces and genres. His unique sound, influenced by dub and field recordings, evolved into Misled Convoy which emerged as an avenue for his avant-garde exploration,
For Splore 2026 he is playing a quadrophonic show as part of the After Dark program in Wendy’s Wellness Tent at 12.30am on Saturday Night/Sunday morning!
Nikita 雅涵 Tu-Bryant - U P C L O S E acoustic series
Taiwan-born, Pōneke based multihyphenate Artist Nikita 雅涵 Tu-Bryant - (actor in AVATAR 2, Far North TV SERIES, WORLD OF WEARABLE ARTS THE DREAM-MAKER 2024) known for fronting bass heavy psych-pop trio KITA (TWISTED FREQ 2026, SINGLE FIN MINGLE 2025, WOMAD 2023) will be playing an U P C L O S E acoustic series around the motu, countering her high-energy shows with the summer touring of her band • KITA •
Expect intimate shows, some in private locations.
Come enjoy Nikita's songs with commentary, and get to know the Taiwan-born artist's creative process and intentions behind her writing.
Three Days in February - Created by Serena Stevenson
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Thursday night:
Where the cinema universe meets the dance floor world. A delightful sensory immersion of play, joy, human connection. Ignited by an aural design that transports the viewer to a magical place outside of time and space.
Friday night: Three Days in February - 3DIF THE LIVE REMIX
Celebrating the diversity of Aotearoa’s music, this live, multi-genre performance blends electronic and analogue elements to take the audience on a rising, immersive journey of sound and cinematic depth. Inspired by the vibration of the whenua and the unique creativity of New Zealand’s music scene, the show features Ed Zuccollo (jungle, dubstep, downtempo, house), Michael Hodgson from Misled Convoy and PITCH BLACK (digi-dub), Nikita 雅涵 Tu-Bryant (folk, soul, psychedelic), and Dylan C (electric guitar synth, hip-hop, dub, downtempo, techno), with visual mastery Brett Crockett, surround sonic design Michael Hodgson, and creative director Serena Stevenson.
A unique LIVE rendition of the Splore film, specially designed for Splore 2026, 3DIF offers an uplifting, live sonic and multi visual story experience unlike any other. Splorers - it’s your story.
Xuno's Conscious Audio Creations
Ambient soundscapes crafted and blended with elements of nature to elevate the spirit and soothe the soul. Distilled from decades of musical journeys through spaces & genre's. Xuno’s sound creations will wash over you as you transcend into a mindful state of pure bliss and peace.
A selector and DJ spanning over 3 decades. Xuno's knowledge and love affair with music, ambience and energy runs deep. A true connoisseur of beats and bass, in recent years he has discovered a passion for mindfulness and wellness. His daily yoga and meditation practice has opened his mind to the beauty and ability of ambient soundscapes to help transcend into a peaceful, conscious state.
Always growing and evolving, his unique sound creations will take you on a deep, soulful journey.
Em Wafer - Live Art
Em Wafer is a NZ artist known for her surreal dreamscapes. Recent winner of the 2025 NZ Art Show people’s choice award, she exhibits locally and internationally, and has collectors worldwide.
Her work addresses the subconscious, creating microcosmic worlds that feel both unique and universal. Boundaries between symbolism and reality blur, and reflections of inner and outer journeys connect us all.
Serena Stevenson - LOVE Portraits
LOVE Portraits invites Splorers to pause, connect, and celebrate love in all its forms - wild, ordinary, and extraordinary. Set within Wendy’s Wellness, this participatory art experience transforms everyday encounters into intimate expressions of connection through instant photography and creative play. With a classic Polaroid camera, each portrait is co-created - natural, unposed, and captured in the moment. Participants then craft a handmade frame using colourful materials, poetry, and Splore-inspired decorations, turning each image into a unique keepsake filled with personal meaning. The finished portraits are displayed in a communal gallery, forming a vibrant, evolving tapestry of joy, diversity, and shared humanity. LOVE Portraits becomes a ceremony of creativity and connection - a space for reflection, storytelling, and celebrating the raw, funny, and magical truth of being human.
Katie MacDiarmid - Sculpt & Detox Lymphatic Massage
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The Sculpt & Detox approach combines traditional lymphatic drainage techniques with targeted sculpting movements to reduce puffiness, support circulation, and promote a more defined, contoured appearance, particularly in areas prone to fluid retention such as the face, abdomen, and legs.
Benefits may include:
• Reduced swelling and bloating
• Enhanced detoxification
• Improved circulation and immune function
• A lighter, more energised feeling
• Visible sculpting and toning effects
This massage is deeply relaxing, grounding, and restorative, making it especially beneficial in a festival environment where the body may be impacted by travel, long days, stimulation, and environmental stressors.
Noah Barclay - PLAE Kids Magic & Movement Workshop
Ever wanted to be a real-life wizard or learn some mesmerising movement? In this hands-on workshop, you’ll have the chance to explore two fun skills:
Magic: Learn the secrets behind card tricks, sleight of hand, mentalism, misdirection and coin tricks, the same techniques used by professional magicians.
Movement & Poi Play: Try simple poi techniques to create flowing, captivating patterns with safe and easy-to-learn equipment.
No experience needed, just curiosity and a willingness to try! This workshop is for the kids, but fun and inclusive for all ages. Bonus: First 20 participants get a free deck of cards to take home and keep the magic going.
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Ludus
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Having recently returned from touring China, and set to return for Chun You festival in April, she’s played all across Aotearoa, shared the booth with dance music legends such as Kevin Saunderson and Pitch Black, and played at some of New Zealand’s best-loved festivals including Twisted Frequency, Outfield, Cuba Dupa, Taniwhas Den to name a few. Over the last year Ludus has Keep Hush set and played opening slots for Objekt, Mallgrab, as well as toured China twice, playing 6 shows in 2024 and returning for Chun You Festival, Clinic, and a live set on CDCR.
Outside the booth her producing ranges from to the ambient and ethereal to wobbly club music. As well as DJing and producing she can also be found collaborating with other artists to compose film soundtracks, full-length dance works and sound art commissions.
VJ Crocstar
Brett has supported many a DJ over the past 20 years to create beat-aligned visual extravaganzas. ‘I’m most interested in telling visual stories and connecting the audience into a symphony of sound and motion’, can’t wait to share my beat enhancing visual passions at Splore 26’.