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Splore festival

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Splore festival

Splore was a music and arts festival held at Tapapakanga Regional Park, near Auckland. The festival was established in 1998 and incorporated international musical acts, with arts, dance and circus performances in a beach setting. An important aspect of the festival was sustainability; festival goers were encouraged to reuse, to compost and to take away all their rubbish. This is Australian band The Bamboos playing on the main stage in 2014. 

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Marguerite Hill, Arts festivals – Music festivals from the 1960s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/45232/splore-festival (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Marguerite Hill, published 13 May 2014, updated 1 August 2016.