Wellington Pasifika Festival

The Wellington Pasifika Festival attracts over 15,000 people each year and is a standout event in the Wellington regional and national calendar.

Performers on the pasifika festival stage, in front of a crowd of onlookers.

The sights, sounds and flavours of the Pacific were enjoyed by many at Wellington Pasifika Festival 2023, held in February at Waitangi Park.

This free festival celebrates our unique Pacific communities, our arts, our whānau, and our cultural landscape.

Festival goers were treated to traditional and contemporary music, performances, delicious food, and activities including traditional crafts, demonstrations, and shared experiences.

Check out images of this vibrant event below.

Performers sitting and standing on stage performing.

Brightly dressed performers perform on stage with guitars.

Pasifika dancers in green outfits perform.

Image from the back of stage looking towards performers and out to the crowd, shows performers holding hands behind their backs while they perform.

Brightly coloured shirts and dresses displayed on a stall.

Close up image of the detail of the canoe.

Brightly dressed performers dance on stage.

Young children in bright dress perform on stage.

Brightly dressed performers on stage.

Performers on stage dancing in traditional dress.

Basketball players in the sun playing at Waitangi park.

A person holding half a watermelon with ice cream on top of it.

Pasifika dancers performing with fire sticks.

A display of Pasifika books from Wellington city libraries.