
First Contact 2012
FREE
The Festival began in truly breathtaking style as one of Wellington’s most iconic buildings was transformed into a living, moving canvas by acclaimed New Zealand artist Michel Tuffery.

FREE
The Festival began in truly breathtaking style as one of Wellington’s most iconic buildings was transformed into a living, moving canvas by acclaimed New Zealand artist Michel Tuffery.

$38-$78
Festival audiences were invited to step inside the vintage big top on Wellington’s waterfront and enter a world of enchantment and intrigue with Circus Ronaldo.

$40-$48
New Zealand’s leading piano trio joined forces with outstanding percussionists Lenny Sakofsky and Jeremy Fitzsimons for a programme of vast sonic scope and visual energy.

$10-$18
Scottish crime writer Denise Mina, Doctor Who screenwriter Robert Shearman and American slipstream fantasy writer Kelly Link gathered to explore the world of comics, fantasy and popular culture.