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Te Papa 10th Birthday Events Schedule

Saturday 16 Feb Wellington Foyer Amphitheatre Marae Other (timeline does not apply to this column)
10.00am       Te Papa Opens
10.00am - 10.15am   Super Sausage Sizzle. BBQ food for sale.   Dutch Street Organ on Plaza 30 min every hour 10am-3pm [except 1pm]
10.15am-10.30am   DJ Raw 45min  
10.30am - 10.45am Didik Nini Thowok - Indonesian Dance performance with Gamelan orchestra. 45 min   Cook Island Drummers on Plaza 30 min. 10.30am-11am
10.45am - 11.00am  
11.00am -11.15am Te Ahikaaroa Kapa Haka. 30 mins Caitlin and Sika - world woodwind instruments. 30 mins The Beat Squad - Samba/Funk/Hip Hop on Plaza 15 min. 11.30am-11.45am
11.15am - 11.30am  
11.30am - 11.45am   Shaolin Monks. 30 min The O'Connors. NZ folk singers 30 mins Cadbury - chocolate fish giveaway. 11am-5pm. Amphitheatre
11.45pm -12.00pm  
12.00pm-12.15pm Live feed to large screen of Cake Cutting from Oceania. Musical Island Boys Barbershop quartet sing. Dougie B. Beatboxer. 30 min Whitireia Polytechnic Performance. 60 mins Birthday Cake Cutting and VIP speeches in Oceania.12noon.
12.15pm - 12.30pm
12.30pm-12.45pm   DJ Raw. 30 min Ngai Tahu weaving demonstration in 'Signs of a Nation' all day
12.45pm-1.00pm  
1.00pm - 1.15pm The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra (NZSO), conductor Hamish McKeich, with Whirimako Black, Deborah Wai Kapohe, Derek Hill, and Mere Boynton     BodyFX - face painting. All day.
1.15pm-1.30pm   Hula workshop - by Charlene Tedrow. 45 min
1.30pm-1.45pm   City of Wellington Pipe Band on Plaza. 2.30pm for 30 min
1.45pm-2.00pm  
2.00pm-2.15pm   The Beat Squad - Samba/Funk/Hip Hop. 45 min   Loonesco - Kids, look out for roaming costume characters! All day.
2.15pm-2.30pm    
2.30pm-2.45pm Didik Nini Thowok - Indonesian Dance performance with Gamelan orchestra 30 min Mexican guitarist - Carlos Navarrete 30mins Friends of Te Papa booth set up on level 4. All day
2.45pm-3.00pm  
3.00pm-3.15pm   Sanjay Dixit - Indian tabla 30min   Discovery Centre Free Kid's Activity Outside Sndgs Thtr - 10:00-11:30am Whip up a whale tail pendant
3.15pm-3.30pm   The Real Time Liners - Blues Band. 60 mins
3.30pm - 3.45pm   Didik Nini Thowok - Indonesian Dance performance.30 min Discovery Centre Free Kid's Activity in Te Huka ā Tai - 11am-12noon "Make an Awesome Aotearoa Badge"
3.45pm - 4.00pm  
4.00pm - 4.15pm   Te Ahikaaroa Kapa Haka. 30 mins Discovery Centre Free Kid's Activity Outside Sndgs Thtr. 12:00-1:30pm. Fashion a fantastic festive flag
4.15pm - 4.30pm    
4.30pm - 4.45pm Te Papa Collection Items show and tell. Legacy Dance Crew - 2006 Hip Hop Dance Championship finalists in Los Angeles. 30 min Caitlin and Sika - world woodwind instruments. 30 mins Discovery Centre Free Kid's Activity Outside Sndgs Thtr. 2:30-4:00pm Construct a sizzling summer sombrero
4.45pm - 5.00pm
5.00pm - 5.15pm   Hula workshop - by Charlene Tedrow. 45 min Discovery Centre Free Kid's Activity Outside Sndgs Thtr. 4:30-6:00pm Create a beautiful Chinese lantern
5.15pm - 5.30pm Battle-Ska Galactica - ska music. 30 min
5.30pm - 5.45pm Amazon Trio. Classical music in Level 4 Espresso. 5pm-5.45pm
5.45pm-6.00pm   Niho Taniwha kapa haka. 30 mins
6.00pm-6.15pm   Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra. 30 min show Robbie Duncan, freestyle Jazz guitarist, Level 4 Espresso. 6pm-7pm
6.15pm-6.30pm   Lorenzo Buhne - Italian Folk Singer. 30 min
6.30pm-6.45pm    
6.45pm - 7.00pm     21st Century Indian Dance, Bollywood workshop and performance. 30 min
7.00pm - 7.15pm Capoeira Mandinga Aotearoa. 30 min Real Hot Bitches - 80's comedy dance troupe. 45 min  
7.15pm-7.30pm    
7.30pm-7.45pm      
7.45pm-8.00pm        
8.00pm - 8.15pm Wellington Batucada, flamboyant samba. 30 min. Proudly supported by the Embassy of Brazil. Julia Deans [Fur Patrol] jazz/rock. 45 min show    
8.15pm-8.30pm    
8.30pm - 8.45pm      
8.45pm - 9.00pm Queen of the Whole Universe pageant - drag queen extravaganza      
9.00pm-9.30pm      
9.00pm - 9.45pm      
9.45pm - 9.55pm        
10.00pm       Te Papa Closes
Fireworks by Te Papa's waterfront
10.10pm