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9 DECEMBER 2026 | New Zealand International Conference Centre | Auckland • LIVE BROADCAST |

The Tika Gala is a premium, values-led national event that uses live performance and broadcast to fund survivor-informed reform, showcase best-practice safeguarding, and create a visible commitment to change across the music sector.

It gives all involved the opportunity to be part of a constructive, accountable national moment with real social and institutional outcomes.

Tika Gala - Stars for Justice

The Tika Gala is designed as a nationally significant cultural event that combines performance, storytelling, and philanthropy to support systemic reform and survivor services in Aotearoa.

Auckland Philharmonia - SELECTED Anthems

Created exclusively for The Tika Gala, this specially commissioned orchestral programme showcases the Auckland Philharmonia performing bespoke symphonic arrangements of celebrated New Zealand music. Designed as a one-night-only performance, it combines artistic excellence with cinematic scale to deliver a truly distinctive live concert experience.

The creative direction for The Tika Gala should be elegant, emotionally intelligent and quietly powerful: a sophisticated live and broadcast experience where music, visual design and storytelling work together to create a sense of dignity, collective responsibility and forward movement.

The tone should avoid spectacle for its own sake, instead favouring restraint, warmth and cultural credibility with every creative element reinforcing that this is a restorative national moment rather than a conventional entertainment event.

Performances, staging, screen content and artistic transitions should feel purposeful and carefully held, honouring the gravity of the kaupapa while still offering beauty, hope and a compelling sense of possibility.

Artist Kereama Taepa
Mai Te Uira

Through the presence of Te Uira, Tānemahuta and Hine-te-Iwaiwa, Mai Te Uira offers a powerful contemporary meditation on culture, innovation and identity.

Auckland Philharmonia X Tiki Taane & MC Tali

Featuring Tiki Taane and MC Tali in an electrifying live performance that fuses dub, drum & bass and soulful vocals.
Renowned for their dynamic stage presence and genre-defying sound, the duo will deliver an unforgettable performance that brings energy, intensity and unmistakable Aotearoa flavour to The Tika Gala.