Hamilton Arts Festival Toi Ora ki Kirikiriroa is on at Hamilton Gardens from 20 Feb - 1 Mar 2026. Enclosed Garden closures will be listed here. Please ask staff for details.

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Weekend closures for Hamilton Arts Festival:
Friday 20 - Modernist from 3pm; English Flower Garden from 4.30pm
Saturday 21 - Indian Char Bagh all day; Japanese 12.30pm-3pm; Chinoiserie 1pm-5pm; Modernist 4.30pm till close; Chinese Scholars' 11am-12pm, 3pm-4pm.
Sunday 22 - Indian Char Bagh all day; Chinoiserie 1pm-5pm; Japanese 2pm till close; Modernist 4pm till close; Chinese Scholars' 11am-12pm, 1pm-2pm, 3pm-4pm.

Gardens currently closed: Indian Char Bagh Garden

Hamilton Gardens

Te Parapara Koorero

Join our friendly and knowledgeable guide for a short koorero in Te Parapara Garden this Matariki weekend.

See how Aotearoa’s first gardeners adapted their tropical crops for a colder climate and learn how local Ngaati Wairere ancestors lived on this whenua (land).

Tour dates: 

  • Friday 20 June
  • Saturday 21 June

Tour times: 

  • 10.00am
  • 10.30am
  • 11.00am
  • 11.30am

Includes all day entry into the Enclosed Gardens for the day of your booking.

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Looking across the garden beds towards the fountain in the Italian Renaissance Garden at Hamilton Gardens

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