Otago Polyfest

22/05/2026

Yesterday, our very own Aunty Boss harnessed up and abseiled her way down the stadium with the lovely Piupiu from Blue Oyster Art Project Space - last minute!!! She's worn many hats for our festival over the years, currently our General Manager and now her fundraising page has gone live, she's joined this year's Tosstheboss Ōtepoti champions. The campaign will run for another week, so if you're in a position to tautoko or even share this post with your networks, we would be extremely grateful 🌺🛖💙

Participating in Toss the Boss Ōtepoti 2026 Event Page

21/05/2026

We are also incredibly proud of Mr Mckinlay's willingness to step outside his comfort zone in support of Otago Polyfest 2026, as Elmgrove School said our festival truly does means so much to our tamariki, whānau and wider communities. Ngā mihi Mr McKinlay!!

20/05/2026

And the smile was even bigger after the abseil! He made it look easy. E mihi ana Tony. See you at our Festival in September

He’s ready go!

08/09/2025

Ka mau te wehi nga rangatahi o St Kevin's College Redcastle, Ōamaru! What a privilege to watch you on the atamira. More photos and videos to come from our team soon e te whānau, in the meantime please keep tagging and sharing yours - we love to see it 😍🥰🤩

07/09/2025

Mōrena e te whānau! We have a week and a bit left of our online merchandise link being up - this is especially useful for those out of town or who weren't able to come down to the Edgar Centre Dunedin NZ last week Here's the link: https://promo-x.co.nz/product-category/otago-polyfest/
Password = opoly2025

If you or your tamariki already have yours please send us a picture, we'd love to see!!

03/09/2025

St Peter Chanel School sharing some beautiful snaps from their time at our Festival this week! We cannot say it enough, ngā mihi to everyone behind the scenes of all our rōpū. A lot of mahi goes on to get here and then it's all worth it seeing those faces on the atamira aye?! Keep tagging and sharing your snaps of the festival whānau, it's great to see.

Performances all day today, tonight and back again tomorrow to close with the lovely St Brigid's School. Please be mindful where you park so that noone calls the towage company and don't forget your $2! We have EFTPOS thanks to Otago Business Equipment if you don't carry cash. Kia ora!

02/09/2025

Nau mai! OAR FM Dunedin - Community Access Media have their podcast booth set up again in our Village! You can hear some of last year's episodes playing on the livestream link in between breaks. Come down this year and record your Polyfest story.

The Village is all go today whānau, stalls are open during session times for the rest of the week. We have tunes, performances, kai, games, giveaways - you name it!!

Your $2 per person per session will get you into the arena and through to the village 💙

01/09/2025

WOW! What a way to open our 2025 festival. Ka pai Musselburgh Primary School, it's a privilege to have you on our atamira.

The performances tonight were top tier. If this is how we're starting we cannot wait to see what the week brings. Please keep tagging us in your posts whānau we love to see our festival through your eyes.

Session 1 done and dusted! Bring on tomorrow morning - Kiddies Campus kick off our first ECE/ELS performances this year. Doors open 8.30 for performances starting at 9 am. You know the drill - nau mai, haere mai 🛖💙🌺

01/09/2025

We appreciate all the aroha and tautoko from our whānau near and far on the livestream. Please whānau this is the only link you should be using and we will never ask for any payment details to watch our tamariki and rangitahi on stage - there are scammers out there so be careful!

🔗 https://vimeo.com/event/5350079

Thank you to our awesome tech team at The Video Factory Limited for supporting us to be able to record, livestream and keep our performances alive on YouTube year after year. We are thankful to work with such amazing partners!

Here's the link to watch past performances from the week 🔗https://vimeo.com/showcase/11854444 (this link will be live until the performances are loaded into YouTube where they'll live!)

The team are hard at it and doors will be opening 5 pm tonight for our mihi whakatau kicking off at 5.30. In person entry fee is $2 per person, per session. Nau mai, haere mai 💙🌺🛖

31/08/2025

👀Sneak peek! 👀 After the tautoko and feedback we received from our first year selling merchandise last year we were extremely excited to work with our friend again on a design focused around the different performers and performances that grace our stage. A Māmā of 2 hailing from Ngāti Porou, Rongowhakaata, Te Aitanga-ā-Mahaki, Letogo, Upolu & Fa'aala Palauli, Savai'i, she understood the brief to capture our theme . We think she nailed it, what about you?

T-shirts will be available at our Otago Polyfest stand throughout the week, and we will post an online link shortly so everyone can get one! Ngā mihi to the team at for helping us with this project 🛖

Doors open at 5 pm tomorrow for our mihi whakatau at 5.30 pm whānau, see you there 🌺💙