Two Days of Spectacular Colour, Dance and Culture, Te Maeva Nui Aotearoa NZ 2019 celebrates the leaders, chiefs, Kings and Queens who led their kopu Tangata (people) to the lands we call home. Their legendary stories are retold through our most common of mediums, our culture. Using the language of our forefathers, Cook Islanders in New Zealand presents the epic tales of their Ariki over two days in October.