Ngā Kaitiaki – Guardians
The event finishes at 1pm on Sunday the 9th of February.
48hrs Den Stage
featuring some of the finest DJs and producers in Aotearoa.
30hrs Hinekura stage
featuring experimental electronica, live acts & house DJs
Lightcraft Lasers
will be lighting up both stages & the sky with an amazing show.
VJs are going to light up the cliff face
with our huge LED screens.
Maximum impact
is the plan.
The Taniwha is ready to welcome you back in 2025
Taniwha’s Den, Aotearoa’s mythical boutique electronic music and art festival returns for 2025.
One Day Pass 8am Saturday 8th Feb – 12pm Sunday 9th Feb
48hrs Den Stage, featuring some of the finest DJs and producer in the motu
30hrs Hinekura Stage, featuring a stella array of experimental electronic live acts & house DJs
Lightcraft Lasers will be dazzle both stages & the sky with an all new show.
VJs are going to light up our magical cliff face and huge zone LED screens, maximum impact is the plan.
This year the finest techno and electronica DJs and producers will be playing for 48 hours nonstop on the amazing DEN Stage. Supported by laser artists from Lightcraft Lasers, VJ artists projecting onto our massive cliff face, alone with Illuminated art throughout the site.
Our Hinekura Stage will be hosting experimental electronica producers, live music acts, as well as the best house DJs & producers in the land.
Gates will open at 8am, Friday the 7th of February. The event finishes at 1pm on Sunday the 9th of February.
Please note that Waitangi Day Thursday the 6th of February is a public holiday. So take the Friday off and get a four-day weekend.
The route from Martinborough to Hinakura along Hinakura Road has been restored, meaning the journey to this years’ Taniwha’s Den is back to that of the years before the cyclone and slips. Far quicker and safer!
We like to relax and have fun with you, and keeping it simple helps us do that.
The ticket price for TD2025 is $375.00. It includes everything that we can think of in one ticket at one price. No early birds or ticket tiers, just the one to make it fair for everyone.
The full festival ticket gets you- 3 days and 2 nights, camping with your car, tent, campervan, caravan, or any vehicle under 12 meters long.
Please remember If you have a vehicle over 12 meters long you will need a Large Vehicle Pass (LVP), that you purchase on arrival at our front gate.
The camping experience
Free reticulated drinking water throughout the campsite, hot and cold showers, clean toilets, and great food vendors.
We welcome back Know Your Stuff‘ so that you can be safe knowing what’s in the little purple pill.
This is our twelfth year and many of you will know the security team having danced with them in previous years. As always respecting each other is paramount. A NO MEANS NO. And if you are undecided, just take half.
The festival is strictly R18, NO dogs or pets, NO glass, please. We appreciated how everyone did this in TD2024, no glass made a huge difference for our clean-up crew. No dog or pets, we would love to relax this rule, but because of our very rural location, we are unable to. There will be a resident dog onsite, Lil Boo, an English Bull Terrier who will be only too happy to give you a dog fix if you are missing yours. Luccile the horse will be looking forward to a friendly pat also.
The Taniwhas Den is an all-weather outdoor event. Bring the ‘be prepared’ bag of clothing. As most of you know it is 35 during the day and down to 6 at night. We saw a lot of fur coats on the dance floor 2024 at 3 am, you looked fabulous. Sunscreen, and hats for the hot sunny days. You are all adults we are sure you can work it out.
Don’t forget the insect repellant, cash for vendors, soap for the showers, LED lights for the campsite, plastic bottles and cans, dress-ups, and gas-only barbeques. Leave the world behind for 3 days with no wifi, internet, or cell phone coverage.
Pass Outs and WiFi are available for emergencies. Our security team leaders will arrange this on a case-by-case basis.
The VIBE Zone
Will be your one stop shop for 2025 to enjoy those chill vibes set amongst the Manaka tree’s just outside the Den.
There will be an array of market stall holders this year. All local small business owners. So please remember to bring your cash because CASH IS KING at the Den.
Soul Sisters Kombucha Bar will be serving you her resident magical Rongoā infused Kombucha mixes and goodies to enliven and uplift your Mind, Body and Soul.
Dress Up tent – We have scored some cool little vibes and some hard case ones too. KOHA DONATION to hire or if you like it and want to, make an offer. I will also have a special rack of pieces to sell.
If anyone has things to Koha to the dress up tent your welcome to bring in your goodies!!
Ishtar Boutique – CJ has curated a specialty collection of preloved clothing, that’s perfect for festival season! We’ve got kimonos, party shirts, and all things sparkly ready for you to grab at Taniwhas Den 2025.
Stirling Art – Jeanie will be showcasing her Taniwha’s Den Exhibition alongside her raver earrings and cute little raver goodies.
Jim Burton Tattoos – Jim has been tattooing professionally for the last 13 years. “I love adorning people with unique and peculiar designs. I can tattoo large or small, simple or complex, in any style.”
Benjamin Clark – “Jack of all trades and recently using those skills to attempt to establish myself as an artist. I’ve created some beautiful pāua and natural wood pieces to share with you all.”
Havic Art – Face and Body paint artist – Karen has been face painting since 2000, studying and working with BodyFX. “I love creating within the festival vibe.”
Kai Stalls
Good Times Food Ltd is a mean 1971 Tk Bedford food truck from Martinborough, serving up flash street food to the masses since 2019!
Good times is all about mean feeds! We make awesome mini turkish flatbreads as well as heaps of other goods like cheeseburger wontons, hotboxes, choux bombs, corn fritter chips, double bangers and even our chippies and sauce are famous out in the street.
Taco Addicts – Amber makes Austin style, Tex-Mex tacos with an emphasis on fresh, seasonal and local ingredients. We make everything in house, from the tortillas that form the base of your taco to the sauces that top it off. We use seasonal vegetables and free range.
Levitate Coffee Cart – Vicki will be providing a variety of drinks. Not just coffee, we also make great Hot chocolates, T Leaf T, Iced drinks & Milkshakes.
Important stuff
The Taniwhas Den reserves the right to schedule postponement dates in case of lockdown, any pandemic-related government restrictions, or for any other reason. Tickets will be valid for future postponement dates. Note: Refunds will not be offered in the case of any date changes meaning a person cannot attend the festival.
The Taniwhas Den reserves the right of access to any ticket holder. Also because we are responsible hosts we may ask you to stay a while longer with us, instead of driving home on Sunday afternoon.
As always we will continue to post and update information in the lead up to the festival.
Respect the Taniwha
The Den family are a respectful tribe of music lovers. We know how to have a good time, we respect all who are on or off the dance floor, as well as the land that we are so blessed to call home for the three magical days we come together every year.
We reserve the right to deny entry or to ask you to leave the Taniwha’s Den. This has hardly ever happened, and we don’t want to start now. Which makes the party that much more fun for us all.
To preserve our beautiful location and to help ensure that we can party here for many years to come, please check, and respect our guidelines below.
Leave only footprints and good memories This place is special to us, respect it as you would your place. Above all have a fucking great time.
No means No This goes for us all gathering in this very special place. Respect your mates and their choices. Consent is an obvious YES. Anything else is a NO.
Look after each other Look out for your mates, and everyone else. If you need assistance, come speak to any member of our crew, security team, or volunteers. The Den crew are here to help, but we are not here to babysit you.
Respect everyone Discrimination on the basis of gender, race, sexual orientation or origin and any form of sexual harassment be it physical or verbal is not welcome at the Den.
No dogs There are resident Kuri born on the Whenua, most of you have met them. But if you bring a dog, you will be denied entry.
No swimming or drinking the river water.
No glass It was great to see everyone trying to bring cans or had decanted into plastic for the 2021 event. We will be a lot more observant in 2023, so please no glass.
Rubbish Please pick up and collect all your rubbish in the rubbish bags we provide on entry. Also it would be very helpful if you see litter on the ground to pick it up and help us leave no footprint. On your way out there will be two large skip bins to put your rubbish bags into before driving home.
No open fires, gas or charcoal BBQ’s It’s a total FIRE BAN in Hinakura for February. But we will have all our food vendors here on time and electric sockets for kettles and a cuppa available in the camp zone.
