25 Jan 2026

The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo is marching into Auckland

From Summer Weekends, 9:05 am on 25 January 2026

In celebration of its 75th anniversary, the iconic Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo is coming to Auckland for the first time - bringing more than one-thousand performers together at Eden Park for 'The Heroes Who Made Us'. When it last visited New Zealand in 2015, Wellington Stadium saw a full house - and this performance outside of Edinburgh is the first in a while.

Susana speaks to the narrator for the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo, Terrence Rae.

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Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo Photo: Ian Georgeson