Tour News - Aotearoa composer Casual Healing announces New Zealand tour this May
Presented by: Live Nation, Ones to Watch & One NZ
IMAGE: SUPPLIED
Rising Aotearoa star CASUAL HEALING has today announced a tour across New Zealand, heading to Auckland and Wellington this May. The soulful solo project of Nikau Te Huki, Casual Healing is creating a soothing “golden-era sound” as part of his mission to heal with is music. Having achieved notable success of the back of his self-produced debut album ‘Driftwood’ in 2024, and with new music dropping just in time for these tour dates, these shows are not ones to miss.
Casual Healing will begin his tour in Auckland at the Tuning Fork on Thursday May 1, followed by a performance at Meow Nui in Wellington on Thursday May 8.
Tickets go on sale at 12pm Monday April 14.
My Live Nation members can also secure tickets during the Live Nation presale beginning 12pm Friday 11 April.
Intimacy, connection – human and spiritual – has been embedded into the foundations of Nikau Te Huki’s artistry. For over six years, the journey this Pōneke-based creative has been on has yielded incredible musical results that have mirrored life experiences loved, lived and learned from. His soulful solo project Casual Healing is a perfect example of Nikau’s creative vision and emotional intelligence coming together with balance and impact.
Since his impressive debut in 2024 with his album DRIFTWOOD, Casual Healing wasted no time in captivating audiences across sold out tours and festival experiences that have included, but have not been limited to, SXSW Sydney, Rhythm & Vines, TSB Festival of Lights, and more. Redefining himself as an artist in 2025, Casual Healing will record and release a series of 4 EPs inspired by Te Taio, the natural world. Each EP will be unique in genre and theme, representing the balance of the four key elements in our world AHI (fire), HAU (wind), WAI (water), and ONE (earth).
The first EP to be released is AHI, dropping on April 11th 2025. Through AHI, listeners can experience Casual Healing’s fresh steps into a new chapter of music, providing us with five new waiata to aid on the healing journeys.
2024 was a breakthrough year for Casual Healing, as his brand of Māori roots-reggae fusion continued to gain traction at home in Aotearoa, while also seeding itself brilliantly across a string of successful shows in Australia. Armed with DRIFTWOOD – named one of Rolling Stone AU/NZ’s ‘Best New Zealand Albums of 2024’ – Casual Healing became a fresh champion for Aotearoa’s thriving music scene outside of his home nation, and was recognised as such. Ever aware of the power of his platform, as well as the power of music, Nikau completed this DRIFTWOOD arc with knowledge and self-awareness about him that has been taken into the studio; the multi-instrumentalist, producer, and songwriter readying his next layered Casual Healing project.
CASUAL HEALING
Chur On Tour 2025
TUNING FORK, AUCKLAND THURSDAY MAY 1
MEOW NUI, WELLINGTON THURSDAY MAY 8
Live Nation Presale runs Friday April 11, 12pm – Monday April 14, 11am
General Public Onsale: Monday April 14, 12pm
For complete tour and ticket information, visit: livenation.co.nz
American punk rock band Dead Kennedys return to Australia and New Zealand this September for their first tour in seven years, bringing their politically charged anthems and raw energy back to the stage.
Make no mistake: Billy Strings is Big. Selling out multiple arenas across the USA, the virtuoso Strings hits Australia and New Zealand for the very first time this July.
The incomparable Grammy Award winner, Rock & Roll Hall of Famer, and global pop culture icon Chaka Khan returns to New Zealand and Australia this month and today announces several special guest DJs joining the tour.
Celebrated homegrown artist TEEKS is the third act to be announced as part of the Auckland Winter Series line up. TEEKS will perform a very special show with a string sextet and piano for one night only at the Auckland Town Hall on Thursday June 5.
Fly My Pretties are excited to announce the return to Auckland and Christchurch for a series of special shows celebrating the release of their seventh album, ELEMENTAL.
Rising Aotearoa star Casual Healing has today announced a tour across New Zealand, heading to Auckland and Wellington this May.
New Zealand’s most legendary rock event just got even bigger. On September 26, 2025, Blindspott will headline The Rock 2000 at Spark Arena in a one-of-a-kind performance.
Rhythm and Vines is bringing a taste of their popular GARDEN STAGE to The Tuning Fork, Auckland on Friday, April 11 2025. The stellar lineup includes some of Aotearoa’s top tier up-and-coming musicians, all of which have graced the infamous Rhythm and Vines Stage in 2024.
Due to popular demand a new show at SkyCity Theatre Auckland has today been announced for Ben Elton, the undisputed godfather of modern stand-up’s brand-new live show – Authentic Stupidity.
Dope Lemon returns in 2025 with fifth studio album Golden Wolf, and a massive Australia and New Zealand tour.
Renowned stand-up comedian, podcaster, actor, and psychedelic philosopher Duncan Trussell has just announced his highly anticipated return to Australia and New Zealand this August!
Jay Park, the internationally acclaimed rapper, singer-songwriter, performer, and entrepreneur, is set to make his highly anticipated return to the stage with the 2025 Jay Park World Tour [Serenades & Body Rolls], presented by Live Nation and MORE VISION. This marks his first world tour in six years, promising fans an unforgettable experience.
Mall Grab is back, making his long-awaited return to New Zealand this June bringing his Looking For Trouble label and party here for his largest headline shows to date.
Frontier Touring is excited to welcome US singer-songwriter, Josiah and the Bonnevilles as he embarks on his debut tour across Australia and New Zealand this August.
Last Friday night in London, Sex Pistols featuring Frank Carter played a secret gig at the 100 Club.
Duco Touring has today announced that Mānuka Phuel SYNTHONY Festival, has sold out!
Canadian punk-rock outfit PUP are returning down under for the first time since 2022.
VENUE CHANGE - AUCKLAND SHOW!
TEG Dainty and The Entertainment Lab is thrilled to announce An Evening with Bob
Geldof: Songs and Stories from an Extraordinary Life, on the 40th anniversary of the legendary Live Aid concert.
Over the weekend, Kaylee Bell delivered a standout performance at CMC Rocks Queensland 2025, captivating a record-breaking crowd of 32,000 attendees—the largest audience of her career.
High Up Entertainment’s six-piece girl group STAYC (Star to a Young Culture) announced their highly anticipated global tour, “STAY TUNED.”
Rock n Roll Hall of fame inductees and legends of rock, ZZ TOP are thrilled to announce the addition of a Christchurch show on Thursday, May 15 to The Elevation Tour of New Zealand this May.
Phenomenal multi-platinum rockers Devilskin are fired up and ready to bring the heat as they hit the road this May, embarking on a mammoth winter jaunt traversing the length and breadth of New Zealand.
XMusic Presents A Tribute to Randy Rhoads - "The Stories and Music Behind the Legend". Featuring Kelly Garni of Quiet Riot and Randy’s first guitar teacher, Scott Shelley, touring Australia in December 2025.
Get ready Aussies and Kiwis! CANCELLED PODCAST: INTERNATIONAL DISASTER is hitting stages down under for the very first time!
After a meteoric rise to global stardom and due to overwhelming demand, GRAMMY-nominated multi-Platinum artist Teddy Swims announces his return to Australia and New Zealand this October 2025.
Multi-platinum Hip-Hop Legend and the most Successful Independent Rapper of all-time, TECH N9NE returns to Australia and New Zealand in March 2025 with Special Guest Joey Cool.
Live Nation presents The Melancholy Tour, the first ever Japanese Breakfast tour to Aotearoa New Zealand, in support of their fourth studio album For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women).
The hilarious work of New Zealand’s most successful and popular playwright, Sir Roger Hall, is back – and so is one of his most beloved characters.
Frontier Touring is thrilled to welcome acclaimed singer-songwriter Alex Warren to Australia and New Zealand for the first time this August, as part of his Cheaper Than Therapy Global Tour.
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Te Tira Pūoro o Aotearoa (NZSO) and Signature Choir with Live Nation present Mana Moana, returning for another incredible musical experience at Auckland’s Spark Arena for one night only Friday May 2, 2025.
