MĀORI PUNK IN ALBA 🏴
Our last string of shows in the norf before we head back to LDN are in Glaschu and Dùn Dè!
These ones feel extra extra special as we all hakapapa back to Alba but are yet to meet our maunga, mihi to our awa and walk on the whenua that sustained our tūpuna for centuries. it's a blessing to be able to connect the big wide web of our hakapapa with the best friends n bandmates one could ever ask for 🫂
12.05.26 - GLASCHU
WAIATA NIGHT & WĀNANGA with @redandblacksongclub at @glasgow.autonomous.space , sharing songs of protest, resistance and language revitalisation with Gàidhlig speakers
16.05.26 - GLASCHU
FREE ENTRY GIG w HALF/TIME + @heedz666 at @blocglasgow
17.05.26 - DUN DÈ - DETAILS TBA HALF/TIME + @heedz666 at @ARTANTICS_DUNDEE
Kia ora e te whānau
We are beyond excited to formally announce our UK tour!
This May we will be travelling through Cymru, England and all the way up to Alba playing a heap of awesome shows along the way.
Last time we toured the UK back in 2023 was a life changing experience for us and we have been itching to return ever since. During our first haerenga we had the pleasure of sharing stories, stages and space with amazing artists and new friends curious to listen and learn something about te ao Māori through the noise of a few loud mouths from Aotearoa. In times as uncertain and chaotic as these we feel immensely grateful and privileged to be able to travel to the other side of the world to bring our waiata to new faces and places!
Ka nui te mihi to everyone in Aotearoa who has supported us through our fundraising efforts, this wouldn’t have been possible without you all, and to everyone in the UK who has helped us organise this packed itinerary.
(P.S. if anyone in the north of England wants to book a show with please let us know, we would love to visit!)
May 1st - London at @vfdalston
May 2nd - Newport at @lepub
May 3rd - Cardiff at @paradisegardencdf
May 6th - Swansea at @bunkhouseswansea
May 7th - @focuswales at BBC Glyndwr
May 8th - Focus Wales at The Rockin’ Chair
May 9th - Focus Wales at Saith Seren
May 9th - Focus Wales at HWB
May 10th - Leeds at @wharfchamberscc
May 16th - Glasgow at @blocglasgow
May 17th - Dundee at @artantics_dundee
May 19th - London at @hopeandanchorlive
📍 LONDON | 19.05.26 🎶
MAURI ORA E HOA MĀ!
Our final show of our hundies tour is happening on May 19th at the incredibly iconic @hopeandanchorlive alongside our haumis LEAO, who are making waves with their own UK tour this month!!
wrapping it up alongside our whanaunga seems the perfect way to close off this 2026 tour chapter.
🎫 ticket link in bi0, available from dice.fm 🎲
come out in force London!!! shout outs to @spacificdotnet for putting this on for us. tīhei mauri ora x
A lil late but heres some moments from last weeks Nesian Punx fundraiser for
The Free West Papua Campaign 🌟
Collectively we raised a whopping £714.31!!!
This helps so much towards spreading awareness and supporting the West Papuan fight for liberation. PAPUA MERDEKA! ♥️💙🤍
Love to The Lani Singers who unfortunatly hadta pull out last min and @bennywendaofficial and members of @official.fwp.campaign that got caughtup in motorway madness keeping them from attending the event xxx
We are so grateful to all the folx that bought tix, came and spent monies at the fundraising table. We appreciate all the kind words and support we recieved throughtout the night and hope you enjoyed yourselves 🤘🏼
A massive THANKU to those that couldnt make it in person but still bought a ticket- donating to the fundraiser ♥️ it all adds up.
All the monies raised from the event have been transfered to the campaign.
MASSIVE SHOUTOUT 💥 TAI LAVA💥THANKU!!
to the Nesian Punx team >>>
The speakers: @boycottforwestpapua +
@energyembargoforpalestine we are so grateful for the time and passion you shared with us. It was so important to have youse there, connecting our consiousness ♥️
The bands: @hemihemingway & @half.time.half.caste appreciate youse carving out space during your UK tours and donating your time and talents to the fundraiser 🤘🏼 @grunt.punx thanks for being the bestest bandmates and friends. Solid 🫶🏼
Pasifka dream team @itua92 + @laupulaka our mc's for the night all that energy, solidarity and sass alofa atu ♥️ @omgitsarianadavis for looking after us all much aroha e hoa. Tarot teller Saraphina thanku so much for contributing your talents was so great to have u join the fam. The awesome Sleepy aka @theqrfl and Tegan aka @wegotthislondon for helping to keep it all running smoothly and safely thoughout the night. Massive love to you both. Go support their accounts and checkout their events 🤖🛼
Thanku to @vfdalston for having us- my fav bar manager and our sound tech for being so lovely.
Thatsit for now! Welldone everyone 🤘🏼
💥Phwoa💥
#interconnected #freewestpapua #freepalestine
#pasifikapunx #queersagainstfascism
The beautiful punk band @half.time.half.caste came to Swansea to bless us with humour and some bangers the other day.
It's really nice having bands from over the world coming to our small little beautiful part of the world, and with the way things are right now with a cost of living crisis, rampant racism from reform, that we as a community chose love and care over hate.
Half/time and the supports were a genuine show of that, that regardless of the tyrannical force of the right we still have a safe place at these venues and communities, it couldn't be more fitting for a punk band to be before voting day.
DDRAIG GOCH 🤝 TANIWHA | CYMRU X AOTEAROA
YFORY / DYDD MERCHER 06.05.26 | ABERTAWE
🎫 LINC YN Y BIO
FIZZING 2 BE BACK ON THE BUNKHOUSE STAGE AGAIN
FT PICCY LALAS FROM OUR 2023 SHOW TAKEN BY THE BRO @bigmitch_music_pics
DIOLCH YN FAWR IAWN!!!
WEDNESDAY: 𝗛𝗔𝗟𝗙/𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘
The indigenous, bilingual, Māori post-punk band from Aotearoa (so-called New Zealand) join us this week in Abertawe! 💥
Their emotionally visceral songs address decolonisation, structural racism, language revitalisation and cultural resilience. Unsanitised, undiluted histories are delivered without apology, encompassing the personal and political, amplifying the ancestral echoes of te ao Māori (the Māori world) and giving voice to the injustices faced by indigenous communities today.
Make sure to catch them on this UK headline tour!
FFO: Dead Pioneers, Idles, Pixies, The Muslims and Big Brave.
@half.time.half.caste are joined by special guests:
• BAMBEES - Punk-powered alt-rock @bambees.music
• VAIN - Alt-rock @vain_uk
🕕 Doors 18:00
GET TICKETS ➤ thebunkhouseswansea.com / Link in Bio
P’nawn Sul yma / This Sunday afternoon!
@paradisegardencdf
Drysau 2yh / 2pm doors
Maori post-punk + synths atmosfferig
Artist newydd: Amazing filmmaker Laura Philips will be adding projections to Osgled’s set.
Mae Half/Time yn fand pync Māori, dwyieithog, brodorol sy’n dod o Aotearoa (Seland Newydd fel ei gelwir)
Half/Time are an indigenous, bilingual, Māori post-punk band hailing from Aotearoa (so-called New Zealand)
Gan dynnu ar gymysgedd cyfoethog o synau arbrofol, mae Osgled yn cyfuno haenau ethereal, atmosfferig â synths teimladwy, melancolaidd, i gyd wedi'u plethu ynghyd â lleisiau breuddwydiol ac atgofus. (gyda visuals gan @lauraphillips86 )
Osgled (Welsh for amplitude) combines ethereal, atmospheric layers with poignant, melancholy synths, all woven together with dreamy and evocative vocals. (with projections from Laura Phillips)
🎟️ Linc yn y bio - dewch!
Kia ora e te whānau! This week we are once again embarking on a haerenga to the UK, however we've run into a series of problems before we've even left this whenua. We know that pūtea is tight for everyone at the moment, but any koha (big or small) will go a long, long way and with the deepest of gratitude ❤️ link in bio xx
🔈🏴 Sain ‘mlaen am y Gymraeg! 🏴🔈 Dewch i gefnogi y band ‘ma o Seland Newydd sydd yn chwarae pync yn ei iaith lleiafrifol brodorol nhw!
Super excited to be collabing with my Pasta Now buddies @pamrosecott & @roseymorwenna to put on Maori punk band @half.time.half.caste from Aotearoa!
Not gunna lie, the ticket sales have been slowww for this one so if you’re planning on coming please grab one so we stop stressing! Link in bio!
It’s an afternoon show on Sunday 3rd May from 2pm at @paradisegardencdf 🌿 Limited early birds left! The amazing @osgled_ supporting with her etheral synthy songs in Cymraeg!
Tour Announcement tuarua!!
This tour has been very special for us, but it would have been so much more difficult and daunting without knowing we would be seeing some familiar faces from back home. Marty and Nic (now based in Glasgow and playing in @x_spcttrs ) have been super important people for half/time since we evolved from Wairehu’s bedroom project into a fully fledged band (Marty even mixed the Black Union Jack EP) and we are over the moon to be re-united for our show at Wharf Chambers. We will also be joined by the incredible and enigmatic @crime_hospital , (aka Liam from two of the most ruckus Ōtepoti power-duos, Night Lunch and Hōhā) and killer locals @objectionstheband .
For our final UK show, we are very lucky to have the support of @spacific who has helped us put on a final date at the Hope and Anchor in London. Joining us will be the effortlessly cool and timeless LEAO! It’s not often you get to share a lineup with a band you’ve wanted to play with for years back home, for the first time, in another country. We are sure this will be a very special night
PASTA NOW x AFIACH yn cyflwyno:
Half/Time
+ Osgled
@ Paradise Garden
Gig P’nawn / Drysau am 2yh
Afternoon show / Doors 2pm
Mae Half/Time yn fand pync Māori, dwyieithog, brodorol sy’n dod o Aotearoa (Seland Newydd fel ei gelwir)
Half/Time are an indigenous, bilingual, Māori post-punk band hailing from Aotearoa (so-called New Zealand)
Gan dynnu ar gymysgedd cyfoethog o synau arbrofol, mae Osgled yn cyfuno haenau ethereal, atmosfferig â synths teimladwy, melancolaidd, i gyd wedi’u plethu ynghyd â lleisiau breuddwydiol ac atgofus. Y canlyniad yw tirwedd sain sy’n teimlo’n arallfydol ac yn emosiynol iawn, gan gludo gwrandawyr i ofod o fyfyrio a theimlo.
Osgled (Welsh for amplitude) combines ethereal, atmospheric layers with poignant, melancholy synths, all woven together with dreamy and evocative vocals.
AOTEAROA X CYMRU
Earlybird £7
ADV £8
OTD £10
TICKETS IN BIO !! Fun night of dawnsio gyda ffrindiau, garden pints & hating imperialism coming your way x
