AUCKLAND, New Zealand—Tiare Tawera, CEO, actor, and fitness guru, attended the Shen Yun Performing Arts concert with his sister Carly Taia, a legal secretary, at the Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre on April 22. Having worked in the television industry for two decades, Mr. Tawera, who is a presenter on “Toi Te Ora,” said the Shen…

AUCKLAND, New Zealand—Rana Hamida described Shen Yun Performing Arts as an “experience of God.” Ms. Hamida is an independent artistic director who works with events and festivals, coordinating artists from different mediums of expressions. She is also a singer and dancer. She and Mr. Glenn Hart, a freelance photographer, attended the last of Shen Yun’s five sold-out shows…

AUCKLAND—Shen Yun Performing Arts left a deep impression on Marilise Van De Venter and her daughter Daniella when they attended a matinee performance at the Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre in Auckland on April 22. Through music and dance, the New York-based Shen Yun aims to revive China’s traditional culture, which has faded under the Chinese Communist…

AUCKLAND, New Zealand—Steve Hutton felt uplifted by a “unique pure energy” when he saw Shen Yun Performing Arts at the Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre for the first time. “I felt the energy coming from the stage—it was a unique pure energy,” he said on April 21. “It is the only way I can describe it—it…

AUCKLAND, New Zealand— Winston Peters, Leader of political party called NZ First and formerly served twice as Deputy Prime Minister, saw Shen Yun Performing Arts for the first time at the Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre on April 20. “First class, top rate,” he said, “everyone was faultless and that is not easy to see in…