ASB Polyfest is held by ASB generous funding and support. ASB Polyfest is a four day festival full of different cultural dances, speeches and food. Polyfest provides opportunities for people to keep in touch with their ancestral roots and opportunities for people to experience and learn more about diverse cultures. Polyfest is also an awesome place for people to share heritage, pride and cultural identity. All the amazing speeches and performances are performed through schools

Polyfest was created by the students, Micheal Rollo, Mata (te kii) Raela, and staff Mr Bill Tawhai, Mr Hone, Mrs Heni Green from Hillary Collage. The first ever Polyfest was held at Hillary Collage only involving 4 schools.

Polyfest has grown so much and continues to grow each year. In only 5 years they went from 4 schools to 38 schools and they had added an Asian contingent. The hosting responsibilities have shifted through many places and schools. Because of the massive growth in Polyfest, since 1996 Polyfest has been held at the Manakau Sports Bowl with the Sports Bowl providing much more space

Despite all the positives, there have been a few setbacks through the journey of Polyfest. Some of the setbacks are like in 2019 where the final day of Polyfest was cancelled due to the Christchurch tragedy, or like the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic leading to another cancellation in Polyfest and also leading to empty audiences in 2022.

Polyfest is still known to the community of Tāmaki Makaurau to be an amazing cultural festival open to everyone

Once the horizon engulfs the ball of fire, what do you see?

Do the specs of glitter twinkle through the black night?

Do the radiant jewels pirouette in your sight?

Or does the actual star of the show catch your attention?

Her beautiful majesty I should mention,

 

The moon, whose face hid behind the shadows of night,

Now shows her full face sharing a symphony of light, 

The moon, singing gospels from angels in the heavens above,

She bathes the world in her ethical love,

The moon, a spotlight illuminating a pitch black page,

And all the twinkling stars telling stories of ancient age,

 

But what if the dazzling night was more than meets the eye,

What if the stars were just golden tears from the angels’ cry,

What if the stars were trapped souls frozen in prisons,

Or, a flock of doves caught on fire in the heavens,

Whatever they are,

They will always hold etching tales from realms afar.

 

Once the horizon engulfs the ball of fire, our source of natural light, what do you see? Do the specs of glitter twinkle in your eyes? Do the radiant jewels pirouette in your sight? Every night someone lifts their head to encounter darkness lay out his velvet tarp, Divulging an illustration, embellished with marbles, marbles of celestial passion and love, Is it more than a dazzling stage? Are they frozen souls trapped in a dark prison? Or, a flock of doves caught on fire in the heavens? Maybe, the sky is just a tapestry showered with golden tears of lonely angels, No matter what they are, they will always be there shimmering down on us ants, Forever, they will hold secrets and etching tales of ancient age, The moon, the sister of Earth, the Mother of night, emerges once her opposite dipps back behind the mountains and seas, The moon, whom face hid behind shadows of the night,  Now shows her full face of beauty, The moon, singing sweeter than heavenly angel gospels,  Sharing a symphony of light, Her gentle glow bathes the world in an ethical shine, And she breaths silver clouds of cotton casting shade when the sun boils over, The moon, time to time, feels alone, Time to time you can catch her platinum tears and cold breath, All she wants is someone to love, Someone to hold, Someone to care, Someone to share her glow with, You might catch yourself one night reaching out into the sky, trying to hold the giant pearl, She seems so close but, yeah so far.