Ché Fu is hitting the road to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Navigator.
Ché Fu & the Kratez will play shows in Invercargill, Dunedin, Christchurch, Nelson, Wellington, Palmerston North, Napier, Auckland, Rotorua, and Hamilton this October (see full dates below), marking 25 years of his iconic album.
An incredible trio of special guests will back up Ché and his live band: Aaradhna, Betty-Anne, and King Kapisi.
Ché will perform Navigator at the upcoming shows, alongside a career-spanning selection of songs. With fully reserved searing, the shows will be in two halves including an intermission.
Tickets to the tour go on sale on Monday, August 3rd at 12pm local time.
Ché’s tour announcement follows his recent induction into the Te Whare Taonga Puoro o Aotearoa | New Zealand Music Hall of Fame.
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He was officially inducted at the 2026 Aotearoa Music Awards ceremony in Auckland at the end of May. He was previously inducted into the Hall of Fame as a member of Supergroove in 2014.
To celebrate Ché’s second album turning 25, we took a closer look at his platinum-selling record in a Deep Dive feature.
“On release, Ché’s second album felt like an instant classic. Two and a half decades later, it’s essential to New Zealand’s musical canon. Ché Fu deserves every accolade bestowed upon him. I’m glad we’re giving him his flowers while he can still smell them. It’s only right. Music like this should never fade away,” journalist Martyn Pepperell wrote.
An Evening with Ché Fu & the Kratez
Presented by Eccles Entertainment
With special guests Aaradhna, Betty-Anne and King Kapisi
Wed 7 Oct
Civic Theatre | Invercargill
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Thu 8 Oct
Town Hall | Dunedin
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Fri 9 Oct
Town Hall | Christchurch
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Sat 10 Oct
Trafalgar Centre | Nelson
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Sun 11 Oct
Michael Fowler Centre | Wellington
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Tue 13 Oct
Regent on Broadway Theatre | Palmerston North
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Wed14 Oct
Municipal Theatre | Napier
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Fri 16 Oct
The Civic | Auckland
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Sat 17 Oct
Sir Howard Morrison Theatre | Rotorua
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Sun 18 Oct
BNZ Theatre | Hamilton
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