Kua ea te kaupapa!
As our Te Tai Tokerau tour of Rongo Whakapā comes to a close, we’re sitting with deep gratitude for everyone who carried and held this kaupapa with us.
Ānei te mihi ki ngā iwi o Whangārei Te Rerenga Parāoa, Kerikeri, Kaitāia, me te mana o te whenua i manaaki i a mātou i tēnei haerenga.
He mihi hoki ki ngā whare manaaki ONEONESIX, Turner Centre, Te Ahu, me ngā ringa rehe, the many hands behind the scenes whose support and care helped bring this tour to life.
He mihi anō ki ngā kura o Te Tai Tokerau, thank you for welcoming us so openly into your spaces. We loved sharing kanikani me te kōrero with all our rangatahi. Ko rātou te anamata.
“To leave Rongo Whakapā is not to exit, but to carry. It lingers in the skin, in the breath, in the spaces between thought.” — Vincent Nathan
Mauri ora.
As our Te Tai Tokerau tour of Rongo Whakapā comes to a close, we’re sitting with deep gratitude for everyone who carried and held this kaupapa with us.
Ānei te mihi ki ngā iwi o Whangārei Te Rerenga Parāoa, Kerikeri, Kaitāia, me te mana o te whenua i manaaki i a mātou i tēnei haerenga.
He mihi hoki ki ngā whare manaaki ONEONESIX, Turner Centre, Te Ahu, me ngā ringa rehe, the many hands behind the scenes whose support and care helped bring this tour to life.
He mihi anō ki ngā kura o Te Tai Tokerau, thank you for welcoming us so openly into your spaces. We loved sharing kanikani me te kōrero with all our rangatahi. Ko rātou te anamata.
“To leave Rongo Whakapā is not to exit, but to carry. It lingers in the skin, in the breath, in the spaces between thought.” — Vincent Nathan
Mauri ora.
Ka Tiri o te Moana
Choreographed by Louise Pōtiki Bryant
Choreographed by Louise Pōtiki Bryant
Ka mihi kau atu ki a koutou ko Auckland Live, ko Moana Festival me te hunga i tae atu ki te mātakitaki i te whakaari o Ka Tiri o te Moana ki te taha o te moana o te Waitematā
I whakakorengia nā Tāwhirimatea te take!
I whakakorengia nā Tāwhirimatea te take!
"So much happens behind the scenes to make a production come to life...people quite literally move mountains! Usually the reward is sharing that work with an audience. But just as they were arriving, the atua had other plans. Tāwhirimātea took centre stage and totally stole the limelight...When we gathered upstairs and shared a tear, what surfaced wasn’t frustration, it was gratitude. Gratitude for every single person, front and back of house, who showed up wholeheartedly. Gratitude for an audience who stayed, spreading out across the foyer floor, drinking tea, talking, connecting. Gratitude for the dancers, their whānau, and even their tamariki who packed down in the rain without hesitation. It reminded me that the real work isn’t only the performance, it’s the relationships. Our communities are everything."
Bianca Hyslop, Kaihautū
Bianca Hyslop, Kaihautū
"Everyone worked so hard to bring Ka Tiri o te Moana to life, and I’m so grateful. It wasn’t to be this time, and it’s the nature of mounting works in the embrace of Te Taiao…"
Louise Pōtiki Bryant, Choreographer
Louise Pōtiki Bryant, Choreographer
KA MUA KA MURI
“There is vitality and powerful commitment to traditions and the path to the future.”
Deirdre Tarrant, Theatreview
Deirdre Tarrant, Theatreview
Photography: Roc Torio, supplied by Kia Mau Festival