FOR ARTS SAKE: WAIORA

“Brilliant young Māori playwright Hone Kouka (Ngāti Porou) joined forces with highly experienced innovative director Murray Lynch to premiere “Waiora” at the recent International Festival Of The Arts. A celebratory hangi on the beach reveals the fractured relationships of an East Coast family alienated by the move to an urban environment. Beneath the appearance of a happy whānau simmers the pain of racism, generational and cultural differences of New Zealand in the 1950s and 60s.” from Pinnacle Catalogue

Rawiri Paratene.
Jason Te Kare
Hone Kouka
Nancy Brunning