Chloe Weavers of Ngāpuhi is the newest Executive Director at Silo Theatre in Tāmaki Makaurau and the first Māori to hold the position.
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Matariki audio play a first for Silo Theatre
Silo Theatre in Tāmaki Makaurau celebrates Matariki with a new participatory audio play, Mauri Tau, an interactive experience available to listeners worldwide.
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Māori and Samoan actors highlight need for mental health awareness
The play Every Brilliant Thing opens tonight, featuring Māori actor Jason Te Kare, and Samoan actress Anapela Polata'ivao. It's about a child who wants to help her mother who self-harms.
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Waikato Theatre to be built on Ngāti Wairere pā sites
Concern has been sparked from Ngāti Wairere about the Regional Waikato Theatre set to be built on their burial sites.
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Māori actor welcomes government's arts support package
The government's $175 million announcement of support for the arts and creative sector has been welcomed by one Māori actor based in Rotorua.
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'Hilarious' theatre production about Māori and Indigenous Australian wedding
An Indigenous Australian theatre company and a Māori theatre company have come together for the first time to create a hilarious new production, Black Ties.
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Hawaiki Tū return with their latest work Taurite
After two years away from the haka theatre stage, Hawaiki Tū has returned with their new work Taurite, which expresses the value of having balance in life through contemporary dance and movement. The company presented Taurite at the Auckland Live Fringe Town Festival yesterday and will also perform it tonight.
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Home and Away: Look out Summer Bay! The Parata are moving in!
Former Shortland Street actor Bree Peters is set to hit screens in Australia. The Ngāpuhi/Ngāti Wai descendant who is best known for her villain character Pania Stevens on New Zealand's favourite soap opera Shortland Street is about to embark on a new role on Australian's soap opera "Home and Away", as the matriarch of the Parata whānau, the first Māori family to reside in Summer Bay.
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Play encourages Pasifika families to discuss mental wellness
The play Odd Daphne is making its way back to the theatre stage this year following its success in 2019.
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Famous Henare Waitoa compositions basis of new theatre production
Prolific East Coast songwriter Henare Waitoa is being celebrated by his descendants through a new play “Henare” which is part of the inaugural Tairāwhiti Arts Festival.
