One of Aotearoa's most well-known and decorated actors has been appointed Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit
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Tanea Heke honoured for contribution to Māori arts
Heke, of Ngāpuhi, is the tumuaki of Toi Whakaari, the New Zealand Drama School. She founded Hāpai Productions with the late Nancy Brunning.
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A Boy Called Piano- The story of Faamoana Luafutu
A Boy Called Piano is the latest production to feature at Batts Theatre in Wellington. It tells the life story of Faa'moana Luafutu who spent all of his childhood in state care and endured the hardships of prison life. Now in his 60s and a grandfather he wrote this production, with his son Matthias Luafutu and grandson Tane Luafutu playing major roles as him in his younger life.
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Dame Kiri Te Kanawa's name set in stone
Kahurangi (Dame) Kiri Te Kanawa is one of the world's greatest opera singers, with a soprano voice described as mellow, yet vibrant, warm, ample and unforced. Today her legacy in the arts has been honoured at Aotea Square and her name given to a theatre in the spirit of music.
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Nine days to complete sculptures at Sulphur Lake Symposium
Seventeen of New Zealand's top local and national sculptors are in Rotorua this week for the Sulphur Lake Sculpture Symposium.
