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Meet the Makers: Mere Boynton
Te Hui Ahurei Reo Māori o Te Whanganui-a-Tara (The Māori Language Festival of Wellington) opens in September to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Māori language petition to Parliament and coincides with Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori celebrations. Mere Boynton, Director Ngā Toi Māori for Tāwhiri (producers of the Festival), tells us more about this exciting new addition to Wellington's festival calendar.
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Meet the Maker: Leo Gene Peters
A Slightly Isolated Dog is back with The Trojan War, their latest rambunctious work. We chatted to director Leo Gene Peters about the new work being a wild dress-up party with explosive wit to create an entertaining romp.
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This reading life: Rosetta Allan
Rosetta Allan, author of Purgatory, Crazy Love and The Unreliable People, is a celebrated New Zealand writer of prose with a background in poetry and performing.
In the This Reading Life questionnaire, Rosetta takes us through childhood literary icons such as Pippy Longstocking to poems that still capture her heart and mind today. -
Meet the Makers: Hone Kouka
Celebrated playwright and director Hone Kouka (Ngāti Porou, Rongowhakaata, Ngāti Raukawa) delves into his brand new production ‘Ngā Rorirori’, set to premiere June 18 - 25. What goes into a production that combines three forms that he loves most as an artist: Dance. Theatre. Farce?
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This Musical Life: Somi Kim
Ahead of the Aotearoa tour of Legacy 1 with NZTrio, pianist Somi Kim takes us on an expansive journey through her musical influences, from Saint-Saëns to Bob Dylan to Dua Lipa (and back to Bob Dylan).
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In Memory of Puti Lancaster
Theatre Maker
By Jess Soutar Barron
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Three Picks From Hilma af Klint: The Secret Paintings
City Gallery Wellington Te Whare Toi's newly opened exhibit Hilma af Klint: the Secret Paintings presents for the first time in Aotearoa the groundbreaking works of Swedish artist and mystic Hilma af Klint. Senior Curator (Toi) of City Gallery Wellington Te Whare Toi Aaron Lister breaks down his top picks from the exhibition, which runs until Sunday 27 March.
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Your 2021 Christmas Guide to the Festival
Short on time and looking for that ideal gift that won't end up in the back of a cupboard? Shipping deadlines crept up on you? Make it memorable with a Festival experience that you know will fit just right and won't get lost in a courier van. To help you select the perfect show no matter how tricky the receiver, we've put together a handy Christmas guide for the Festival's Five Christmas Personas.
Whether you're shopping for the music lover in your family, the songbird or a budding bookworm - we've got you sorted.
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This Reading Life: Whiti Hereaka
Whiti Hereaka (Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Te Arawa) is a Pōneke-based playwright, novelist, screenwriter and barrister and solicitor currently celebrating the release of her fourth novel Kurungaituku. Kurangaituku, the bird woman, the ‘monster’ in the tale of Hatupatu and the bird woman, takes back the narrative in this vibrant retelling. Whiti will discuss the novel at the 2022 Festival in conversation with Pip Adam, but first, she takes our This Reading Life questionnaire.
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