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Henare - Te Tairāwhiti Arts Festival

Ticket Information

  • Adult: $25.00 each
  • Concession: $20.00 each
  • Child: $10.00 each
  • Additional fees may apply

Dates

  • Wed 9 Oct 2019, 7:00pm–8:15pm

Restrictions

All Ages

Website

Listed by

Mr. Fahrenheit

Henare is a story inspired by renowned Ngāti Porou composer Henare Waitoa. A new play created by his mokopuna, award winning playwright Hōhepa Waitoa and produced by Hone Kouka.

We are the voices of our people!

Henare is inspired by the experiences of Tio labelled as “Urban Māori” but, unlike many others, he goes home to ‘Tiki’ and uncovers a whole lot more.

Told in the kitchen of a homestead in Tikitiki, Tio, a mokopuna of Henare, is returning to his father’s home fires. He is one of many who were born and raised away from Tikitiki but Tio has te reo and tikanga Māori. Although he never met his koroua, he often wondered what Henare was like and returns home to reignite the fire - but gets more than he bargains for.

Tio and his koroua, Henare, journey through different time periods - the 1930s, to the 1940s, to the present day. Contemporary and traditional pūoro bring you home to the Coast, opening a flood of memories.

Henare blends waiata and kōrero composed by Henare Waitoa and Hōhepa Waitoa. As a generation, we are on a mission to restore the house our tipuna erected by restoring the poutokomanawa of our Māoritanga – our language, our narrative, our people, our culture.

This is ‘Henare’.

Te Tairāwhiti Arts Festival
Te Tairāwhiti Arts Festival is the Gisborne region’s new flagship contemporary arts and cultural event, taking place, for the first time, from 4-20 October this year. Te Tairāwhiti Arts Festival will deliver performance events by hundreds of performers from across New Zealand and the Pacific.

The festival celebrates what it means to be of Tairāwhiti and of Aotearoa. It reflects and celebrates the people of the Gisborne region and the East Coast. It reinforces the importance of people and place, and further affirms the region’s strong position in the creative landscape of Aotearoa.

For the full programme and ticketing information, please visit www.tetairawhitiartsfestival.nz.

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