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Closing night!!A huge congratulation to the cast and crew in this phenomenal piece of theatre that was Whaea Kairau: Mot...
30/10/2021

Closing night!!

A huge congratulation to the cast and crew in this phenomenal piece of theatre that was Whaea Kairau: Mother Hundred Eater by Apirana Taylor.

In closing we have some lovely words from Apirana Taylor Himself regarding the performance.

[Speaking directly to the cast] "A faithful rendition of the work. Everyone in the cast is totally going somewhere, it was beautiful to watch"

“You’re making money out of others’ misery”After a phenomenal opening night Whaea Kairau is in full swing.Whaea Kairau: ...
27/10/2021

“You’re making money out of others’ misery”

After a phenomenal opening night Whaea Kairau is in full swing.

Whaea Kairau: Mother Hundred Eater, by Apirana Taylor, is an exploration of the darkest time in Aotearoa. On from the 26th - 30th of October, 7.30pm.
Due to COVID-19 restrictions tickets are currently unavailable to the public.

Excitement is brewing for opening night tonight!!!!Here's what our incredible director Ricky Dey has to say:Discovering ...
26/10/2021

Excitement is brewing for opening night tonight!!!!

Here's what our incredible director Ricky Dey has to say:
Discovering this play has changed the fabric of my life and that of the students undertaking Apirana’s poetic and brutal text. Here at Te Auaha, we need to continue to stage our stories, about our people and be fearless in doing so. As an ensemble, we are so grateful to be able to share our Mahi with you, our most important whenua. Our whānau. Kia kotahi koutou! - Ricky Dey

We are so proud of all our cast and crew ❤️

“The country’s being founded on in justice.”Whaea Kairau: Mother Hundred Eater by Apirana Taylor. A story of our tīpuna....
24/10/2021

“The country’s being founded on in justice.”

Whaea Kairau: Mother Hundred Eater by Apirana Taylor. A story of our tīpuna.

Due to COVID-19 tickets are unavailable to the public.

"Fate has a way of returning trouble into the hand in which it came"Whaea Kairau: Mother Hundred Eater, by Apirana Taylo...
23/10/2021

"Fate has a way of returning trouble into the hand in which it came"

Whaea Kairau: Mother Hundred Eater, by Apirana Taylor, is an exploration of the darkest time in Aotearoa. On from the 26th - 30th of October, 7.30pm.
Due to COVID-19 restrictions tickets are currently unavailable to the public.

20/10/2021

Apirana Taylor’s Whaea Kairau: Mother Hundred Eater holds a mirror firmly to our faces – and we don’t dare look away.

This marks the end of two years of training at Te Auaha for the actors tackling Taylor’s work.

Whaea Kairau promises to be nothing short of a compelling performance.

"I hate what I am but if that's who I must be to live that's who I must be for a time."Whaea Kairau: Mother Hundred Eate...
18/10/2021

"I hate what I am but if that's who I must be to live that's who I must be for a time."

Whaea Kairau: Mother Hundred Eater, by Apirana Taylor, is an exploration of the darkest time in Aotearoa. On from the 26th - 30th of October, 7.30pm.

Due to COVID-19 restrictions tickets are currently unavailable to the public.

"Young people shouldn't have to see such things. They're too soft, too innocent."Whaea Kairau: Mother Hundred Eater, by ...
18/10/2021

"Young people shouldn't have to see such things. They're too soft, too innocent."

Whaea Kairau: Mother Hundred Eater, by Apirana Taylor. A look into the turbulent times of 1840's Aotearoa. On from the 26th - 30th of October, 7.30pm

Due to COVID-19 restrictions tickets are currently unavailable to the public.

"Mad winds blow across my mind. This way and that. Whispering ragin' God and Gods."Whaea Kairau: Mother Hundred Eater, b...
15/10/2021

"Mad winds blow across my mind. This way and that. Whispering ragin' God and Gods."

Whaea Kairau: Mother Hundred Eater, by Apirana Taylor. A look into the turbulent times of 1840's Aotearoa. On from the 26th - 29th of October, 2.00pm-4.30pm & 7.30pm-10.00pm

Due to COVID-19 restrictions tickets are currently unavailable to the public.

"War brings out the basic instincts in all of us"Presented by the year 2 Stage and Screen Students, Whaea Kairau: Mother...
14/10/2021

"War brings out the basic instincts in all of us"

Presented by the year 2 Stage and Screen Students, Whaea Kairau: Mother Hundred Eater, by Apirana Taylor, is an exploration of the darkest time in New Zealand History. On from the 26th - 29th of October, 2.00pm-4.30pm & 7.30pm-10.00pm

Due to COVID-19 restrictions tickets are currently unavailable to the public.

Blood, family, greed. Set in late 1840s New Zealand amid growing turbulence and racial tensions Te Auaha acting students...
13/10/2021

Blood, family, greed.
Set in late 1840s New Zealand amid growing turbulence and racial tensions Te Auaha acting students perform Apirana Taylor’s saga Whaea Kairau: Mother Hundred Eater; the epic story of a dispossessed Irish woman whose livelihood is dependent on the slaughter of war.

Apirana Taylor adapted Berthold Brecht’s Mother Courage and Her Children in 1995 when it was first produced by Taki Rua Theatre. Brecht’s topic of a merchant family trailing European armies across a desolated landscape during the 30 Years War (1618-1648) translated well to the circumstances of the equally pointless and viciously devastating (and economically exploitative) Māori Wars of 1845 – 1872.

The play is muscular, carnivalesque and brutal. The strong language is particularly poetic requiring actors to traverse both English and Te Reo. Aotearoa also plays the perfect desolate backdrop to a family labouring to survive during a bloodthirsty time in NZ’s history.

This marks the end of two years training at Te Auaha for the actors tackling Taylor’s work. With a heady mix of music and mayhem, heart and brutality their hungry take on Whaea Kairau promises to be nothing short of compelling live performance.

‘Whaea Kairau is partly a mirror of our own country. Among other things it is about the evils of absolute greed and blindness to human suffering’ – Apirana Taylor.

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