Undertow

Undertow One whānau, one whenua, 200 years - UNDERTOW is the story of both Māori and Pākeha, ordinary people who lived during extraordinary times.

Presented by Te Rākau Hua o Te Wao Tapu

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29/06/2024

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This Waitangi Day, we are pleased to announce the arrival of an incredible publication: THE UNDERTOW, in print!All four ...
05/02/2021

This Waitangi Day, we are pleased to announce the arrival of an incredible publication: THE UNDERTOW, in print!

All four chapters of Helen Pearse-Otene's critically acclaimed plays are now available as a beautifully designed and bound book. Get your copy here: http://bit.ly/BuyUndertow

Performed in repertory by Te Rakau Hua O Te Wao Tapu Trust in 2017, critics describe the quartet as deeply moving, generous, lyrical, poetic, confronting, visceral, insightful and visionary.

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A year ago today, The Undertow premiered on Maori Television. All four chapters of the epic series are available online,...
31/10/2020

A year ago today, The Undertow premiered on Maori Television. All four chapters of the epic series are available online, free to watch – titiro mai whānau!

Four plays, six years in the making.
28 performances, 35 performers.
One whānau, one whenua, 200 years of history.

(AO) Te Rākau brings an electric Theatre Marae experience. On Demand available to viewers in New Zealand.

Delivered to the printers today... and coming soon THE UNDERTOW scripts published.Designed by the amazing
24/02/2020

Delivered to the printers today... and coming soon THE UNDERTOW scripts published.
Designed by the amazing

27/11/2019
The final chapter of UNDERTOW premieres tomorrow night at 9.30pm on Māori Television. Make sure you catch Chapter Four: ...
19/11/2019

The final chapter of UNDERTOW premieres tomorrow night at 9.30pm on Māori Television. Make sure you catch Chapter Four: The Landeaters live!

Entangled in the roots of a beloved willow tree
- where the ancient ones reside -
somewhere just between today and tomorrow
an old man and his roots
are digging in against
The Landeaters

Undertow Chapter Three: Public Works premieres on Māori Television at 9.30pm tomorrow night!1918 and home calls to our b...
12/11/2019

Undertow Chapter Three: Public Works premieres on Māori Television at 9.30pm tomorrow night!

1918 and home calls to our boys in No Man’s Land
- the space in between, where anything is possible -
In life, in death, O Lord, abide with me.
Dumb, black bastards stuck in the mud.
Theirs’ or someone else’s, it’s all the same.

Massey University recently wrote an article about the "urgent, passionate and thrilling" stories told in UNDERTOW, which...
12/11/2019

Massey University recently wrote an article about the "urgent, passionate and thrilling" stories told in UNDERTOW, which took more than six years to develop.

The epic new TV series has a special relationship with Massey’s College of Humanities and Social Sciences, which has hosted Te Rākau as its ‘Māori Theatre Company in Residence’ since 2014, supporting UNDERTOW's stage and screen development.

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One whānau, one whenua, 200 years.

​Step through the proscenium arch and journey through time itself with UNDERTOW - Te Rākau’s electric Theatre Marae experience.

UNDERTOW PREMIER - MĀORI TELEVISION, 9.30PM THURSDAY 31 OCTOBER

From the arrival of the first settler ships and the gentrified Port Nicholson, to our complex war history and current day urban development, UNDERTOW is a bold and fearless journey into our country’s past, present and future.

It is the story of both Māori and Pākeha, of ordinary people who lived during extraordinary times in Aotearoa’s history, and the timeless pursuit of somewhere to call home.