THE HAKA PARTY INCIDENT

BY KATIE WOLFE

The last New Zealand war took place in Auckland in 1979. It lasted three minutes.

The Haka Party Incident resurrects the eventful day when a group of University of Auckland engineering students rehearsing their annual tradition of a mock haka are confronted by the activist group, He Taua.

The incident sent ripples through the nation and changed race relations in New Zealand forever.

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The Haka Party Incident

5.30 - 6pm Touch Tour

Theatreview, 9 April 2021

Crafted by film-maker and theatre director Katie Wolfe, Ngāti Mutunga, Ngāti Toa (The Mooncake and the Kumara, Waru, He Māngai Wāhine, Artefact), The Haka Party Incident is verbatim theatre that innovatively combines documentary and kapa haka to thrilling effect.

Provocative, resonant and unforgettable, The Haka Party Incident is a not-to-bemissed theatre event

Image: Sacha Stejko/Norm Heke

Audio Described performances provide a live audio commentary by passionate professionals from Audio Described Aotearoa Ltd as they describe the actions onstage. This commentary is relayed to blind and low-vision patrons via an earpiece which can be booked in advanced. Touch Tours are held one and a half hours before the show. Patrons can walk through the set, touch props, feel costumes and familiarise themselves with visual and sensory materials in the performance.

To book a place on the Touch Tour and the audio described performance, please email ticketnp@npdc.co.nz or visit the TSB Showplace Box Office