MARINA PARK FRI 4 OCT | 5:30PM-8:30PM We welcome you to the inaugural Te Tairāwhiti Arts Festival. Artists create worlds of wonder, provocation and poignance which remind us of the importance of story. They shine light into dark places and provide commentary in difficult and challenging times. They also lead us into spaces for reflection, create moments of joy and uplift us.
CREATIVE DIRECTOR TEINA MOETARA
MĀUI PŪTAHI TE TAIRĀWHITI ARTS FESTIVAL OPENING NIGHT
In this, our first festival we celebrate artists and connections to place while welcoming the world. We acknowledge our whakapapa connections near and far and celebrate the creativity that artists in their generosity lay before us. From Raukōkore to Rangitukia, Manutuke to Muriwai, Tikitiki to Tūranga-nui-ā-Kiwa/Gisborne, our region is alive with theatre, music, dance, visual arts, light and sound.
A concert featuring iconic musicians of Aotearoa. Join Dave Dobbyn, Anika Moa, Annie Crummer, Maisey Rika, Rob Ruha, Teeks and contemporary Hawaiian musician Kaumakaiwa Kanaka’ole for one unforgettable evening.
Te Tairāwhiti Arts Festival has a simple kaupapa. We are of this place and its people. We are arts led and a platform for connection.
SOUNDSHELL, TŪRANGA GISBORNE SUN 6 OCT | 7PM
Karawhiua!!
Explore the edges of Tairāwhiti flair at our premiere opening night Māui Pūtahi – kai, performance, and stories of our place.
SOUNDSHELL, TŪRANGA GISBORNE SAT 5 OCT | 12PM 5PM
ILLUSTRATION TO COME
Vibrant and rich with story, rugged, soulful and deep, Te Tairāwhiti is home to the creativity of many – past, present and those yet to flourish.
Join friends and whānau for a fun day of waiata, kai and waka as we shine a light on our place and our people here in Tairāwhiti.
TAMA WAIPARA
UNDER AN EAST COAST MOON
FESTIVAL DIRECTOR
UP, UP AND AWAY! MANU AUTE KITE DAY
Show Duration 90 minutes General Admission $35 Children $15
KIA ORA 2019 FESTIVAL CALENDAR EVENT
FRI 4 SAT 5 SUN 6 WED 9 THU 10 FRI
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MEREMERE
WITI’S WĀHINE
HĀPAI PRODUCTIONS. WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY NANCY BRUNNING. A theatrical celebration of the most formidable and inspirational female characters to have ever graced the pages of New Zealand fiction.
LAWSON FIELD THEATRE SAT 5 OCT | 8PM SUN 6 OCT | 2PM & 5PM Show Duration 55 minutes General Admission $25 Concession $20
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MOVEMENT OF THE HUMAN A breath-taking, generous and compelling telling of one man’s story of the survivor in us all.
WAR MEMORIAL THEATRE SAT 12 OCT | 2PM & 8PM SUN 13 OCT | 5PM Show Duration 59 minutes A Reserve $25 A Concession $20 B Reserve $20 Children $15
MON 14 TUE 15 WED 16 THU 17 FRI 18 SAT 19
SUN 20
MĀUI PŪTAHI, OPENING NIGHT MANU AUTE KITE DAY WITI’S WĀHINE WITI’S WĀHINE UNDER AN EAST COAST MOON THE BOOKBINDER HENARE KA HAO: TE TIRA WAIATA THE BOOKBINDER KA HAO: TE TIRA WAIATA A SYNTHESIZED UNIVERSE KA HAO: TE TIRA WAIATA WILD DOGS UNDER MY SKIRT MEREMERE KA HAO: TE TIRA WAIATA SNEAK PEEKS MUSIC FOR INTIMATE SPACES MEREMERE ALL ABOARD KIRIATA MERATA CELLFISH TUKUTUKU SHEL WE? KIRIATA MARKS OF MANA TE MĀPOURIKI REB FOUNTAIN RESPECT BARBECUE RESPECT I AIN’T MAD AT CHA SHOW ME SHORTS: THE SAMPLER MUSIC FOR INTIMATE SPACES TAONGA MOANA INSTALLATION
OCT 420 MANAWA MOANA VAI OCT 613 TE ARA I WHITI THE LIGHT TRAIL OCT 620 NATIVE VOICES: KO AU, KO MĀTAU
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5:30PM–8:30PM 12PM – 5PM 8PM 2PM & 5PM 7PM 5:30PM & 7:30PM 7PM 7PM 5:30PM & 7:30PM 7PM 8PM 7PM 7PM 2PM & 8PM 7PM 12PM 2PM –4 PM 5PM 12:30PM 6PM 12PM & 7PM 1PM 6:30PM 6PM 7:30PM 8PM 7PM 1PM 7PM 3PM 7PM 2PM 4PM 7PM
MARINA PARK SOUNDSHELL LAWSON FIELD THEATRE LAWSON FIELD THEATRE SOUNDSHELL POVERTY BAY CLUB LAWSON FIELD THEATRE TOKOTORU TAPU CHURCH POVERTY BAY CLUB HOLY TRINITY CHURCH THE DOME, POVERTY BAY CLUB ST MARY’S CHURCH, TIKITIKI LAWSON FIELD THEATRE WAR MEMORIAL THEATRE CHRIST CHURCH RAUKOKORE LAWSON FIELD THEATRE TAIRĀWHITI MUSEUM WAR MEMORIAL THEATRE RAILWAY STATION TE WĀNANGA O AOTEAROA LAWSON FIELD THEATRE LAWSON FIELD THEATRE WAR MEMORIAL THEATRE TE WĀNANGA O AOTEAROA WAR MEMORIAL THEATRE THE DOME, POVERTY BAY CLUB WAR MEMORIAL THEATRE SMASH PALACE WAR MEMORIAL THEATRE LAWSON FIELD THEATRE THE DOME, POVERTY BAY CLUB TAIRĀWHITI MUSEUM HOLY TRINITY CHURCH
10AM 5PM 10AM 5PM 5PM 10PM 10AM 4PM
WAR MEMORIAL THEATRE LAWSON FIELD THEATRE MARINA PARK TAIRĀWHITI MUSEUM
2019
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