Creative Team
Nā Willy Craig Fransen
Dramaturg Moira Wairama
Director Mentor Geoff Pinfield
Director and Tour Manager
Te Kohe Tuhaka
Set and Costume Designer
Rebecca Whale
Tour Co-ordinator Ma Campbell
Cast
Ngapaki Emery,
Jacob Tamaiparea,
Brendon Watt
Date & Times
The annual Te Reo travels to Wellington, Wairarapa, Kapiti, Horowhenua, Manawatu, Taranaki, Tuwharetoa, Maniapoto, Waikato, Coromandel, Rotorua, Auckland, Northland, Bay of Plenty, East Coast, Hawkes Bay and the South Island.
Kia Ngawari
Kai moana on a mission …
Author Willy Craig Fransen (Taku Waimarie) returns for our 12th annual Te Reo Maori tour with Kia Ngawari, a comedic and eventful underwater adventure about the importance of lending a helping hand.
Papaka is a small crab with a big chip on his shoulder. When he inadvertently crosses paths with a great white shark, Mangonui, the challenge is laid down for Papaka to venture on a journey of self discovery.
Amongst the reefs and through the tides Papaka meets an eclectic range of outrageous sea inhabitants both friend and foe including Wheketori the octopus, Korora the dancing penguin, and Kaihi-Ika the hungry fisherman. Papaka soon finds out that to navigate through life’s rough waters one needs to help others in order to help ones self.
Filled with haka, waiata, music and performed entirely in te reo Māori, Kia Ngawari promises to be an entertaining and moving adventure suitable for children and adults alike.
