Te Tangi a Te Tūī

Presented by Te Pou Theatre, The Dust Palace, PANNZ, and Baycourt Community & Arts Centre

He karanga nō te kainga. Pulling us heart first back to the ngāhere.

The Tūī soaks up the world around it and responds in song. Though beautiful, its tune is now a faint echo of what it once was when Aotearoa was blanketed in the ngāhere, flutes of patupaiarehe filled the trees and Māori alone walked gently upon their mother.

Te Tangi a Te Tūī invites you to experience an enchanting and empowering Te Reo Māori cirque theatre work about adaptation and authenticity. This collaboration between kaupapa Māori theatre company, Te Pou Theatre and circus theatre company, The Dust Palace, is an evocative narrative of love and loss between Māori and the natural world in the face of colonial impact.

Performed in Te Reo Māori
Recommended ages 10+
Depictions of physical combat
Contains strobe lighting and haze effects

Two shows only: public performance on Wednesday 6 August, and a free schools matinee on Thursday 7 August.

Don’t miss out on this groundbreaking Māori cirque theatre experience.

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