KAUPAPA | ABOUT

Welcome to Kōanga Festival 2024, sharing exciting new Māori stories for the stage. Our 10th annual festival opens with a special sharing of Ngā Tohu o Te Taiao - connecting us to this time and place through pūrākau, puoro, and toi onepū.

This multi-artform performance work builds our connection to the tohu of the natural world, celebrating the change in season with a soul-filling live arts experience. The performance brings together mātauranga Māori with Rikki Solomon, live sand art from Marcus Winter, and taonga puoro from James Webster, weaving stories of Kōanga through video and wānanga, connecting us to this time and place.

Rikki shares mātauranga around the tohu of the change of seasons from the skies, the land, the manu, the ocean, and our waterways. We then look to the marama and the night sky and ground ourselves in this time of Kōanga.

Tuia ki te whenua
Tuia ki te rangi
Tuia ki te moana

Join us in opening Kōanga Festival 2024 with mahi toi, kōrero, and kai. Following the show, we will have kai in the foyer and a performance from Allana Goldsmith.

NGĀ TĀNGATA | CAST & CREATIVES

Pūrākau | Storytelling — Rikki Solomon
Toi Onepū | Sand Art — Marcus Winter
Taonga Puoro — James Webster