Tiri: Te Araroa Woman Far Walking

An extraordinary mapping of Aotearoa through the eyes of Te Tiriti o Waitangi Mahana. Her story, our history.

Creator of the acclaimed The Haka Party Incident, Katie Wolfe (Ngāti Mutunga, Ngāti Tama) directs this new adaptation of the epic tale of Tiri Mahana, a 185-year-old matriarch, from her birth at the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi to present-day Aotearoa.

With award-winning Miriama McDowell (Ngāti Hine, Ngāpuhi) and supported by Nī Dekkers-Reihana (Ngāpuhi, Te Rarawa, Ngāti Porou), audiences are invited to explore themes of memory, family and resilience.

For the first time, the play will be performed in both English and te reo Māori, with both versions capturing the enduring spirit of Te Ao Māori. Woven into a deeply emotional tapestry, Witi Ihimaera’s (Te Whānau a Kai and Ngāti Porou) extraordinary play will shine once again in this unprecedented and astonishing new production: a national treasure that continues to resonate across time and place.

He whakakitenga autaia o Aotearoa i te tirohanga o Te Tiriti o Waitangi Mahana. Tana kōrero, tō tātou hītori.

Ka tohua e te kaitito o te whakaari taiea o The Haka Party Incident, e Katie Wolfe (Ngāti Mutunga, Ngāti Tama) tēnei whakahounga o te pūrākau whakahirahira o Tiri Mahana, he ruahine 185 te pakeke, mai i tana whānautanga mai i te hainatanga o Te Tiriti o Waitangi ki te Aotearoa o mohoa nei.

Ko te toa whakaihuwaka a Miriama McDowell (Ngāti Hine, Ngāpuhi) rāua ko Nī Dekkers-Reihana (Ngāpuhi, Te Rarawa, Ngāti Porou). Rarau mai e te marea kia tūhura e tātou ngā tāuhu o mahara, o whānau, o manawaroa.

Hei tuatahitanga, ka whakaarihia te whakaari nei ki te reo Māori me te reo Pākehā, me te mau tonu ki te wairua matatū o Te Ao Māori. Kua whatua ki te takapau o aroha, ka piata anō mai tēnei whakaari whakahirahira a Witi Ihimaera i tēnei whakaaturanga mīharo tuatahi, he tāonga puiaki o te motu e pāoro tonu nei ā haere ake nei.