Māori Whakaari Practitioners Video Series

Whakaari Aotearoa presents a new Interview series bringing visibility to Māori Theatre Practitioners and NZ Theatre Companies

Filmed in 2023 with a number of practitioners in both Tāmaki Makaurau and Pōneke by Documentary Filmmaker and Videographer Ethan Alderson-Hughes of Someday Stories and Doc Edge Fest, and hosted by Toi Whakaari graduate Taylor Rogers - Ngāti Kuri, Te Aupōuri, Ngāti Kahu, Ngai Takoto, Te Rarawa. 

This series of resource interviews will be a superb resources to support teaching and learning in 2024 and beyond.

Tainui Tukiwaho - Tūhoe, Te Arawa, Whakatohea, Tuwharetoa, Kai Tahu

Kimberley Skipper - Ngāti Porou, Te Atiawa & Jeremy Davis - Ngāti Maniapoto, Aitutaki & Mangaia

Isaac Martyn - Ngāti Tūwhareta, Te Arawa

Brady Peti - Ngāti Maniapoto, Te Athaunui, Paparangi

Jason Te Mete - Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāti Rangi

Rebekkah Schoonbeck-Berridge - Ngāti Maru

Dylan Faatui - Ngāti Hāmoa & Ari Hayvice - Ngāti Porou, Tūhoe

Taylor Rogers - Ngāti Kuri, Te Aupōuri, Ngāti Kahu, Ngāi Takato, Te Rarawa

Erena Page - Te Aihanui-a-Pāpārangi, Ngāti Tūwhanetoa, Ngāti Kahungunu & Brooke Wharehinga - Ngāt Porou, Ngāti Kahungunu

Rueben Butler - Ngā Puhi, Ngāti Kahu ki Whangaroa

Tia Ormsby - Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Porou, Ngā Puhi

Hone Taukiri - Te Rarawa, Ngāti Tamaterā

Mycah Keall - Taranaki iwi, Te Whānau-ā-Apanui & Regan Taylor - Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Pikiao

Tenea Heke - Ngā Puhi, Ngāti Porou

Jim Moriarty - Ngāti Toarangatira, Ngāti Koata, Ngāti Kahungungu, Ngāti Pākehā

Hariata And Tamati Moriarty - Ngāti Toa Rangatira, Ngāti Katoa, Ngāti Kahungunau

Tānemahuta Gray - Ngāi Tahu, Rangitāne Waikato (whāngai)

Te Huamanukau Luiten-Apirana - Tainui, Tūhoe

Natasha Van Etten - Ngāti Te Rangi

Emma Bishop - Ngā Puhi, Ngāti Pākehā

Cara-Louise Waretini - Ngāti Rangi, Te Ātihaunui A Pāpārangi, Rongomaiwahine

Aroha Awarau - Ngāti Maru, Ngāti Porou, Nuie, Samoa

Tyler Wilson-Kokiri - Ngāti Porou

Jarod Rawiri - Ngāti Whanaunga, Ngāti Pāoa, Ngāti Tahu, Ngāti Whātua

Katrina Chandra - Tainui, Ngāti Pāoa