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BY JEFFREY ADDISON TE REO MAORI SEASON 2021 E D U C AT I O N R E S O U R C E
Mapihi Kelland
Amanda Noblett
Hero image artwork by Cassidy Paiti, winner of our Pourakahua Design Competition 2020.
Contents
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Synopsis
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Core Learning
Objectives
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the rOCK ART
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The Team
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- TAHU DIALECT
KAI
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WORD LIST
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ACTIVITIES
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CREDITS
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TAKI RUA
Pourakahua by Jeffrey Addison
Shania Bailey-Edmonds
Join Pourakahua, a cross between human
and bird, on a journey of self-discovery as
they fly across the stunning landscapes
of Aotearoa to find their new home. They
meet interesting friends along the way,
coming to their aid while also evading the
dangerous bird hunters, the Kaitaomanu.
Synopsis
In our first Te Reo Māori Season
production all in the Kāi Tahu dialect,
pūrākau from the Arowhenua rock art fly
off the walls and into the minds of our
tamariki in Pourakahua.
Our 2021 show has been developed
from a theatrical puppet show by TORO
PIKOPIKO PUPPETS inspired by real rock
art in Timaru, Te Waipounamu, and the
many tribal narratives of Pourakahua.
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Core
Learning
Objectives
Kaitiakitanga Te Ira Tangata
Recognise our role as guardians of Understand that the Māori worldview is
our natural environment and historical centred around the co-existance of the
narratives for future generations to come. spiritual and physical worlds.
Whakataukī: Whakataukī:
Mō tātou, ā, mō kā uri ā muri ake nei. E kore au e ngaro, he kākano i ruia mai
For us and our children after us. i Rangiātea.
I will never be lost for I am a seed sown
Āwhina from Rangiātea.
Understand that there is collective good
in supporting and helping others. Taiao
Recognise the diversity and beauty of the
Whakataukī: flora and fauna unique to Aotearoa.
Mā pango, mā whero, ka oti ai te mahi.
By black and red together the work is Whakataukī:
done. Whatungarongaro te tangata, toitū te
whenua.
Whakapono As man disappears from sight, the land
To believe in one’s own ability to overcome remains.
challenges or obstacles.
Whakataukī:
He kai kei aku ringa.
There is food at the end of my hands.
(Said by a person who can use their
basic abilities and resources to create
success)
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Image by Te Ana Māori Rock Art Centre
THE ROCK ART
Rock paintings and ‘cave art’ of indigenous people provide us
with some of our earliest insights into our ancestors. Most of
the rock art in Aotearoa resides in Te Waipounamu, the South
Island, and the tangata whenua are an amalgamation of Rapuwai,
Waitaha, Ngāti Mamoe and later Ngāi Tahu who migrated from
Te Ika-ā-Māui (the North Island).
There are two main types of rock art. The art can be scratched
or carved into stone, or it can be painted or drawn onto the
stone’s surface. In New Zealand it is recorded that the rock art
paint was made from animal or bird fat mixed with vegetable
gum and soot or kōkōwai (red ochre) to make black or red paint.
The pigment created was known to be particularly long-lasting,
and was referred to as ‘an ink that would stand forever’. In Te
Waipounamu rock art was most commonly applied to limestone
– its smooth pale surface providing the perfect canvas for rock
art.
This information was provided by Te Ana Māori Rock Art Centre.
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Pourakahua cast and Taki Rua
Kahukura Tānemahuta Gray
the team
MEET THE WHĀNAU OF POURAKAHUA
SHANIA BAILEY-EDMONDS ACTOR
Te Ātiawa, Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Porou,
Ngāti Tama ki Te Tau Ihu
Shania graduated from Toi
Whakaari: New Zealand Drama
School in 2020. She has performed
in many short films and toured
with Tawata Productions in their
2018 show Bless The Child. Shania
is excited to be in her first Te
Reo Māori show sharing pūrākau
Māori to tamariki and rangatahi
throughout the motu.
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AMANDA NOBL ETT ACTOR
Tainui, Waikato, Ngāti Maniapoto,
Ngāti Pākehā
A raukura of Te Kura Kaupapa Māori
o Ngā Mokopuna and a graduate
of Whitireia Performing Arts,
Amanda has toured extensively in
Taki Rua shows including Hinepau,
Te Kuia me te Pūngāwerewere and
Ngā Manu Rōreka. She has also
worked with Le Moana Dance, Te
Rākau Hua o Te Wāo Tapu, Hāpai
Productions, Tawata Productions
and Inano Dance.
NGAHIRIWA RAUHINA ACTOR
Te Arawa, Tūhourangi,
Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Awa,
Ngāi Tūhoe, Patuwai
Ngahiriwa graduated with a
Bachelor in Performing Arts
majoring in Stage and Screen Acting
in 2012. Since then, Ngahiriwa has
performed in theatres and kura
around Aotearoa and abroad. This
is the second year that Ngahiriwa
is performing with Taki Rua and he
is looking forward to bringing this
story to life.
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MAPIHI KELLAND ACTOR
Ngāti Tūwharetoa me
Ngāti Kahungunu
Born and bred in Tūrangi where
her passion for performing arts
began, Mapihi graduated from
Whitireia Performing Arts in 2014.
Also a director and choreographer,
she has performed with Tawata
Productions, Black Grace Dance
Company, Inano Dance and Le
Moana Dance. This is the second
Te Reo Māori Season for Mapihi.
ISAAC MORRIS STAGE & TOUR MANAGER
Tūhoe
As a recent graduate of Toi Whakaari:
New Zealand Drama School with
a Bachelor of Performing Arts
Management, Isaac is excited to
grow his experience as Stage & Tour
Manager for this year’s Te Reo Māori
Season. Isaac was most recently the
Toi Whakaari Production Manager
for their second year show Beware
Woman in 2020.
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JEFFREY ADDISON WRITER
Kāi Tahu, Te Ātiawa
Jeffrey and his partner Te Whaitaima
Te Whare are the creative minds
behind TORO PIKOPIKO PUPPETS.
Since 1995 the pair have been
producing interactive children’s
entertainment and touring across
Aotearoa. Jeffrey’s puppets are
inspired by the imagery of Te
Waipounamu rock art sites and
seek to interpret and share the
stories of the ancient markings of
his tīpuna.
E ahaku nui,
The puppet musical Pourakahua was first written and performed by myself
and Te Whaitaima Te Whare as TORO PIKOPIKO PUPPETS. It all began in
2015 when we were asked to make rock-art puppets with the staff of Te
Ana Māori Rock Art Centre in Timaru. The production features a style of
puppetry I have developed called karetao papatahi (flatsie puppets).
Before arriving under the care of Taki Rua, we toured the show nationally
for 3 years. It has also been adapted into a digital resource by the Ministry
of Education, as a children’s audiobook and an 8-part animated video
series.
Ka māriki te puna aroha ki kārika maha, te huka mate, te huka ora, ko
mahia i te mahi haka whakaari hai whakaora tēnei pūrakau mīharo mō tā
tātau tamariki, mokopuna hoki.
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ERINA DANIELS DIRECTOR
Ngāti Wai
Erina is an actor, collaborator and
director. Her performance career
began in Dunedin and has since
led her to work with TV and theatre
producers across the country.
Erina has previously worked with
Taki Rua as Director for the Te Reo
Māori Season of Hine Kihāwai, and
Rehearsal Director of Cellfish (in
conjuction with TOA Productions).
This show is a celebration of the many figures drawn, carved,
pigmented and applied onto cave walls throughout Aotearoa and the
world.
Aotearoa is one of the many nations whose culture hosts such art within
its caves. This rock art phenomenon known as ‘toka toi’ in Aotearoa, was
placed there by our ancestors.
Our show Pourakahua continues to imagine why these rock art images
were placed there and what stories they tell. We take inspiration for this
show from the toka toi of Arowhenua.
Tū mai Aoraki mauka!
PEKAPEKA
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Kai tahu
dialect
The Kāi Tahu dialect of te reo Māori is a beautiful dialect whose
point of difference comes from tribal-specific words drawn from
the unique environment and practices in Te Waipounamu. It is
more than just the use of ‘k’ instead of the ‘ng’.
In 2000, Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu released their language strategy
Kotahi Mano Kāika, Kotahi Mano Wawata (one thousand homes,
one thousand aspirations) to lead in revitalising the language
and dialect within Kāi Tahu homes, whānau and communities.
Like te reo Māori itself, there is still more work to be done to
ensure the Kāi Tahu dialect is not lost. We hope that through
the story of Pourakahua we can help strengthen and grow
awareness of this beautiful dialect.
Image by Te Ana Māori Rock Art Centre
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word list
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pouakai
SOME MĀORI WORDS WITHIN THE PLAY
Pakihau Wings
Kōtore Tail (of a bird)
Hapī Cooking pit / earth oven
Kakari Fight, or fighters
Whakapoapoa To lure, entice
Pori People, tribe
Pouraka Trap
Pākeho Limestone
Pohewa Mythical
Nuipuku Multitude, large crowd
Kō To dig, digging stick
Timuaki President or commander
Pouākai Haast’s Eagle (gigantic extinct bird)
Orotā Obliterate, to be exterminated
Hanumi Mix/mixed
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SOME WORDS FROM THE KĀI TAHU DIALECT
Here are some words used in the Kāi Tahu dialect and their
equivalent to the more commonly used te reo Māori.
Hākui = māmā / kuia Hākoro = pāpā / koro
Taua = kuia / kaumātua
Poua = koroua / kaumātua
Nāia = Anei = Here ...
Ko ... = Kua ...
Kai ... = Kei ...
Hai ... = Hei ...
Heoti = Heoi = But, however
Kauraka = Kaua = Don’t
tāhaku / tōhoku = tāku / tōku
āhaku / ōhoku = āku / ōku
tāhana / tōhona = tāna / tōna
āhana / ōhona = āna / ōna
māhaku / mōhoku = māku / mōku
ng = k
The dialect uses the ‘k’
consonant instead of ‘ng’.
For example:
Rika = Ringa = Hand / Arm
Hinekaro = Hinengaro = Mind
Kāika = Kāinga = Home
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activities
THE CORRECT WORD
Match the Māori word to the correct English word.
Kō Commander
Pouraka Cooking pit
Hākui Mythical
Hapī A trap
Timuaki Hand
Orotā To dig
Pohewa To entice
Whakapoapoa Grandmother
Kauraka Mind
Hinekaro People or tribe
Rika Don’t
PROVERBS & SAYINGS
He manako te kōura i kore ai!
A crayfish won’t jump in your net, just because you wish it in there!
Hika ai te iti i te nuipuku - The many will always beat the few.
Kāhore e kore - Without a doubt
Te rika rehe hoki! - What a masterpiece!
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crossword
Translate the words, or find the word
that relates to the clues below.
Down Across
1. limestone 7. Haast’s Eagle
8. home
2. mythical 8. tail (of a bird)
11. ringaringa
3. Koroua or grandfather 9. to mix/mixed
12. multitudes
4. a person 10. a trap
5. Kuia or grandmother 13. what birds use to fly
6. people or tribe 14. fighters
15. landing
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Mapihi Kelland, Ngahiriwa Rauhina and Amanda Noblett
credits
POURAKAHUA
CAST & CREW
Shania Bailey-Edmonds
Amanda Noblett
Ngahiriwa Rauhina
Mapihi Kelland
Isaac Morris (Stage and Tour Manager)
PRODUCTI O N TEAM
Writer Jeffrey Addison
Director Erina Daniels
Script Translator Edwin Wikatene and Jeffrey Addison with
support from Karuna Thurlow and Darren Solomon
Script Proofing Henare Te Aika-Puanaki / Matatū Consultancy
Set Designer Taupuruariki Brightwell
Costume Designer Cara-Louise Waretini
Sound Designer Maaka McGregor
Photographer Philip Merry
Artist Cassidy Paiti
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Taki Rua
Taki Rua produces, commissions and develops theatre with a
distinctively Māori voice. Since 1983, Taki Rua has been an arts
industry leader – a creative rule breaker, continually evolving
the definition of Māori theatre.
Each year, Taki Rua produces te reo Māori children’s theatre
for schools around Aotearoa - a project we call Te Reo Māori
Season. Pourakahua is our 27th Te Reo Māori Season tour we’ve
produced.
First produced in 1995 as a small Greater Wellington tour, Te
Reo Māori Season has grown to reach thousands of primary
and secondary students from a wide range of ages and
comprehension levels each year. Our aim is to encourage
students to use te reo Māori by providing positive reo-speaking
role models and showing clear Māori language outcomes.
BOARD O F STA FF
DIRECTO RS Tānemahuta Gray
Tama Kirikiri Nathan McKendry
Toni Huata Pekaira Jude Rei
Trish Stevenson Alex Granville
Roimata Kirikiri Cohen Stephens
Jamie Ferguson Joyce Kupe-Stephens
Simon Garrett Helena Coulton
Adrian Wagner Ash Moor
Tolis Papazoglou Taylor-Rose Terekia
Pearl Sidwell Amanda Noblett
Patrick Hape
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Mapihi Kelland and Ngahiriwa Rauhina
Image by Te Ana Māori Rock Art Centre
19POU R A KA HUA B R O U G H T TO YOU BY
W I T H F U ND I N G FRO M
The Farina Thompson Charitable Trust, proudly managed by Perpetual Guardian, and Oxford Sports Trust.
A ND S U PPO RT FRO M
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