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Te Rākau Hua o Te Wao Tapu

Te Rākau is a Māori theatre company based in Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington.

Te Rākau Hua o Te Wao Tapu is Aotearoa New Zealand’s longest running independent Māori theatre company. Led by Jim Moriarty and Helen Pearse-Otene, Te Rākau's creates Theatre Marae plays & workshops.  

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Te Kitenga | Vision
A socially just and creatively thriving Aotearoa. 

Tāu Mātou Kawekawe | Mission 
Advancing wellbeing and fostering community based story-telling through Theatre Marae.
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HE KUPU MŌ MĀTOU ABOUT TE RĀKAU

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Ko wai mātou

OUR PEOPLE

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TE RĀKAU

THEATRE MARAE

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Ā MĀTOU MAHI

OUR PLAYS & WORKSHOPS

"Our working process is Cumulative, creative, chronological, organic" 

Kaitohu Jim Moriarty in rehearsal

Out the Gate 2025

 

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2025

tHEATRE mARAE

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Theatre Marae kōrerorero about the broken promise. Written by Helen Pearse-Otene, directed by Jim Moriarty, choreography by Tānemahuta Gray Out the Gate toured community venues across Te Ūpoko o Te Ika late 2025.  

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