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UPU - Wānaka Festival of Colour

Ticket Information

  • Adult - A Rserve: $48.00 each
  • Adult - B Reserve: $55.00 each
  • Adult - C Reserve: $50.00 each
  • Student: $25.00 each
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Dates

  • Sun 6 Apr 2025, 7:00pm–8:00pm

Restrictions

All Ages

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Elephant Publicity

The power of Māori & Pasifika literature roaring to theatrical life.

The world of Oceania is not small. From the energetic volcanoes of O’ahu to the southern reaches of Aotearoa, she is borderless and vast – and growing bigger by the day. After decades of dismissal and disconnection, her children are closer than ever. It’s time for a reunion.

In Samoan “upu” means “word”.

Curated by award-winning poet Grace Iwashita-Taylor and led by powerhouse director Fasitua Amosa, UPU gives the stage to Oceania’s most electrifying poetry. Ben Brown, Karlo Mila, Albert Wendt and more: UPU is for the trailblazers, the icons and the new writers transforming Aotearoa today.

In UPU, borders disappear and for just over an hour, the theatre becomes a sea of Islands. Be transported across an ocean to hear the voices dealing with colonisation, family, climate change, love, sex, religion, power and tourists.

Performed by a stellar cast of some of the best Tagata Moana actors in Aotearoa NZ: Maiava Nathaniel Lees, Mia Blake, Fasitua Amosa, Nicola Kāwana, Ana Corbett and Shadon Meredith.

This Show Is Pure Oratory And Storytelling At Its Finest. - Theatrescenes (NZ)

Curated by Grace Taylor, Directed by Fasitua Amosa

On as part of the Wānaka Festival of Colour.

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