The Story of Tiahuia: Nelson Arts Festival
Tiahuia: A Karanga to My Mother
Tiahuia: A Karanga to My Mother is artistic director and choreographer Merenia Gray’s tribute to her mother Tiahuia Te Puea Hērangi, the whāngai daughter of Princess Te Puea. The show will open with Mary-Lyn Chambers’ short film, Karanga, which beautifully captures the dance Gray also choregraphed in her mother’s memory and will be followed by a deep and insightful kōrero about Tiahuia’s life, facilitated by Donna McLeod.
As the the whāngai daughter of Te Puea Hērangi CBE (known as Princess Te Puea), Tiahuia Te Puea Hērangi witnessed and took part in some of the major events that changed Aotearoa New Zealand in the mid-to-late 20th Century.
Princess Te Puea was an inspiring Māori leader from New Zealand’s Waikato region. In Tiahuia: A Karanga to My Mother, Tiahuia Merenia Gray (Ngāi Tahu, Rangitāne, Tainui), Tiahuia’s daughter, shares the story of her mother’s unique upbringing in the Kingitanga family (after she was adopted by Princess Te Puea) and her migration to Nelson.
Suter Theatre | Sat Nov 1 | 10.30am | 60 mins | $25 | All ages
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