Te Rākau

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Organisation Te Rākau
Other Names
Te Rākau Hua a te Wao Tapu
Te Rākau Trust
Te Rākau Theatre
Address New Zealand
First Date 1989
Website https://www.terakau.org/
Functions Presenting Company, Production Company
Notes Aotearoa’s longest surviving independent Māori Theatre company, Te Rākau was established in 1989 by Jim Moriarty and Jerry Banse with a trust deed inherited from the Māori Theatre Trust.
Events

Creative New Zealand (Creative NZ)

  • Battalion, Ōtaki College, Ōtaki, 9 March 2006
  • Battalion, Hosanna Fellowship Hall, Cannons Creek, Porirua, 7 March 2006
  • Battalion, Expressions Theatre | Whirinaki Whare Taonga, Upper Hutt, 2 March 2006

New Zealand Community Trust

  • Battalion, Ōtaki College, Ōtaki, 9 March 2006
  • Battalion, Hosanna Fellowship Hall, Cannons Creek, Porirua, 7 March 2006
  • Battalion, Expressions Theatre | Whirinaki Whare Taonga, Upper Hutt, 2 March 2006

Smokefree

  • Battalion, Ōtaki College, Ōtaki, 9 March 2006
  • Battalion, Hosanna Fellowship Hall, Cannons Creek, Porirua, 7 March 2006
  • Battalion, Expressions Theatre | Whirinaki Whare Taonga, Upper Hutt, 2 March 2006

ARTCO

Christchurch Women's Prison

New Zealand 1990 Commission

New Zealand International Festival of the Arts

Papakura Prison

Te Puni Kokiri

  • A Day at the Races, Taki Rua Theatre [Depot Theatre] (1984-1997), Te Aro, Wellington, 12 April 1995

New Zealand

Taki Rua Theatre [Depot Theatre] (1984-1997), Te Aro, Wellington

The Depot, Wellington

Soundings Theatre, Wellington

Carnegie Gallery, Dunedin

Christchurch, Christchurch

Depot Theatre, Mount Cook, Wellington

Expressions Theatre | Whirinaki Whare Taonga, Upper Hutt

High Schools

Hosanna Fellowship Hall, Cannons Creek, Porirua

National Art Gallery and Museum, Te Aro, Wellington

Northern Residential Centre, Weymouth, Auckland

Ōtaki College, Ōtaki

South Island

Te Whaea National Dance and Drama Centre, Newtown, Wellington

The Opera House (1977-), Te Aro, Wellington

West Wing, Papakura Prison, Templeton, Christchurch

Women's Prison, Christchurch

Jim Moriarty - Actor, Devisor, Director, Producer

John Broughton - Playwright

Helen Pearse-Otene - Playwright, Writer

  • The Swing, Te Whaea National Dance and Drama Centre, Newtown, Wellington, 22 July 2022
  • Public Works, Soundings Theatre, Wellington, 18 January 2017
  • The Landeaters, Soundings Theatre, Wellington, 18 January 2017
  • Battalion, Ōtaki College, Ōtaki, 9 March 2006
  • Battalion, Hosanna Fellowship Hall, Cannons Creek, Porirua, 7 March 2006
  • Battalion, Expressions Theatre | Whirinaki Whare Taonga, Upper Hutt, 2 March 2006

Jeremy Davis - Actor, Choreographer

  • The Swing, Te Whaea National Dance and Drama Centre, Newtown, Wellington, 22 July 2022
  • Public Works, Soundings Theatre, Wellington, 18 January 2017
  • The Landeaters, Soundings Theatre, Wellington, 18 January 2017

Dylan Fa'atui - Actor, Assistant Director

  • The Swing, Te Whaea National Dance and Drama Centre, Newtown, Wellington, 22 July 2022
  • Public Works, Soundings Theatre, Wellington, 18 January 2017
  • The Landeaters, Soundings Theatre, Wellington, 18 January 2017

Ari Hayvice - Actor, Assistant Stage Manager

  • The Swing, Te Whaea National Dance and Drama Centre, Newtown, Wellington, 22 July 2022
  • Public Works, Soundings Theatre, Wellington, 18 January 2017
  • The Landeaters, Soundings Theatre, Wellington, 18 January 2017

Lisa Maule - Lighting Designer, Producer

  • The Swing, Te Whaea National Dance and Drama Centre, Newtown, Wellington, 22 July 2022
  • Public Works, Soundings Theatre, Wellington, 18 January 2017
  • The Landeaters, Soundings Theatre, Wellington, 18 January 2017

Kimberley Skipper - Actor, Choreographer

  • The Swing, Te Whaea National Dance and Drama Centre, Newtown, Wellington, 22 July 2022
  • Public Works, Soundings Theatre, Wellington, 18 January 2017
  • The Landeaters, Soundings Theatre, Wellington, 18 January 2017

Rangimoana Taylor - Director, Executive Director

Annie Ashton - Actor

Nicole Ashton - Actor

Jerry Banse - Musician

  • Mana, Taki Rua Theatre [Depot Theatre] (1984-1997), Te Aro, Wellington, 7 September 1995
  • Nga Puke (The Hills), New Zealand, 1992

Riwia Brown - Playwright

Unity Brown - Actor

Jamie Burgess - Lyricist

Reuben Butler - Actor

Tina Cook - Actor, Devisor

Tina Cross - Actor

Willy Craig Fransen - Actor

Susan Graham - Choreographer

Maggie Harper - Actor

Noel Hayvice - Actor

Mearn Houston - Actor

Cayden Howes - Actor

Ralph Johnson - Actor

Beth Jones - Actor

Zechariah Julius-Donnelly - Actor

Charlotte Lennon - Actor

Maria MacDonald - Actor

Richard Marrett - Composer, Musician

Isobel Mebus - Actor

Vita Mebus - Actor

Tobias Mills - Actor, Production Manager

Hariata Moriarty - Actor

Mila Moriarty - Actor

Rebecca Moriarty - Actor

Tamati Moriarty - Actor

Daniel Nodder - Actor

Cherie O'Shea - Musician

Sophie Pascoe - Actor

Busby Pearse-Otene - Sound Designer

Conor Peoples - Actor

Henry Perez - Actor

Greer Phillips - Actor

Loni Porter-Samuels - Actor

Cameron Ruka-Karauti - Actor

Emily Salisbury - Actor

Manuel Solomon - Actor

Joshua Tait - Actor

Louis Tait - Actor

John Ulu - Accompanist, Actor

Nova Waretini-Hewison - Actor

Lisa Warrington - Director

Christina Asher - Director

Tungia Baker - Actor

Susan Battye - Director, Tour Manager

Jean Betts - Director

  • A Day at the Races, Taki Rua Theatre [Depot Theatre] (1984-1997), Te Aro, Wellington, 12 April 1995

Mere Boynton - Actor

Rachel Campbell - Actor

Te Wairemana Campbell - Actor

Peter Carr - Actor

Lynda Chanwai-Earle - Devisor

Tony De Goldi - Set Designer

  • The Swing, Te Whaea National Dance and Drama Centre, Newtown, Wellington, 22 July 2022

Peter Dennett - Actor

Matthew Dussier - Actor

Whetu Fala - Actor, Devisor

Helen Fisher - Musician

Rees Fox - Actor

Michael Galvin - Actor

Jude Gibson - Actor

Rowley Habib - Director

Bronwyn Hayward - Actor

  • Mana, Taki Rua Theatre [Depot Theatre] (1984-1997), Te Aro, Wellington, 7 September 1995

Jonathon Hendry - Actor

Toni Huata - Actor

  • Mana, Taki Rua Theatre [Depot Theatre] (1984-1997), Te Aro, Wellington, 7 September 1995

Jerry Banse - Musician

Te Arepa Kahi - Actor

Rongo Kahu - Kaumātua Performer

Robyn Kahukiwa - Visual Artist

Anne Keating - Director

Colin Kitchingman - Actor

Hone Kouka - Playwright

Kayla Love - Production Assistant

Khelah Love - Actor

Makerita Matepelu - Actor, Devisor

Marie McGuigan - Actor

Zvon Mesarov - Actor

  • Mana, Taki Rua Theatre [Depot Theatre] (1984-1997), Te Aro, Wellington, 7 September 1995

Conrad Phillips - Musician

  • A Day at the Races, Taki Rua Theatre [Depot Theatre] (1984-1997), Te Aro, Wellington, 12 April 1995

Tanya Phillips - Actor

  • Mana, Taki Rua Theatre [Depot Theatre] (1984-1997), Te Aro, Wellington, 7 September 1995

Turei Reedy - Actor

Tamati Rice - Actor

  • Mana, Taki Rua Theatre [Depot Theatre] (1984-1997), Te Aro, Wellington, 7 September 1995

Sharon Smith - Musician

  • A Day at the Races, Taki Rua Theatre [Depot Theatre] (1984-1997), Te Aro, Wellington, 12 April 1995

Bruce Stewart - Playwright

Bruce Stewart - Playwright

Apirana Taylor - Actor

John Vakidis - Playwright

Oriana Walker - Actor

  • Mana, Taki Rua Theatre [Depot Theatre] (1984-1997), Te Aro, Wellington, 7 September 1995

Cara Waretini - Costume Designer

  • The Swing, Te Whaea National Dance and Drama Centre, Newtown, Wellington, 22 July 2022

Mairanga White - Actor

  • A Day at the Races, Taki Rua Theatre [Depot Theatre] (1984-1997), Te Aro, Wellington, 12 April 1995

Meg Williams - Musician: Keyboardist

Darren Young - Actor

Works
Dog and Bone
The Swing
Data Set AusStage
Organisation Identifier 43371