Te Tīmatanga is a new work grounded in te ao Māori, intertwining dance, performance art, circus, kapa haka, taonga pūoro, and ritual into an unforgettable night. Featuring Rosanna Raymond and Pounamu Rurawhe, and supported by Kirianna Sheree, Ariana Tikao, Te Kīra Whakamoe, and Whiro Walker.

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This immersive performance experience sees art move throughout the Wintergarden space. Traditional conventions of audience and performer are disrupted and reimagined. We are beckoned by Muri-ranga-whenua to a liminal place — where tangata (people) and whenua (land) dissolve into one.

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Embracing the interconnectedness of person and place, the work transcends binaries through ritual exchange. This ancestral knowledge is passed from kuia to mokopuna, from past to present — weaving a reciprocal relationship through the tending and nourishing of our wahine.