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He Kōrerorero is an ongoing conversation about the practice of Indigenous dramaturgy in Aotearoa and Te Whenua Moemoeā, Australia.In conversation with award-winning writer, director and producer Hone Kouka (Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Kahungunu) and Birribay, Worrimay theatremaker and academic Dr.Liza-Mare Syron. He Kōrerorero will share insights into their dramaturgical practice of the development of new Indigenous writing. He Kōrerorero will workshop and discuss the evolution of Indigenous dramaturgy and share tools for managing this practice within the Indigenous arts sector today. Hone and Dr. Liza-Mare will include both playwriting and screenwriting as part of their discussions.
This workshop is relevant for scriptwriters, theatremakers, filmmakers, producers and developers who are working across both stage and screen.
A theatre maker and academic, Liza-Mare is an Associate Professor Scientia in the School of Arts and Media at UNSW and the Co-Associate Dean Indigenous in the Faculty of Arts, Design and Architecture. As a founding member of Moogahlin Performing Arts, NSW’s leading Aboriginal Theatre company, Liza-Mare has directed, produced, and been a dramaturge of many award-winning productions such as The Visitors by Marrawarri playwright Jane Harrison and The Weekend by Kuku Yalanji playwright Henrietta Baird.
Hone Kouka (Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Kahungunu) is a father, a member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, an acclaimed Māori writer, producer and director, the youngest winner of the Bruce Mason Playwriting Award. In 2022, Hone was named an Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi Laureate, receiving the Sir Roger Hall Theatre Award. Hone’s plays include Ngā Tangata Toa, Waiora: Te Ūkaipō, The Prophet and Bless The Child. In 2004, Hone co-founded the production company, Tawata Productions, focusing on the development and presentation of new theatre by Māori and Pasifika artists. Hone is the co-founder of Kia Mau Festival.
Breaking Ground returns for another year of intensive Indigenous new writing. Our festival has created space for bold and brilliant new works in Te Whanganui-a-Tara since its inception in 2010. Artists are a vital part of our communities and the current landscape presents fewer and fewer opportunities for us to gather, to wānanga, and to create. The 2026 programme responds to the growing need to hold on to spaces where writers can thrive and where the iconic stories of tomorrow can be unearthed.
https://tawataproductions.com/breaking-ground/
He Kōrerorero is presented from 10AM-1PM Tuesday November 17 2026 at the Toi Aro, 3 Market Lane, Te Aro, Wellington.
There are only 12 spaces offered for this workshop.
Breaking Ground is produced by Te Whanganui-a-Tara based creative company, Tawata Productions, and made possible by our partners Toi Aro, Wellington City Council and Creative New Zealand.
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