Auckland Theatre Company production The Haka Party Incident.
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The festival chief executive and artistic director Tama Waipara, who first launched the festival in 2019, said the Gisborne region from Tūranganui-a-Kiwa to Ruatōria was immersed with artistry, talent and storytelling. The festival is one way to provide a platform, of creating an energy of activity and a focus around the artist, the art form, the stories, the narratives of our place and the people who bring those to life. It s about whakapapa, when we know our whakapapa and are centred in that sense of identity and place then it s very easy to welcome others and embrace and manaaki them, Waipara said.
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