Te Roopū Whakaari

Date: 1995

By: Taki Rua Productions Society Inc

Reference: Eph-D-TAKI-RUA-1995

Description: Comprises posters relating to Taki Rua productions during 1995. Posters for the following events: "The big bang" / Tarpaulin Productions. 17 - 25 February. (2 copies) "The debate; Te Whakarau", by Riwia Brown, directed by Hone Kouka. 8-12 August (2 copies) Destination Babylon and the Roots Foundation Sound System present a Summer Reggae Explosion. Friday 27th January. Hens' Teeth; a season of women comedians. "Raw eggs and old boilers". 1 - 18 November 1995 (2 copies) Smokefree Te Rakau Hua a te Wao Tapu. "Mana" by John Broughton. 7 -23 September [1995] (2 copies) "Kilt", a dance work by Lyne Pringle. "beached, bewildered and bemused", featuring solo works by Josie Thompson and Lisa Densem. 23 August - 2 September 1995 (2 copies) "King hits", a new play written and directed by Hone Kouka / Te Roopu Whakaari. July 15 to August 12. (2 copies) Maskworks presents "The big feature", directed by Nina Nawalowalo [and] David Backler. A variety of short comedy pieces using masks. 29 Nov - 9 Dec. 1995 (2 copies) Nga Kete Wahine e Toru presents "Nga Pou Wahine" written by Briar Grace-Smith / directed by Nancy Brunning. May 10-20, 1995 (2 copies) Paul Jenden's "Fairy stories". 8-24 December. Te Reo Maori season, in celebration of He Taonga Te Reo. Four new plays: "Kapa Haka blues", by Nga Purapura Whetu Inc; "Taku Rakau E", by Karlite Rangihau; "Mau Taua" by Hinemoana Baker; "Korowai" by Esther Tamehana. 2-21 October. (2 copies) Strictly Off the Wall; live comedy, music, dance. Fringe Festival 1995. A Voodoo Cabaret. "Think of a garden"(by John Kneubuhl). March 8 to April 8. Women off the planet festival. Nga wahine o te ao. A festival of art, waiata, dance fashion, theatre & comedy featuring Pacific Island Underground Women, Bub Bridger, Spinning Wheel, Quabax, Inside the Whale, MC Fran, Venus Art Exhibition, Galaxy Party - Good Friday , and more ... April 5-9, Taki Rua Depot Theatre [1995?] Women Off the Planet Festival. Nga Wahine o te Ao. "Splashdown". 2-6 May [1995] (2 copies) Quantity: 16 posters (plus duplicates).. 0.13 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Photolithographs, varying sizes. Provenance: Some posters donated by Taki Rua Theatre in 1996 and 2014; one by Andrea Tangohau in 2013. Transfers: To Ephemera Collection - Posters for 1995 productions.

Date: 1996

From: Taki Rua Theatre :[Posters]. 1996.

Reference: Eph-D-TAKI-RUA-1996-01

Description: Shows a photographic view of a coastline and beach. A car of about 1940s vintage travels away along a road towards a building in the middle distance. With the support of the Arts Council of New Zealand, Toi Aotearoa. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on poster. 0.13 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Photolithograph, 420 x 593 mm. Provenance: Donated by Taki Rua Theatre in 1996.

Date: [ca 6 Jul 1995]

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

By: Nicholson, John, active 1997

Reference: EP/1995/1990-F

Description: From left to right: Nancy Brunning, Hera Dunleavy, and Anne Budd, in a Te Roopu Whakaari theatre production about Rugby league called 'King Hits'. Photographs taken circa 6 July 1995, in Wellington, by Evening Post staff photographer Ross Giblin. Quantity: 1 colour original negative(s) strips with 3 images. Physical Description: Dye coupler negative, 35mm