Kaore a Mia e pirangi ana i tona Maoritanga. Ki a ia, he mahi taumaha te mahi a te Maori. Engari, ka whiwhi a Mia i nga reta a tona Mama. Ka huripoki tona ao, me ona whakairo. Ka hoki ia ki te papa kainga? Ko wai tona Papa? Ka whakatika ia i te hononga ki tona Mama?

Urban Maori Mia rejects her Maoritanga. To her, being Maori is too deep and heavy. When a box of letters arrives from Nan about her mum’s journey through womanhood, Mia’s world is turned upside down. Will she return home? Who is her real Dad? Can she fix the relationship with her Mum?

Ko nga kaupapa o te whakaari nei, ko te tuakiritanga, te hononga ki te papa kainga me te reretau o te ao Maori ki te ao Pakeha. This show explores themes of identity, finding harmony living in te ao Pakeha and te ao Maori and the pressure of returning to your papa kainga.

12 Characters. One Actor. “Ngā Reta” has toured the motu and is back this Matariki at the Turner Centre.

Writer and performer Te Huamanuka Luiten-Apirana is an award-winning playwright and has performed on stage and screen (Kopu, Head High, Educators). “Ngā Reta” was originally written as her final assignment at Te Wananga Takiura, and has since been developed and toured over the last two years.

This whakaari is completely in Te Reo Maori. Contains use of strobe lights, loud noise, PG13.