1.4.0 Performance/Drama/Arts/ Film Skills Growth Project Details:
DEFERRED SORRY - Drama Workshop by Albert Belz and friends, Te Whaiti 12-15 July 2010 details
Thanks to Network Murupara for the Maori Film Festival 12-13 June 2010 - Programme and details here
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Description: This project is about helping our talented tamariki further enhance their skills in the Kapahaka / Dance / Drama / Arts / Film / Performance area. The America's Cup Kapahaka performance opened the another whole school production possibility which could depict their long history and ancient scientific and other wisdom, but has now branched into other areas.
America's Cup:
All viewers were inspired by our pupils performing Kapahaka so confidently for Team New Zealand and the America's Cup public and media in Feb 2003. Thanks to Tourism Auckland for getting us up to to help " Gee up" team New Zealand when they were four races down.
VIDEO Click here to see our performance
 
 
School production:
The idea was reinforced when our students surprised the itinerant drama teacher by writing their own script for our whole school drama production "The Abandoned Child" in July 2003
 
 
A local production possibilty:
Some FIRST CUT research for a local production depicting our history and story has been done downloadable here
It is a bit of a sequel to Awhi Tapu a play about Minginui by Albert Belz (who lived for five years in Minginui as a child - see below) The production could be launched on the marae and then later maybe repeated at a public venue in Auckland or Wellington
as part of the fringe festival.
We have heard of a small village in Germany that performs a passion play involving half the community every 10 years. It brings in people from around the world and has helped make Oberammergau a famous place to visit.
Contacted Witi Ihimaera who has whakpapa connections to Te Whaiti re the possibility of his book Sky Dancer being made into a film in Whirinaki
Awhi Tapu:
In 2003 a vanload of kaumatua and rangatahi were invited to Auckland for the premier performance of Awhi Tapu by Taki Rua Productions in the Auckland Festival. That is set in Minginui and involves a Quest up the Whirinaki.
Playwright Albert Belz spent 5 years in Minginui as a child. This is what people have since said about this play when it was performed again in 2009.
 What a great year Centrepoint Theatre has been having! And we are very excited about bringing you our next show, Awhi Tapu. This fast, funny and moving piece delves into issues faced by young people today and the effects that change has on a small community.
Awhi Tapu heralds a new wave of writing around Mâori issues and characters. "Awhi Tapu is about reconciliation, it's about overcoming great loss to discover all that really matters are those who we love most," says playwright Albert Belz. A week into rehearsals and Maaka comments that the play "deals with some heavy material and constantly switches between humour and pathos at quite an energetic pace".
Awhi Tapu is set in the Ureweras. In their depths lies a small forestry village on the brink of destruction. Yet from ashes of carnage emerges a world of Technicolor silver-screen glory, as Wendyl, Sonny, Casper and Girl Girl visualise the big budget Hollywood blockbuster film of their lives (starring Denzel Washington). There will be music, lots of laughter and probably a few tears.
more about it in theatre review and award
Our congratulations to Albert who has been appointed Writer in Residence at Waikato University.
Feature film shot in Minginui
In 2004 Summer Agnew amd Adam Luxton, graduates from the University of Auckland film school shot "Minginui" a ghost like feature film in Minginui that premiered in the 2005 NZ Film Festival.
Smashproof - Ordinary Life Music Video
Many of our tamariki featured in this when they filmed in our village Minginui.
Check it out - read the powerful lyrics and watch the video on Youtube
South Seas Student Film Crew Visit
In Oct 2009 a Network Murupara hosted a film crew down from Auckland to film a production in Murupara and beyond. This was arranged by James Goldsmith and Roland Meihana. Our community youth spent some fun time time with them on Murumurunga Marae where they stayed and shot some of the scenes
One of our Minginui tamariki stars in the movie "Boy"
Te Aho Eketone-Whitu played the part of Rocky - the one with magical powers in the record breaking NZ Movie "Boy" by Taika Waititi.
Read more about it at http://www.boythemovie.co.nz/
View the Trailer
Interview on TVNZ Marae 20 June 2010
Wairoa Maori Film Festival; Came to Murupara 12-13 June 2010
Thanks to Network Murupara and Leo Koziol for this initiative which they expect will be repeated next year. details
DEFERRED SORRY - Maori Youth Drama Wananga 12-15 July, Te Whaiti
Local experimential drama workshop and performance with Tamariki, Te Whaiti-Minginui
 
Albert Belz has kindly offered to bring some friends to put something special together with our youth, possibly seeded by his play Awhi Tapu about Minginui and Whirinaki. This is s part of the Community's School Holiday programme to help grow some creative kapahaka, dance, drama, film, performance arts and related skills, July 12-15 2010
This is being run by the Community and thanks to Kura BOT Support will use the excellent facilities including the Gym at the Te Whaiti School site where our tutors will also be accommodated.
All community people including the wider whanau are invited to participate in this ... Who knows where this opportunity might lead.
This will involve three days where Albert and his team will run a workshop with our Rangatahi and Tamariki. This is likely to result in a public performance of their work at 7.00pm on Wednesday 14th July. All are welcome. It's been a long time since we had a "concert" in our valley
  
Albert will probably have with him two other actors Scott Cotter and Tainui Tukiwaho, both of whom are fluent in Te Reo and very experienced young performers in drama, film, television (including Shortland Street), kapahaka, break dance, kick boxing, stunt fighting, circus, singing and more.
It is possible that Jenni Heka, Maori and Pacific Islands Playwright Development Coordinator for Playmarket, will also join them. They will be assisted by Lisa Bates a past producer of Shortland Street and now the Development Manager for Q Theatre a new performing arts centre being built in Auckland that caters for alternative / emerging works and actors.
This will be a fun event so watch this space for more details as they fall into place. Download the introductory panui / flyer
Get the message around your whanau and have them contact Karrie at Minginui Whanau Support ph 07 366 3040 asap to confirm their interest and get on the list for this amazing opportunity for more of our young people to grow and shine - Ahakoa he iti, he pounamu
Programme (Provisional Information) DEFERRED SORRY
Monday 12th
1.30pm - Powhiri to welcome our visitors on the Marae
3.00pm - Unstructured time for tamariki and others to show visitors around etc
6.00pm - Tutors return to school for dinner, relaxation and preparation
Tuesday 13th
9.00am - 5.00pm - Workshops at ku ra ( BBQ lunch provided for participants )
6.00pm - Dinner for tutors, then relaxation, preparation time for next day
Wednesday 14th
9.00am - 5.00pm - Workshops at kura ( BBQ lunch provided for participants)
6.00pm - Light dinner for tutors and concert performers
7.00 - 9.00 - Concert performance open to all to attend.
Thursday 15th
Morning - Uncommitted time to fill with what emerges
around mid day - Tutors leave to return home to Hamilton and Auckland.
A big mihi to Albert and friends for making this possible. Also to a private Wellington trust, committed to growing youth and a rich future, that has "out of the blue" given us a koha of $400 to seed our fundraising for this. We invite others to also be a partners in this event.
SOME OTHER RESOURCES:
VIDEO: Some thinking about The Creative Contribution Maori offer to the World by Charles Royal
Outcomes expected for the longer term program
Students will research and learn their history in a fun and creative environment
Students will develop skills in drama and dance to complement their kapahaka ability
Students will come to understand how good their ancestors scientific knowledge was and share it..
Students will learn to use multimedia as a communication tool.
The community will be proud to see their children performing and support them in sharing their history so effectively
The world will better understand and appreciate our place, history and culture
Start Date: July 2003 - now on hold waiting for the right opportunity at school.
Expected Completion:
Budget: NIL at this stage
Nominal Project Leader:
Project Team:
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Progress Log
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| 19/2/03 |
Students impressed all performing kapahaka at the America's Cup Media Centre and at Basin |
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| 5/7/03 |
Students prepared and presented their whole school drama production |
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Lisa Bates contacted us after reading the Kura Tipu Ake Story |
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| 24/9/03 |
Six students and parents attended the Awhi Tapu performance by Taki Rua productions at Auckland -
a play written by Albert Belz about life and dreams in Minginui village at its lowest time. This was arranged by Whanau Support using some Tipu Ake Education Fund support from Kura. |
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Discussions and suggestions from Albert Belz re the students writing and performing their own sequal. Draft script ideas put together to start the ball rolling. |
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Provisional arrangements re performing at the Wellington Fringe Festival in Feb - Mar 2004 funding sources including creative NZ and Wellington Waterfront venue sourced. |
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Connections made with National School of Drama, Taki Rua productions, South Seas Film and Television school - provisional arrangements made to employ their students to mentor and work with Te Whaiti children over the summer break 2003/4 |
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| 28/11/03 |
Made connections with Witi Ihimaera after his book Sky Dancers was published to see if there was to be a film made of it anytime. Found he has Whakapapa connections with Ngati Whare/ Te Whaiti |
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| 2/10/04 |
PUT ON HOLD - School merge approved so no energy was available for this |
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| 01/9/09 |
Contacted again by Lisa Bates re the possibilty of producing a film in Whirinaki to tell the Kura story. Told them that they would have to get the trust of the whole community and Iwi before anyone would even consider it then would need official Iwi approval. They were reminded about IP Protocols.
At a meeting with Albert Belz he said they did not have a DVD of Awhi Tapu, but better still he would like to bring a couple of mates down and perform it for the community possibly with the tamariki on the marae. Suggested for the start of Christmas school holiday 2009. |
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| 10/9/09 |
The opportunity passed in email to Kura, Whanau Support and Marae - up to the community to follow it up with Lisa / Albert |
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| Oct 09 |
Local community participated in hosting a film crew from South Seas Film and Television on Murumurunga Marae arrranged by James Goldsmith and Roland Meihana with Network Murupara |
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| 1/11/09 |
Lisa Bates and Albert Belz connected with Whanau Support via Karrie to arrange a local production of Awhi Tapu for the community and more. |
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| 6/4/10 |
Lisa Bates / Abert Belz now propose to come down on 12-15 July with a group to workshop some drama with local Tamariki to grow drama awareness and potential, telling their stories with perhaps some glimses of Awhi Tapu scenes. |
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| 03/ 2010 |
The movie "Boy" in which Te Aho, one of our Minginui tamariki took the role of Rocky goes international. visit www.boythemovie.co.nz website and view trailer |
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| 13/05/10 |
Discussed the performance with Minginui Whanau Support, Marae, and Kura people |
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| 16/05/10 |
Jimmy Goldsmith advised us about the Murupara Maori Film Festival 12-13 June 2010 |
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| 23/05/10 |
Advised Network Murupara about the Belz / Drama Workshop 12-15 July 2010 |
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| 8/06/10 |
Leo Koziol advised that the theme of next year's Maori film festival will be around Kaitiakitanga |
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| 14/6/10 |
Meeting at Kura with community people to plan event details and consider funding strategies
A joint community operation: Marae - powhiri, Kura - providing hall and backup facilities, Whanau Support - handing the registration process, Synnove interfacing with Lisa and Belz team re actual programme and promoting to youth of all whanau via Kura panui etc. Some activity / workload clashes with key people. |
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| 15/6/10 |
Changed kaupapa/ title to "Maori Youth Drama Wananga". Still looking for some external funding support for the community to help make this happen. |
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| 18/6/10 |
Thanks to the Earthskin Trust in Wellington committed to local initiatives that focus on growing youth potential, we have a a generous "out of the blue" koha of $400 to seed our fundraising. |
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| 21/6/10 |
With neither Whanau Support Group or the Marae having resources available to front the funding application, an application from the Kaitiakitanga Network / Kura was submitted to the Murupara Community Board inviting them to offer a koha towards thus event. Decision due at meeting in Murupara on 1/7/10 |
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| 22/ 6 10 |
Thanks to Kura BOT for their enthusiastic support - approving the use of the Kura over the holidays, including accommodating the visitors, this only being conditional on a person approved by them being present to look after the keys and security for the whole time. |
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| 30/ 6/10 |
Meeting with Charles Royal at Nga Pai o to Maramatanga, The National Institute of Research Excellence for Maori Development and Advancement, based at the University of Auckland. Thanks for the offer of a koha from The Whare Tapere trust (which encourages indigenous theatre and performing arts) to support this creative performance venture when it runs. |
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| 30/06/10 |
Some community concerns raised about the understanding of the proposed workshop programme and some other activity clashes and commitments with key people. The time was not right, so the workshop is deferred to give time to ensure that the roots firm up around this opportunity so when it pops its head out of the ground no storms can blow it down. We want all to support it and our tamariki / community to really benefit from it. |
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| 1/7/10 |
Advised Whakatane District Council of the deferment. They suggested that the application be left in for their meeting today, so the money could be reserved by them, to encourage restarting it. |
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| 1/7 10 |
Thanks for the confidence of the Earthskin Trust from Wellington who also asked that its koha be held by the Kura to nurture the re-growth of this. |
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| 2/7/10 |
Advised by Jannie Story that the WDC Murupara Community Board allocating $1600 available as a koha to help ensure this positive event which will be released when it proceeds - thanks - details in the application downloadable here submitted by the Kura on behalf of all groups in community. |
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| 7/7/10 |
Thanks to DOC Murupara for offering Koha of $200 to support this event in Whirinaki when it runs |
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| 07/7/10 |
Synnove met with Lisa Bates and others in Auckland to review plans for running this at a future date if appropriate. Lisa and Albert will contact Maureen to arrange a formal visit to Whirinaki after the end of July. |
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| 08/7/10 |
Peter contacted Albert about the possibility of him still bringing his daughters down for a personal holiday in the Rec camp in Whirinaki, but unfortunately he had made other arrangements. |
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| 18/6/11 |
Taki Rua Productions the Maori Performing Arts Company perform Awhi Tapu in Auckland - then again in Wellington in July. Made contact with James Ashton Artistic Director re the possibility of interested members of the cast visiting Minginui between seasons or at a later time. |
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| 2/7/11 |
Andy Blick brought a carload up from Minginui for the final performance in Auckland. |
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