It was a well written production and very compelling as it spoke about the difficult situations that some people were in having to make choices about supporting the new 'Crown' government who were illegally confiscating land off Maori and building a new nation.
It was also very confronting in seeing some of the decisions that were made my people such as the main character that brought about the demise of her own people i.e. Maori losing many lives during the early wars and also much land.
It was also neat to see my beloved and our two elder children attend it is important to be informed about New Zealand's history in a re-historying, of sorts, from different perspectives and not only what you learn from books and in schools.
The play was based on research that the writer had undertaken about her great aunt but that's a whole other story which in itself is interesting. The production itself took place at Te Pou Theatre in Henderson which is a part of the Corban Arts Estate which supports many artists and workshops etc.
It was a real highlight for our classes as we were able to talk about a lot of events that happened during that turbulent time period in history where colonization was beginning to take a real foot hold in New Zealand and where the fight over land grabbings and territory brought about prolonged wars and the carnage that that time of history experienced...
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