{PDF EPUB} Waiora Te Ukaipo

Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} Waiora Te Ūkaipō - The Homeland by Hone Kouka One more step. Please complete the security check to access www.broadwayworld.com. Why do I have to complete a CAPTCHA? Completing the CAPTCHA proves you are a human and gives you temporary access to the web property. What can I do to prevent this in the future? If you are on a personal connection, like at home, you can run an anti-virus scan on your device to make sure it is not infected with malware. If you are at an office or shared network, you can ask the network administrator to run a scan across the network looking for misconfigured or infected devices. Another way to prevent getting this page in the future is to use Privacy Pass. You may need to download version 2.0 now from the Chrome Web Store. Cloudflare Ray ID: 6585d6f20e4584ec • Your IP : 188.246.226.140 • Performance & security by Cloudflare. Nancy Brunning's life celebrated, farewelled at Raukawa Marae. It was an evolving script - with a surprise appearance by Temuera Morrison - but in the end everything, metaphorically, and literally, came back to Nancy Brunning. The woman in the simple, beautiful casket, would always be the heart of this story. Ōtaki is a town steeped in the history of its iwi and hapū, a place where te reo Māori is spoken more, in the town, schools and homes, than most other places in Aotearoa. On Wednesday, under high cloud on the Kāpiti Coast, it was where the service marking Brunning's life took place. Brunning's death was announced by family friend Stacey Morrison on Facebook on Sunday morning. Stuff , there to cover the service for the actor, writer, dramatist - creator - waited for a group to gather at the front gate. Waiting to enter too was Taranaki man Tom Matiaha. He was there because his wife, Liz Matiaha, was Nurse Jaki Manu's mum (on Shortland Street , not real life). Artists, actors, performers, family - they were all arriving as the marae, with the Raukawa flag at half mast, filled with people. Kaikōrero for the service, musician Tama Waipara said Brunning, despite her young age of 48 embodied "nan-ness": "Nan, in nickname, Nan in character." He said the wero - challenge - for the people at the service was to continue Brunning's vision of a sustainable Māori presence in New Zealand's art scene. This would make sure Māori were in the driver's seat, he said. Brunning epitomised aroha - which along with generosity, laced everything she did. Her siblings, who surrounded Brunning on the paepae of the marae wharenui, spoke of a woman with a strong personality, loving soul, and love of performance from a young age. She had once as a child given her own "stage" performance in the family kitchen, lit by the light of the oven. She handed out autographs too. The order of waiata and kōrero in the service might have changed from the outline in the service paper, but that was just part of the "evolving" script for the final goodbye to Brunning, Waipara said. The changes included an appearance by Morrison, who had visited Brunning in her final week before she died. "She had fire, man, she had fire," he said of the woman who had once been his onscreen wife in the film Mahana . "Her voice was incredible, you could tell it came from an authentic, an organic place. The ihi and the wehi and the wana." Co-founder of Hāpai Productions, Tanea Heke said it would be her honour to call herself Brunning's friend. She said the illness that took her friend's life (cancer) had ravaged her tinana, her body, but never conquered her spirit. "She would never give up, ever." Wednesday was the day of Brunning's great escape, she said. "I love you, now and forever. Thank-you for everything you've done for us." Brunning was escorted out of the marae by a guard of wahine toa, women warriors, under a bright sun and a cooling breeze that sent the Raukawa flag snapping. NANCY BRUNNING: 'A LOST TŌTARA' Brunning had grown up in Taupo before attending Toi Whakaari and graduating in 1991. She lived in Wellington for most of her life. Brunning was an actor, director, producer, dramaturg, administrator and a fierce representative of Kaupapa Whakaari. She was a major influence in kaupapa Māori productions, directing productions in te reo for Taki Rua and as co-founder of Hāpai Productions with Tanea Heke. She has directed work by strong Māori language advocates including Hohepa Waitoa, Whiti Hereaka and Witi Ihimaera. Brunning became one of the most well-known faces on New Zealand television as Jaki Manu in Shortland Street. Her theatre credits include roles in Hone Kouka's Nga Tangata Toa , Apirana Taylor's Whaea Kairau: Mother Hundred Eater , the NZ International Festival of the Arts hit Blue Smoke and Kouka's Waiora: Te Ūkaipō – The Homeland , which toured both domestically and internationally. Over the course of her career, she frequently collaborated with writer Briar Grace Smith, directing productions of Ngā Pou Wāhine , Flat Out Brown and Waitapu and taking leading roles in Purapurawhetū, Haruru Mai and Paniora and the films The Strength of Water and Fish Skin Suit. She appeared in many feature films across her distinguished career including Mahana , What Becomes of the Broken Hearted , Crooked Earth and When Love Comes . Brunning also worked as the acting coach for the Oscar nominated short film Two Cars, One Night directed by Taika Waititi. Nancy Brunning wins Bruce Mason playwriting award one day after death. Nancy Brunning has won the top playwriting award in New Zealand - just a day after her death. Brunning, best known for her performance as nurse Jaki Manu on Shortland Street , won the Bruce Mason Award posthumously at the 2019 Playmarket Accolades event at the Hannah Playhouse in Wellington on Sunday afternoon. The prize recognises the professional success of a playwright, with Hone Kouka, Jo Randerson and Victor Rodger among previous recipients. Playmarket director Murray Lynch said Brunning wrote with a personal and sharp-witted view of the world, "working to make visible the kinds of Māori women seldom seen on our stages and screens". Brunning's death was announced by family friend Stacey Morrison on Facebook on Sunday morning. "With a heavy heart, I post this message on behalf of Nancy's whānau . our māmā, our sister, our aunty, our friend, she has followed the call of her tīpuna." The last play Brunning worked on was Witi's Wāhine , an original play she wrote and directed about the author Witi Ihimaera. In July, while Brunning was working on the play, a crowd-funding campaign was launched to raise money for non-funded medication so she would be strong enough to complete the project. She was able to see the play to its completion, after it premiered at the inaugural Te Tairāwhiti Arts Festival. Ihimaera said Brunning had continued to work, despite needing the use of a wheelchair by the time the play premiered in October. "All she could talk about was the future. She had wonderful ideas. "She was sharp as ever, and strong as ever." Ihimaera said Brunning was facing developed cancer. She had been open about her diagnosis with cancer, which she had been dealing with for almost nine years. Throughout that time, Brunning continued to act, write and direct. She was not just well regarded in Aotearoa, Ihimaera said, but also across the world. "We call her Te Wahine Rongonui, a woman of tremendous influence and talent," he said. Ihimaera first met Brunning while she was at high school, when he was invited to watch a school play of The Whale Rider. Next, he recalled the reaction she had entering the Wellington theatre scene. "We kept watching, soon she was everywhere. There she was, on television, in film." And she didn't stop. Ihimaera said her work fostering indigenous art, New Zealand theatre and working with talented women would leave a lasting impact on the arts. Working with indigenous artists in Canada, he recalled a moment when Brunning brought the room to tears. He said there was light in her eyes whenever she talked about not just indigenous work, but art generally. "We sat listening to Nancy and we saw the fire in her belly." Friends, acquaintances and fans took to social media to express their love for the actor, writer and director. Playwright Albert Belz reposted Morrison's message, saying "we lost a tōtara today". The Breaker-Upperers writer and star Madeleine Sami said Brunning's death was "heartbreaking". "Nan was such an inspiration to me when I first started doing theatre. "[I] was lucky to work with her on one of my first TV experiences. She was so kind and humble and just so wonderful to watch on stage and screen. Much aroha to her whanau. Rest in peace sweet Nancy." Actor Mark Hadlow described her as a wonderful and gifted actor and director and a "beautiful human being". "Our industry has lost a truly gifted lady. Deepest sympathy to all her whānau and friends. Rest in peace Nancy." The Spinoff editor Toby Manhire described Brunning's performance as Rongomai in Hone Kouka's Nga Tangata Toa as "immense". Brunning, of Ngāti Raukawa and Ngāi Tūhoe descent, had won awards for her work, including Best Actress at the New Zealand Film Awards for her role in What Becomes ot the Broken Hearted? , the sequel to Once Were Warriors. While best-known for her screen acting, she had also worked extensively in theatre as a writer, director and actor.

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