Brought to you Written and Sound Design by by Silo Theatre Directed by Fran Kora with Scotty Cotter Matt Eller and Komako Silver Milford Asset Management is proud to be Silo Theatre’s Principal Partner Supporting Silo Theatre since 2014 Mauri Tau was created with support from the Creative New Zealand Adaptation Fund Silo gratefully acknowledges the support of our Sustaining Partners, Creative New Zealand, Foundation North and Auckland Council Mauri Tau Written and Directed by Scotty Cotter Production Team Cast (in order of appearance) Tanea Heke (Matariki) Lana Garland (Tupuānuku) Matariki Whatarau (Tupuārangi) Te Kohe Tuhaka (Ururangi) Fran Kora (Waitā) Akinehi Munroe (Waitī) Nicola Kāwana (Waipunarangi) Rachel House (Pōhutukawa) Scotty Cotter (Hiwa-i-te-Rangi) Pou Whirinaki Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu Sound Design Fran Kora Matt Eller Komako Silver Audio Recording and Post-Production Evoke Audio Sound Contributions Whiri Tū Aka (Matariki waiata) Jerome Poutama Kavanagh (Taonga Pūoro) J.zealous (Kaitiaki & Pōwhiri Track) Alejandra Jensen (Pōhutukawa Karanga) Project Management Whetu Silver Komako Silver Publicity Elephant Publicity Silo gratefully acknowledges the support of: Chisholm Whitney Family Charitable Trust, Chris Smart, Justin Gregory, Jana Te Nahu Owen, Annette Cotter, Louise Broderlow, Dhanu Graham, Awa Puna, Extended Whānau, Tyrone Ohia, Viv Teo, Rob Lewis, Toaki Okano, Jessica Gernat, Kath Gould, Mustaq Missouri, Kate Sibley, Michael Clark, Rosabel Tan, Jason Te Kare, Adam Brown, Trish Gribben, Omnigraphics, Mediaworks, The Pantograph Punch, Seachange Studio and Basement Theatre. Tāmaki Makaurau 2021 Matariki Festival kaupapa and the iwi manaaki (host iwi), Ngati Whātua Ōrākei. Please Note Mauri Tau is an immersive audio- work that encourages personal introspection. Reflections on loss or grief are considered in this audio-play. Writer, Director’s Note Ngā mihi o Matariki, te tau hou Māori Ko Scotty Cotter ahau, Nō Tainui, Ngāti Kahu, Fiji. I am the writer and director of Mauri Tau. Ko te mihi tuatahi. Ko koe. You. Thank you for taking part in this world that we have created and for supporting not only this mahi but all the creative team involved in bringing you Mauri Tau. It has been a turbulent ride for those of us in the arts so it feels very uplifting when people still come to experience and/ or be involved with Art in all forms. Kei te mihi, kei te mihi, kei te mihi. Ko te mihi tuarua. Te rōpū o Mauri Tau. To the creative team, cast, and everyone who was involved in creating this piece, I sincerely thank you for all your mahi. Thank you all for creating this world with your massive hearts, brains, and abundant talent. Ngā mihi Silo Theatre and all the whānau involved for giving me this opportunity to develop myself as a creator and discover new skills. Kei te mihi. Kei te mihi. Ko te mihi tuatoru. Te kāhui o Matariki. Thank you for shining. And letting me learn and dream around you. Kei te mihi. Why did I write this piece? I don’t know… The first star that came to me was Pōhutukawa. I was sitting in the public library down the road from my sister’s house in Papamoa.This was in summer and it was hot as. I was listening to music and researching the stars of Matariki and reading Dr. Rangi Mātāmua pukapuka Matariki: Te Whetu Tapu O Te Tau. After reading about Pōhutukawa kaupapa and what the meaning was behind the star, I found myself typing. But in a deeper sense I think I was channeling someone. Instinctively I know who that was. And I cried. I hadn’t cried in a long time. Unbeknownst to me, I didn’t know that I had a sore heart. Through the next few months Te Kāhui O Matariki slowly started to reveal themselves and I dreamt around them, and I wrote. In a way I think I healed myself through writing this and allowed my sore heart to just be my heart. So with that in mind. With everyone involved we gift Mauri Tau to the world for you, your heart and your mauri. I dedicate Mauri Tau to the memory of a friend, mentor and whānau, Nancy Brunning, my close friend Nancy Wijohn’s father, David Frances Wijohn and my beautiful sisters Malia & Zinzi Falanitule’s mother, Luisa Mary Falanitule. May the stars shine brighter with you in them. Pai Mārire Scotty Cotter Scotty Cotter Tainui, Ngāti Kahu, Fiji Writer, Director Performance as Hiwa-i-te-Rangi Scotty Cotter (Tainui, Ngāti Kahu, Fiji) is a multifaceted theatre artist, with an extensive background directing, writing and acting in Aotearoa. Scotty’s theatre work includes long-standing collaborations with Massive Theatre Company, Hāpai Productions, Tawata Productions & Ohokomo. Scotty’s most recent work was a sold-out season of Neke, presented by Neke Productions at this year’s Kia Mau Festival. Scotty’s next project is a collaboration with writer Jake Searell on a collection of poems to be released later this Fran Kora Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngāti Pūkeko Sound Design Performance as Waitā Fran Kora is a celebrated sound artist and musician, known to many as a member of music acts Kora and Modern Māori Quartet. Hailing from Whakatāne, Fran has a passion for telling Aotearoa’s stories through music, theatre and screen. Fran trained at Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School, and has starred in The Pā Boys and Turangaarere: The John Pohe Story. Matt Eller Evoke Audio Sound Design Matt Eller, graduate of Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School and previous Silo collaborator (MY HEART GOES THADAK THADAK), has brought both his theatre and audio-engineering skills to the table for MAURI TAU. Director of ‘Evoke Audio’ - a Music and Post Production Studio - he loves enhancing storytelling with balanced and curated audio experiences. He has toured nationally and internationally with the Modern Māori Quartet, as well as working alongside Taki Rua, NZ Opera, NZDC, and Trick of The Light Theatre Company. He was also twice nominated for a Chapman Tripp Award for Sound Design. Komako Silver Ngāti Pakahi Sound Design Komako Silver is a creative practitioner of a multitude of artistic disciplines, including filmmaking, sound design, Taonga pūoro and playwriting to name a few. Their passion for artmaking is driven by their determination to share, express and educate communities, individuals and peoples about the inspiring stories and movements happening in Aotearoa and globally. Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu Ngāpuhi, Te Rarawa Pou Whirinaki Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu (Ngāpuhi/Te Rarawa) is a New Zealand based writer and director. Josephine was one of the nine Maori women filmmakers on WARU (2016). In 2018, Josephine was awarded the Māori Screen Excellence Award from the NZFC. Josephine directed her first short film Ani in 2018. Ani premiered at the Berlinale Film Festival in 2019, later screening at TIFF. Ani has since been acquisitioned by Searchlight Shorts. Her second short When We Were Kids has just been completed. In 2020, Josephine was selected for the TIFF Filmmakers Lab and awarded the Canada Goose Fellowship. Whetu Silver Ngāti Pakahi ki Whangaroa, Ngāti Kahu, Ngāpuhi Project Management Whetu-Iti Doreen Silver is a multidisciplinary artist, practitioner and mother that comes from a strong matriarchal lineage. She has worked extensively in the arts and event industry as a practitioner, facilitator, and creative collaborator for the past 15 years. Central to her life and mahi is listening and being guided by Ngā Atua wāhine and her tūpuna, which activated her to co- create alongside the wāhine in her whānau Te Whare Tapu o Ngā Hine, a kaupapa and space that reclaims, restores, and returns the balance of te mana o te wāhine through wānanga, ritual performance and wairua practice. Whetu has contributed to the following kaupapa as key creative; HINE, Te Mana o Hinehau, My Seven Uncles, Mahuika!, All Good, The Haka Party Incident and Māori Television’s Te Iwa o Matariki digital series. Tanea Heke Ngāpuhi Performance as Matariki Tanea Heke graduated from Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School in 1997. Tanea is producer of Hāpai Productions, a company she and Nancy Brunning set up in 2013. She is currently Tumuaki (Director) of Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School, mentor for the Māori Arts Interns Programme run by Toi Māori and a Board member on Track Zero (bringing art and science together to inspire transformative climate action). She has appeared in a number of theatre, television and film productions over the years, including Waru, Wellington Paranormal and Cousins. Tanea was the 2020 recipient of the Creative New Zealand Ngā Tohu Hautūtanga Auaha Toi Making a Difference Award. Lana Garland Te Atiawa Performance as Tupuānuku Lana Garland is a graduate of Unitec’s Performing Arts Degree, and is an experienced practitioner in theatre, television, and film. Recently she featured in the Te Rēhia Theatre Company and ILBIJERRI collaboration Black Ties — a cross-Tasman creative collaboration performed in Sydney, Perth, Melbourne, Wellington and Auckland. Matariki Whatarau Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Whanaunga Performance as Tupuārangi Matariki Whatarau is a New Zealand actor and musician who graduated from Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School with a Bachelor of Performing Arts. His experience performing includes extensive work in theatre (Awhi Tapu, Party with the Aunties), film (The Pa Boys, The Dead Lands), and television (Go Girls, The Almighty Johnsons). He is also a founding member of the Māori Showband: Modern Māori Quartet. Whatarau was named best newcomer at the Fringe Festival Awards in 2010, and in 2012 travelled to Canada to perform the title role in the award-winning solo show I, George Nepia. Te Kohe Tuhaka Ngāti Porou, Ngāi Tūhoe Performance as Ururangi Te Kohe Tuhaka originates from a proudly te reo-speaking whānau, and studied at Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School.