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Story: Māori theatre – te whare tapere hōu

Taki Rua productions: Nga tangata toa

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Taki Rua productions: <em>Nga tangata toa</em>

Nancy Brunning appears on the poster for Nga tangata toa, Hone Kouka's 1991 epic based on a play by 19th-century Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: Eph-D-TAKI-RUA-1994-02

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Mark Derby and Briar Grace-Smith, Māori theatre – te whare tapere hōu – First Māori theatre companies, 1970–1990, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/ephemera/43333/nga-whakaputanga-a-taki-rua-nga-tangata-toa (accessed 26 June 2026).

Story by Mark Derby and Briar Grace-Smith, published 14 November 2013.