Story: Māori theatre – te whare tapere hōu

Taki Rua productions: Woman far walking

Taki Rua productions: <em>Woman far walking</em>

Witi Ihimaera's play Woman far walking was first performed in Auckland in 2000. This is the poster for the 2001 production at Taki Rua. Rachel House played a 161-year-old woman who was born on the day the Treaty of Waitangi was signed.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: Eph-E-TAKI-RUA-2001-01

Courtesy of Taki Rua Productions

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How to cite this page

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/43335/nga-whakaputanga-a-taki-rua-woman-far-walking (accessed 26 June 2026).

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

Comments

Charles Dawson
15 March 2022

Kia ora mō tenei pikitia me ngā kupu pae rawe e Mark raua ko Briar. So great to see Māori theatre practitioners celebrated here, and no doubt time for an update with the many superb productions since 2014. I will never forget Rachel House's performance as Tiri Mahana in "Woman Far Walking" -- utterly compelling: kia ora Rachel raua ko Witi!