00:01Here, Tomaiti Kura a hau, i wehe i te kura, i ahua, ngaro haere taku reo.
00:06Koera hoki taku i haere ki Takirua.
00:12Takirua is basically the mother and father of Māori theatre.
00:17The early 80s was a really very big time.
00:20Takirua was humming as a venue.
00:24Every week you'd be booked out.
00:26We're talking about having to turn hunters away.
00:29It was an activist theatre.
00:31Our role in the arts is change.
00:34And not always comfortable change.
00:38He itinui ho ngā taangatae matataungai ki te reo Māori me te taha tuhituhi whakaari.
00:44O kei wheta putea ki tēnā whakaari o Pākehātonu.
00:48Ko koe tēnā hea Māori.
00:52The pivotal people were Tunia, We Kuki, Kerika.
00:56Ki te reo ki ngā tika.
00:58Kei te mahi pēnei mātae nō tēmea.
01:00I'd just finished doing pura pura whetu.
01:14People were upset with me engaging the director.
01:17Biculturalism has turned our people into servants.
01:21It was important that Māori take control of the whole process.
01:28Do you think that this kaupapa is still relevant to your generation now?
01:33For sure.
01:34Right now there's a lot of sore sides.
01:36Yes you lose sight of land, whānau, but don't lose sight of yourself.
01:39So it's really relevant today.
01:40Ko taku wawata kia puta te reo Māori i a Aotearoa.
01:53Ngā whakaari, ngā waiata Māori.
01:58Takiroa was and continues to be a place where my voice was valued.
02:02Take care.
02:04Kei te haere tundan te kappa.
02:08Ikka rea mūtu.
02:09Oari me.
02:11Oari me.
02:13Oari me.
02:14Oari me.
02:15Amen.
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