Māpuna for Saturday 2 August 2025

One man play 'Ration the Queen's Veges'

Photo: Actor Ngahiriwa Rauhina

Actor Ngahiriwa Rauhina shapeshifts through a dozen different characters drawing from real voices collected by activist Te Wehi Ratana during his 48-hour stint in Rimutaka Prison in 2023. He was part of a protest which painted over the English Treaty of Waitangi exhibit at Te Papa to leave a redacted version of the text. Ngahiriwa Rauhina also talks about his grandfather who started a theatre troupe in an Austrian prisoner of war camp during World War Two.