'The Visitors' is playing at the Auckland Arts Festival in March 2026. Photo: The Auckland Arts Festival
Aboriginal playwright Jane Harrison. Photo: Amanda James
Australia Day was observed on January 26th. For some it's a day of pride, and for others it's a reminder of loss, marking the arrival of the First Fleet of 11 convict ships from Great Britain and the beginning of British colonisation in Australia.
Jane Harrison is an award-winning playwright, author and festival director.
Her play The Visitors is a reimagining of the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788 from a First Nations' perspective, and it's part of this year's Auckland Arts Festival.
She talks to Mihingarangi about why this was a story she felt compelled to tell.
