Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 16, Number 8, 1 August 1999 — Māori drama -- [ARTICLE]

Māori drama --

" Waiora," an innovative drama that combines challenge haka, karanga and waiata (Māoii song), will tour Hawai'i in Septemer. Set in 1965, a time when Māoii children were strapped for speaking their native language, the drama impressed The Times in England whose critic said, "The shiver was not just down my backbone. it was over the whole of my back, across my neek and spreding to my sides." Performances will be at Leeward Community College, Sept. 16-18; Kaua'i Community College, Sept. 19; 'Iao Theatre, Sept. 22; and UH Hilo Theater, Sept. 24. Tickets range from $12 -$20. Discounts for hālau and school groups. Por information, eall Tim Bostock, producer, at 540-0505.