TŪRONGO COLLECTIVE
Indigenous Health & Wellness - First and Foremost
Directed by Karena Koria & Milly Grant-Koria
RAAH MEDICINALS ESSENTIAL NATIVE MEDICINE by Milly Grant-Koria
"Kia hora te marino, Kia whakapapa pounamu te moana
Hei huarahi mā tātou i te rangi nei, Aroha atu, Aroha mai,
Tātou i a tātou katoa...hui e! Tāiki e!
May peace be widespread, may the sea be like greenstone,
A pathway for us all this day
Let us show respect for each other, for one another,
Bind us...all...together!
Waiheke Island
Indigenous health and wellness workshops with the intention of developing a piece to share to the community at Artworks Theatre.
E Tipu E Rea launched 2021 in the Motu Matariki Festival on Waiheke Island with participants from Waiheke Highschool and Waiheke Primary School as well as members of the community.
An outpouring response of tears, love, joy, laughter, growth and courage was reflected in the work and as such, by many requests Tūrongo will be holding a full immersion wananga in the next Spring season.
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"This work is powerful and life changing. You came at a time when our island most needed you,....I needed you"
Heather
"The way that the work has been framed for us is so caring and I have to commend you on the work you have done to care for us"
Charlie Grimsdale
ACTIVATION
NOHOPUKU
OUR MOST RECENT ACTIVATION PIECE NOHOPUKU LAUNCHED LAST YEAR 2020 AS WELL AS OUR THEATRE ADAPTED FILM WHICH IS AVAILBALE FOR RENT
RITU ALKEMI
RITU ALKEMI WAS SANCTIFIED THE YEAR 2019 AS PART OF BASEMENT THEATRE'S SEASON OF AUTUMN.
PHOTOS AS WELL AS OUR TRAILER ARE AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING BELOW
TE TAI RAWHITI FESTIVAL
IN COLLABORATION WITH TEINA MOETARA, A COUSIN OF OUR FAMILY, MAUI PŪTAHI WAS INITIATED TO OPEN THE FESTIVAL EMERCING A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT ANCIENT GODS AND GODDESSES PARTICULAR TO MAORI CULTURE AND PARTICULAR TO THE CULTURE OF GISBORNES COMMUNITY
TE TAIAO - TE PAPA MUSEUM
AS KAIHAKA FROM THE REKNOWNED KAPA HAKA TEAM "TU TE MANAWA MAUREA", TŪRONGO COLLECTIVE INITIATED THE OPENING OF THE TE TAIAO EXHIBITION IN SUPPORT OF THE CARETAKERS OF TE PAPA, WITH ACTIVATION CEREMONY, ANIMAL ACTIVATION AND STORY AND WANANGA WITHIN TE HAU KI TURANGA AND THE THEATRE
Activation pieces
Activation pieces
Coven - By Sunameke Productions
Te Tai Rawhiti Festival - TANGAROA
Ritu Alkemi - An invocation by TūRongo Collective - WATCH IN HD
R I T U A L K E M I
A section of the piece called Kwan Yin, in dedication of channellers and priestesses in active ceremony.
R I T U A L K E M I
"The Union" a performative piece about male and female relationships and interactions. Learning about the divine feminine and divine masculine
R I T U A L K E M I
First weeks activation at Basement Theatre.
Ritu Alkemi was a severly incredible experience around healing processes within indigenous spaces...the piece requires you to trust as a collective audience engaging in pain, in grief as a conduit for deep healing. It is not something familiar amongst western audiences..when I look at how we westerners grieve...we don't and as a result I find we pressure other indigenous beings to understand by stripping away their processes...banning them for their practices, their language... Ritu Alkemi was deeply ancient and those who participated in this active ceremony were among the few blessed to heal collectively
- Sue Cartwright