On The Bus: Flat Out Brown Tour Ki Waiariki
Te Ha's annual tour of Contemporary Maori Writers 14 , 20 February 2004
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'On the Bus' is an entertaining, informative and engaging tour featuring unique Maori writers reading from their work. The writers are well-published and are experienced performers of their work. The group of writers for 2004 represents a range of contemporary Maori literature encompassing the genres of poetry, short fiction, novel writing and play-wrighting.
'On the Bus' Contemporary Maori writers' tour targets different regions of the country each year. 'On the Bus' was first initiated by Witi Ihimaera and Patricia Grace in 2001 for a tour of Taranaki. Since then the tour has visited Northland (2002) and the lower South Island (2003).
2004 Dates and Regions
Tour A
9 - 13 February 2004
'On the Bus: Flat Out Brown' will have a season with the Lake Taupo Arts Festival.
Tour B
14 - 20 February 2004
'On the Bus: Flat Out Brown' will tour the Waiariki Region , including Rotorua, Tauranga and other centres.
The Writers
Te Hā is very pleased to announce that the writers for Waiariki are:
Lindsay Charman-Love - short-story writer, poet, playwright
Phil Kawana , short-story writer, poet
James George , novelist
Renée , playwright, novelist
Kingi McKinnon , children's writer
For more information, please contact:
Naomi Singer, Project Officer
Toi Maori Aotearoa
ph 04 801 7914
fax 04 801 9412
email events@maoriart.org.nz
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