Performing artists

Tarah Rudolph-Ah kiau is of Maori, European and Samoan descent.

Born and raised in South Auckland, Tarah now resides in Wellington. However, she still belongs and supports the South Auckland Poets Collective. South Auckland Poets Collective (SAPC) is a collection of young Pacific and Maori writers/ poets and performers aged 16 to 22 from all areas of South Auckland (Manukau City). SAPC meet once a month at the Otahuhu Recreation Centre to write and rehearse their poems through song, drama, spoken word and rap. They have been collaborating together since November 2007. Armed with their voices and note books they cast down the negative stereotypes of youth in Manukau portrayed by the media with a new and positive story.

Tarah has also been a contestant in Poetry Idol and the Montana Poetry Slam. Tarah has also performed as a part of the FRESH tour that visited secondary schools in Whakatane performing and facilitating workshops to our creative rangatahi in May 2010. She also performed as a part of the Words in Motion Tour in Wellington in October 2010, performing in various art galleries and museums around Wellington.