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Briar Grace-Smith
Briar Grace-Smith is a screenwriter, director, actor, and short story writer from New Zealand. She has worked as an actor and writer with the Maori theatre cooperative Te Ohu Whakaari and Maori theatre company He Ara Hou. Early plays ''Don't Call Me Bro'' and ''Flat Out Brown'', were first performed at the Taki Rua Theatre in Wellington in 1996. ''Waitapu'', a play written by Grace-Smith, was devised by He Ara Hou and performed by the group on the Native Earth Performing Arts tour in Canada in 1996. Work Her first major play ''Nga Pou Wahine'' earned her the 1995 Bruce Mason Playwriting Award. Grace-Smith won Best New Zealand Play at the 1997 Chapman Tripp Theatre Awards for ''Purapurawhetu'', called "a new classic of New Zealand theatre" by New Zealand Listener. The play also toured to Canada and Greece. Grace-Smith's plays ''Purapurawhetu'' and ''When Sun and Moon Collide'' were televised as two feature-length episodes in the six-part series ''Atamira.'' They aired on Māori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Briar Grace-Smith ONZM (cropped)
Briar, Briars, Brier, or Briers may refer to: * Briar, or brier, common name for a number of unrelated thorny plants that form thicket People * Brier (surname) * Briers, a surname * Briars (surname) Places * Briar, Missouri, U.S. * Briar, Texas, U.S. * Briars Historic Park, Mount Martha, Victoria, Australia * The Briars (Georgina), Ontario, Canada, a lakeside resort * Brier, Washington, U.S. * Briers, Mississippi, , U.S., a ghost town * Brier Island, Nova Scotia, Canada * Briar Creek (other), or Brier Creek * Briar Hill (other) * Brier Hill (other) Buildings * Briars, Saint Helena, a small pavilion in which Napoleon Bonaparte stayed * The Briars (Natchez, Mississippi), U.S., a historic house * The Briars, Wahroonga, Sydney, Australia, a historic house Fictional characters * Briar Moss, from Tamora Pierce's ''Circle of Magic'' and ''Circle Opens'' quartets * Briar Cudgeon, in ''Artemis Fowl'' * Briar, the evil sister of Rose in B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy T James
William James Te Wehi Taitoko (17 January 1948 – 7 August 1991) better known by his stage name Billy T. James, was a New Zealand entertainer, comedian, musician and actor. He became a key figure in the development of New Zealand comedy and a household name during his lifetime. Early life Taitoko was of Waikato Tainui and Clan Campbell descent, leading him to reflect humorously in one routine, "I'm half Maori and half Scots. Half of me wants to go to the pub and get pissed, and the other half doesn't want to pay for it.". Career Taitoko joined the Maori Volcanics Showband in the 1970s and performed around the world. Prince Tui Teka encouraged him to embark on a solo career which saw him in great demand for his skits and impressions and his cabaret singing. He adopted the stage name Billy T. James because "it was something the Australians could pronounce". In 1980 he appeared in the variety show ''Radio Times'', the success of which led to his own comedy sketch show in 1981, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
21st-century New Zealand Dramatists And Playwrights
The 1st century was the century spanning AD 1 ( I) through AD 100 ( C) according to the Julian calendar. It is often written as the or to distinguish it from the 1st century BC (or BCE) which preceded it. The 1st century is considered part of the Classical era, epoch, or historical period. The 1st century also saw the appearance of Christianity. During this period, Europe, North Africa and the Near East fell under increasing domination by the Roman Empire, which continued expanding, most notably conquering Britain under the emperor Claudius (AD 43). The reforms introduced by Augustus during his long reign stabilized the empire after the turmoil of the previous century's civil wars. Later in the century the Julio-Claudian dynasty, which had been founded by Augustus, came to an end with the suicide of Nero in AD 68. There followed the famous Year of Four Emperors, a brief period of civil war and instability, which was finally brought to an end by Vespasian, ninth Roman emperor, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 Birthday Honours (New Zealand)
The 2018 Queen's Birthday Honours in New Zealand, celebrating the official birthday of Queen Elizabeth II, were appointments made by the Queen in her right as Queen of New Zealand, on the advice of the New Zealand government, to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by New Zealanders. They were announced on 4 June 2018. The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour. New Zealand Order of Merit Dame Companion (DNZM) * Catherine Alice Healy – of Lower Hutt. For services to the rights of sex workers. *The Honourable Luamanuvao Winifred Alexandra Laban – of Lower Hutt. For services to education and the Pacific community. *Emeritus Professor Charmian Jocelyn O'Connor – of Auckland. For services to education and chemistry. * Julie Bethridge Topp – of Auckland. For services to entertainment. * Lynda Bethridge Topp – of Ashburton. For services to entertainment. File:Catherine Healy DNZM (cropped).jpg, D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Officer Of The New Zealand Order Of Merit
The New Zealand Order of Merit is an order of merit in the New Zealand royal honours system. It was established by royal warrant on 30 May 1996 by Elizabeth II, Queen of New Zealand, "for those persons who in any field of endeavour, have rendered meritorious service to the Crown and nation or who have become distinguished by their eminence, talents, contributions or other merits", to recognise outstanding service to the Crown and people of New Zealand in a civil or military capacity. In the order of precedence, the New Zealand Order of Merit ranks immediately after the Order of New Zealand. Creation Prior to 1996, New Zealanders received appointments to various British orders, such as the Order of the Bath, the Order of St Michael and St George, the Order of the British Empire, and the Order of the Companions of Honour, as well as the distinction of Knight Bachelor. The change came about after the Prime Minister's Honours Advisory Committee (1995) was created "to consider an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patricia Grace
Patricia Frances Grace (; born 17 August 1937) is a New Zealand Māori writer of novels, short stories, and children's books. She began writing as a young adult, while working as a teacher. Her early short stories were published in magazines, leading to her becoming the first female Māori writer to publish a collection of short stories, ''Waiariki'', in 1975. Her first novel, ''Mutuwhenua: The Moon Sleeps'', followed in 1978. Since becoming a full-time writer in the 1980s, Grace has written seven novels, seven short-story collections, a non-fiction biography and an autobiography. Her works explore Māori life and culture, including the impact of Pākehā (New Zealand European) and other cultures on Māori, with use of the Māori language throughout. Her most well-known novel, ''Potiki'' (1986) features a Māori community opposing the private development of their ancestral land. She has also written a number of children's books, seeking to write books in which Māori children ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ngāti Wai
Iwi () are the largest social units in New Zealand Māori society. In Māori roughly means "people" or "nation", and is often translated as "tribe", or "a confederation of tribes". The word is both singular and plural in the Māori language, and is typically pluralised as such in English. groups trace their ancestry to the original Polynesian migrants who, according to tradition, arrived from Hawaiki. Some cluster into larger groupings that are based on (genealogical tradition) and known as (literally "canoes", with reference to the original migration voyages). These super-groupings generally serve symbolic rather than practical functions. In pre-European times, most Māori were allied to relatively small groups in the form of ("sub-tribes") and ("family"). Each contains a number of ; among the of the Ngāti Whātua iwi, for example, are Te Uri-o-Hau, Te Roroa, Te Taoū, and Ngāti Whātua-o-Ōrākei. Māori use the word ''rohe'' to describe the territory or boundaries ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cousins (2021 Film)
''Cousins'' is a 2021 New Zealand film directed by Ainsley Gardiner and Briar Grace-Smith. It is an adaptation of the 1992 novel of the same name by Patricia Grace. Plot The film is told through flashbacks spread across Mata's childhood and current life. At a young age, Mata is sent by her Pākehā (European) father to the Mercy Home for Desolate Children. There, she is renamed May Parker and grows up ignorant of her Māori culture, language, and family. When a Māori staff member at the Mercy Home recognises Mata as a member of the Pairama clan, Mata is allowed to spend the summer with her "grandparents." Following a train journey to Rotorua, she meets to her Aunt Gloria and cousins Missy and Makareta, who expose her to her Māori culture and heritage. Mata also learns that her Māori mother did not abandon her as her father had claimed but that he had taken her from her mother. Mata is shocked to learn that her grieving mother had died the previous year, still longing to se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waru (2017 Film)
''Waru'' is a 2017 New Zealand anthology film, semi-anthology Drama (Film and television), drama film about the ''Tangihanga, tangi'' (funeral) of a small boy named Waru who dies at the hands of his caregiver, and how the boy's death impacts the community. After featuring at the New Zealand International Film Festival and Toronto International Film Festival in 2017, it received a general release in New Zealand in October 2017. It has since featured in a number of other film festivals. Plot Summary The film spans eight stories, each starting at 9:59 the morning of the ''tangi''. ''Charm'' Aunty Charm directs the food preparation for the funeral at the ''kāuta'' (kitchen) in the local ''marae''. ''Anahera'' Waru's kindergarten teacher, Anahera, processes the loss with her class and colleagues. ''Mihi'' Single mother Mihi struggles to care for her kids with no money for gas or food. ''Em'' Young singer Em comes home from a raucous night out to find she is locked out of he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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