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Festival Stories

Your perfect Hawke’s Bay Arts Festival companion. We’ll be sharing festival tips, insights into different shows and artists, along with coverage of the Festival as it happens in October.

Bookmark this page as your portal into two weeks of festival magic.

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The process of creation

Ko Au: Malosi

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By Rob Harbers

Review of Grada

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By Jo Morris for Theatreview

Review of UPU

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Review by Rob Harbers

Review of Jenny Mitchell and the Mitchell Twins

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Review by Rosheen Fitzgerald

Review of Ko Au Malosi

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Review by Jo Morris

Review of Heartbreak Hotel

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A review by Rosheen Fitzgerald

Review of Skin Hunger

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By Nafanua Kersel

A peep into the creative process: Ko Au Malosi

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by Rosheen Fitzgerald

Review of Arawhata

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by Rosheen Fitzgerald

Review of Girl in A Savage World

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Review of When Poetry and Songs Collide

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A review by Rosheen Fitzgerald

Review of Birds of New Zealand

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by Jessica Soutar Baron

Review of Wilson Dixon

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A review by Hayley Osterfield

Opening Night: Back to Black

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Review by Jessica Soutar Barron

Review of Rise of the Olive

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An installation piece in the laneway at Toitoi

Listen For Your Words

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A short interview with some of the creative team from UPU

Understanding UPU

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Building Bridges – Ki Te Hanga Piriti

Interview with Howard McGuire

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Megan from the Hits Hawke's Bay interviewing Tatiana from Skin Hunger

Interview with Tatiana Hotere

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Annual Exhibition showcase

Ha-Wai-Ki-Nui exhibition

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Strong, Female-Led Stories Front and Centre of the Arts Festival

Women in the Festival

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Wellington creative tech company brings new app-based public art tour to Hasting

Public Art Tour

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The background story to Kahurangi Dance Company

Kahurangi! Ahakoa He Iti, He Pounamu!

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An interview with the Performers: Mia Alonso-Green, Poe Tiare Tararo, and Roy Ir

The Grumpiest Child in the World

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A review from the 2022 Circa season

A review of Tea with Terrorists

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A fusion of street, Siva Samoa and storytelling

Interview with Seidah Tuaoi

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See Hawke's Bay through the eyes of our creatives

Hawke's Bay Art Trail

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insight into Afghanistan

Sparrows of Kabul

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Review by Rosheen Fitzgerald

Review of Ko Au 2022 Festival

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Volunteer with the Festival

Volunteer with the Festival

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Tatiana Hotere on how she turned the pain of losing her husband into a work of a

Skin Hunger

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the words and histories behind UPU

UPU: A Celebration of Trailblazing Moana Writers

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Review of Shades of Shakti

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