Juanita Hepi (Kāi Tahu, Ngāti Mutunga, Ngāi Tukairangi) is a multidisciplinary artist, producer, educator and researcher who has performed extensively throughout Aotearoa, NZ. She toured the Māori Troilus and Cressida to Shakespeare’s Globe in London for which she was nominated for a Chapman Tripp award, and starred in Himiona Grace’s award winning film The Pā Boys. Juanita is the director of Taki Rua’s 2020 te reo Māori touring season, Nga Mānu Rōreka and is completing her final year of a Masters in Māori and Indigenous Leadership. She produced and directed Tūmahana alongside the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra and Circo Kali, which was a theatre epic based on the 1849 writings of Matiaha Tiramorehu. Working with this text has been a full circle journey for Juanita whose passions lie in the narratives of her tūrakawaewae / place to stand in Ōtautahi, and her marae at Rāpaki.
Juanita Hepi
Events at Word
CONFLUENCE
Friday, 12 November 8:30 pmCurated by Daisy Speaks, Confluence celebrates Māori and Pasifika creative connections with the musical brilliance of the Judah Band and The Byllie Jean Project alongside words from Ben Brown, Juanita Hepi, Dietrich Soakai and Tusiata Avia.
FOUNDATION POP-UP FESTIVAL (AKA THE NOT-QUITE-NEW REGENT STREET POP-UP FESTIVAL)
Saturday, 13 November 5:00 pmWhile COVID venue restrictions mean we can't actually hold the New Regent Street pop-up festival on New Regent Street, we can bring you the same lineup of back-to-back readings, games interactive poetry, talks and more in a single sweet venue: Foundation at Tūranga. Full programme online soon. It'll be a buzz: see you there!
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