The Pohutukawa Tree
3-4 May at 7.30pm, 5 May at 2.00pm, 9-11 May at 7.30pm
OSPA Theatre, Hall Road, Onewhero
Tickets $20
Sixty-year-old widow, Aroha Mataira, is the main character. She lives with her two children, Queenie and Johnny, at Te Parenga, their ancestral land which was sold and turned into a commercial orchard. All that remains of the native bush is one Pohutukawa tree on the last plot of land owned by the all-but departed tribe. Despite whanau urging her to give up this last connection to her ancestral land to join them elsewhere, Aroha is just as determined to stay in Te Parenga.
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