Name: Tiri: Te Araroa Woman Far Walking
Start: 2026-05-13
End: 2026-05-13
Location: Online

Her story, our history.

An extraordinary mapping of Aotearoa through the eyes of Te Tiriti o Waitangi Mahana. Creator of the acclaimed The Haka Party Incident, Katie Wolfe (Ngāti Mutunga, Ngāti Tama) directs this new adaptation of Witi Ihimaera's epic tale of Tiri Mahana, a 185-year-old matriarch, from her birth at the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi to present-day Aotearoa.

With award-winning actors Miriama McDowell (Ngāti Hine, Ngāpuhi) and supported by Nī Dekkers-Reihana (Ngāpuhi, Te Rarawa, Ngāti Porou), this deeply emotional tapestry celebrates wāhine Māori and the emergent rangatahi who will take Aotearoa forward. Tiri wants us all to remember that the good things, the right things in life, are worth fighting for.

This Digital Classroom allows kaiako and ākonga nationwide to engage with Auckland Theatre Company's Theatre Aotearoa work. Schools can select their preferred viewing week, with curriculum-linked resources and optional in-school workshops available.

The Digital Classroom offering includes:

The 85 minute recording of Witi Ihimaera’s Tiri Te Araroa Woman Far Walking and the post-show Q&A.
Three short rehearsal room interviews featuring playwright Witi Ihimaera, director Katie Wolfe, and actors Miriama McDowell and Nī Dekkers-Reihana.
An 80-page Education Pack packed with curriculum-linked resources and exercises, available throughout the year.
The opportunity to book Zoom Q&As, direct to your classroom with performer Nī Dekkers-Reihana or assistant director and movement director Katrina George. These optional add-on Zooms are $55+GST.

“The tide of time recedes when the moon wanes, sucking at the surf, but my memory is still with those who have gone.”

To sign up for Digital Classroom, visit our School Bookings page.

Prior to your selected viewing week, we will send you an email with links to the post-show Q&A and the rehearsal room interviews and the passwords required to access these recordings.

On the day before your viewing week commences, you will receive an additional email with the link to the production recording, and the password needed to access this.

Within your viewing week, you can view the production recording as many times as you'd like. All these resources are for in-class use only, and the production recording will only be available to you during your viewing week.