Miria George

This month welcomes two contemporary indigenous performing arts festivals which have established themselves as cornerstones of the presentation of new work from Aotearoa and across the Pacific.  Audio

Executive Director Miria George describes the Kia Mau Festival, from 30 May to 14 June in Wellington as "medicine for the soul", she gives Melissa Chan-Green the highlights. Audio

Wellington is playing host to one of the city's most important arts events this year - the contemporary indigenous arts festival Kia Mau. It's grown from its enthusiastic but smaller-scale beginnings… Audio

The Kia Mau Festival kicks off in Wellington today - a chance for Maori and Pacific Island actors to take centre stage, with fourteen different plays or shows across the Wellington region till later… Audio

A top New Zealand artist residency at the University of Hawaii has been awarded to a Cook Islands artist for the first time. Audio

Miria George wrote Niwa Begins and Jamie McCaskill wrote Kia ora Bro, issues of sexism and the stigma of not speaking te reo m-aori were the themes of their episodes. Both are also working on the… Audio

The drama continues in the second season of Skin Writing produced by Jason Te Kare. Award winning Playwrights Jamie McCaskill and Miria George wrote episodes for the radio drama serial set in a Taa… Audio

A family take a road trip to join the Wellington leg of the 2004 Foreshore and Seabed Hikoi. Aside from the normal sibling squabbles along the way, the trip provides the space and time to discuss how… Audio

Writer and director of 'Sunset Road' premiering at Wellington's Circa Theatre tomorrow night. Audio

Niwa starts becoming distracted by the growing idea of becoming a tattooist. Audio

Miria George and Hone Kouka of Tawata Productions talk about some of the more challenging aspects of creating Maori theatre and the upcoming Matariki Development Festival helping to grow Maori… Audio