Te Reo - Schools Tour

For the past 15 years Taki Rua Productions has annually toured works in Te Reo Māori for schools, marae and community centres throughout Aotearoa/ New Zealand. Taki Rua Productions has a commitment to communities, children and promoting access to Māori theatre to help all New Zealanders feel comfortable in taking ownership of Te Reo Māori, an official language of New Zealand.


Taki Rua makes professional theatre available to rural and urban communities encouraging engagement and participation in the arts while increasing audience awareness and exposure to Māori language and tikanga. Enabling communities to experience Māori theatre in their own backyard, the annual tour has been highly successful throughout its 15-year history and continues to build upon its audience numbers.

This is the only 100% Te Reo Māori annual tour and is an exciting opportunity for tamariki to experience quality theatre. It further promotes the holistic use of Te Reo Māori within theatre for audiences and practitioners. By taking Māori theatre to Kura kaupapa and small communities we aim to engage rangatahi and we endorse the use of te reo Māori i ngā wā katoa, i ngā wāhi katoa.