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 Share this product | Woman Far Walking"Today is Tiri's birthday...She is 160 years old, the oldest woman in the world" Woman Far Walking is about a woman who has been at war all her life. It is about history, women, how nations are made and how the human spirit survives to carry us through into the new millennium. Ihimaera, one of New Zealand's most acclaimed writers, draws on his ability to weave together fact and fiction to create a retrospective view of key events in New Zealand's history and the struggles of Maori people - including the New Zealand Wars, World War I, the 1918 flu epidemic and the Springbok Tour. 'It's about an issue that has engaged our nation from the beginning and that is the need for Maori and Pakeha to find an accommodation for each other,' he says. Woman Far Walking was a highlight of the New Zealand Festival of the Arts 2000. 'This play has the makings of greatness. It conveys an intense feeling of Maoridom through a gamut of emotions and range of events...' - Sunday Star Times.
Category: Drama |