26 Feb 2023

Lemi Ponfasio

From Sunday Afternoon, 2:36 pm on 26 February 2023

International renowned theatre artist Lemi Ponifasio has created a new work that brings Pasifika communities together with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra in a ceremony at the Michael Fowler Centre. It features Gustav Mahler's 'The Song of the Earth' and includes the i-Kiribati, Tokelau and Cook Island communities of Wellington. RNZ's Susana Lei'ataua caught up with Lemi to talk about the work.

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