Anahera
by Emma Kinane
by Emma Kinane
Anahera, a newly qualified Māori social worker, supports the distraught parents of missing 11-year-old Harry Hunter as they face the emotional turmoil and escalating crisis surrounding his disappearance.
About The Play
About The Play
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11-year-old Harry Hunter is missing.
While they wait for news, Anahera – a newly qualified Māori social worker – supports Harry’s distraught parents.
But as the hours pass and the situation pushes everyone to their limits, Anahera is forced to take a stand.
Anahera returns to the Finborough Theatre where it was originally given a staged reading in Vibrant 2018 – A Festival of Finborough Playwrights. In New Zealand, it was chosen for Auckland Theatre Company’s workshop Next Stage in 2015 and was a finalist in the Adam NZ Play Awards in 2016. It premiered in September 2017 at Circa Theatre in Wellington, receiving rave reviews, and won Most Outstanding New New Zealand Play at the Wellington Theatre Awards 2017