Anahera

11-year-old Harry Hunter is missing. While they wait for news, Anahera - a newly qualified Maori 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.A European debut for an exciting new voice from New Zealand.>

About the author

Emma Kinane graduated from Toi Whakaari/NZ Drama School in 1988 and has worked as an actor and writer in theatre, TV, film and radio. She co-wrote the plays Turbine, Paua and The December Brother with the SEEyD Collective.

Turbine was nominated for the Chapman Tripp Best New New Zealand Play in 2007 and her pilot episode script Hope won the NZWG Television Script Competition.

In 2013 she earned a Master's Degree in Scriptwriting from IIML at Victoria University.

Emma’s play Clouds aired on Radio NZ in 2014 and her short film Bastard is part of the anthology feature film Encounters.

Her play Anahera was shortlisted for the Adam Play Award 2016, and premiered at Circa Theatre in September 2017.

Anahera won Outstanding New NZ Play at the Wellington Theatre Awards 2017, and was selected for the Vibrant 2018 Festival of Playwrights at Finborough Theatre, London and had its European premiere season at the same theatre in September 2019.

Product details

• Authors: Emma Kinane
• Publisher: Oberon Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2019
• EAN: 9781786829979
• ISBN: 978-1-78682-997-9
• No. of pages: 120
• Dimensions: 122 mm x 196 mm x 6 mm
• Series: Oberon Modern Plays
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Lifestyle, personal development; Australasien, Ozeanien und andere Landgebiete im Pazifik, Soziale Arbeit, Drama, Theaterstücke, Drehbücher, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Work, Plays / Drama, DRAMA / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, DRAMA / Australian & Oceanian, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Abuse / Child Abuse, Ireland, Social Work, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Coping with personal problems, Violence in society, Plays, Playscripts, Child abuse, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, New Zealand / Aotearoa, Coping with / advice about abuse