ScatterGun: After The Death of Rūaumoko
Wholesale $15.65 + GST
RRP $30.00
ISBN 9780473726942
Poetry (verbatim theatre, epic poetry, whaikōrero & waiata)
Agnes is reflecting on her life since the death of her younger brother Rūaumoko, at a memorial on the fifth anniversary of his passing. She takes us on a nocturnal journey through the streets of her city and the sinews and synapses of her internal world. Humorously surfing through displacement, grief and the healing power of home, ScatterGun: After the Death of Rūaumoko explores the profound connection between a person and their whenua ūkaipō--homeland--in ScatterGun's case, te ngahere o Te Urewera, the forest Te Urewera.
By Ana Chaya Scotney
Proofread and edited by Mitch Marks
Published by Kōtiro Publishing Giant & 5ever Books
Released July 2025
Soft cover
75 pages, including the musical notation at the back
145×200mm, upright
Limited edition Includes musical notations of the waiata in the text)
Wholesale $15.65 + GST
RRP $30.00
ISBN 9780473726942
Poetry (verbatim theatre, epic poetry, whaikōrero & waiata)
Agnes is reflecting on her life since the death of her younger brother Rūaumoko, at a memorial on the fifth anniversary of his passing. She takes us on a nocturnal journey through the streets of her city and the sinews and synapses of her internal world. Humorously surfing through displacement, grief and the healing power of home, ScatterGun: After the Death of Rūaumoko explores the profound connection between a person and their whenua ūkaipō--homeland--in ScatterGun's case, te ngahere o Te Urewera, the forest Te Urewera.
By Ana Chaya Scotney
Proofread and edited by Mitch Marks
Published by Kōtiro Publishing Giant & 5ever Books
Released July 2025
Soft cover
75 pages, including the musical notation at the back
145×200mm, upright
Limited edition Includes musical notations of the waiata in the text)
Wholesale $15.65 + GST
RRP $30.00
ISBN 9780473726942
Poetry (verbatim theatre, epic poetry, whaikōrero & waiata)
Agnes is reflecting on her life since the death of her younger brother Rūaumoko, at a memorial on the fifth anniversary of his passing. She takes us on a nocturnal journey through the streets of her city and the sinews and synapses of her internal world. Humorously surfing through displacement, grief and the healing power of home, ScatterGun: After the Death of Rūaumoko explores the profound connection between a person and their whenua ūkaipō--homeland--in ScatterGun's case, te ngahere o Te Urewera, the forest Te Urewera.
By Ana Chaya Scotney
Proofread and edited by Mitch Marks
Published by Kōtiro Publishing Giant & 5ever Books
Released July 2025
Soft cover
75 pages, including the musical notation at the back
145×200mm, upright
Limited edition Includes musical notations of the waiata in the text)
Praise
‘ScatterGun honours a people’s inner tectonics and it hurts good. There’s a mirror, that both reflects and opens—what might it mean to grieve when grief isn’t yours alone? ScatterGun digs from her own grief a shared truth(?) rooted in our (stolen) soil. The play gushes us across worlds.’
— Liam Jacobson, Bad Apple
‘Scattergun is an extraordinary achievement; awe-inspiring, hilarious and unpredictable. SactterGun is a work of spiritual richness and immense artistic integrity.’
— Andrew Gunn, Theatreview