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Sunday-Night Theatre presents: The Pohutukawa Tree

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A new play from New Zealand by Bruce Mason.

In New Zealand the Pohutukawa Tree is well known to have a legendary significance in the life of the Maori people. The play is set in Te Parenga, a beach settlement on the Hauraki Gulf, about forty miles from Auckland. The time is the present.
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Contributors

Writer:
Bruce Mason
Designer:
Richard Wilmot
Producer:
John Jacobs
Queenie Mataira:
Hermione Gregory
Roy McDowell:
Noel Trevarthen
The Rev. Athol Sedgwick:
Philip Latham
Aroha Mataira:
Hira Tauwhare
Johnny Mataira:
Norman Florence
Mrs. Atkinson:
Madge Ryan
Sylvia Atkinson:
Bridget Armstrong
Mr. Atkinson:
Redmond Phillips
George Rawlings:
Terence Bayler
Dr. Lomas:
Newton Blick
Claude Johnson:
Lloyd Lamble
Mrs. Johnson:
Lesley Jackson
John Dexter, Sergeant of Police:
Jerold Wills
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