‘”Ka mate ka ora”, our nation’s fierce battle cry, frames Helen Pearse-Otene’s new play about the Vietnam War. Premiering on 21 May at Capital E in Wellington, Ka Mate Ka Ora is a story of aftermath and reconciliation specially commissioned by Tribute 08 – A Vietnam Commemoration and Te Rakau Hua o Te Wao Tapu Trust.

‘This isn’t the first time Pearse-Otene has written about war. She was responsible for 2006’s powerful Battalion which took the story of World War Two’s 28th Maori Battalion to schools all over New Zealand….’

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