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August Fono

23/08/2012Boat Business, TheatreA Heart's Path, Asian Ink, Bonnie, Church St, Claire Noble, D F Mamea, Grant Bayley, Jenni Heka, Jonathan Riley, Kahurangi Carter, Leilani Unasa, Leroy Lakamu, Pollywood, Rick, Rob Mokaraka, Shona Tarai, Suli Moa, Tanya Muagututia, Teena Enoka, The Taro KingThe Administrative Banana

Kia orana
Tena koutou
Ni sa bula
Talofa lava
Taloha ni
Fakaalofa lahi atu
Malo e lelei

Welcome to the after-match report from Banana Boat’s August fono in Grey Lynn.

Present were Grant Bayley, Bonnie, Kahurangi Carter, Teena Enoka, Rob Mokaraka, Leroy Lakamu, Tanya Muagututia, Claire Noble, Rick, Jonathan Riley, Shona Tarai, Leilani Unasa, David Mamea, and Jenni Heka.

Apologies were received from James Nokise, Louise Tu’u, Kahurangi Carter, Arnette Arapai, Aroha Awarau, Jason Greenwood, and Geraldine Warren.

BANANA BOAT BUSINESS

Jenni spread the word on the Asian Ink initiative.

COMING UP

Jonathan’s got fingers in all sorts of pies. I quickly lost track of what he’s going up so I suggest you just Facebook him.

The Pollywood 2012 submission deadline is Friday 31 August. Get shootin’, rockin’ and choppin’.

Kila Kokonut Krew’s tenth anniversary remounting of The Taro King is in its last days – matter of fact, it closes on Friday 24 August 2012.

Suli Moa‘s A Heart’s Path is going up in October.

SCRIPT READINGS

Leilani’s Church St was read by Rob, Jenni, Jonathan and Tanya, with script directions read by Kahurangi. Everyone wanted more; David whined that it was unfinished but was a sole voice of whiney-bitchiness. The group was heartened by the Q&A that followed and look forward to its next stage of development.

NEXT FONO

– will be on Thursday 27 September at the Toi Ora Live Art Studio, 6 Putiki Street, Grey Lynn.

November 2010 Fono

23/01/2011Boat BusinessAmber Aranui, Claire Noble, D F Mamea, Geraldin Warren, Grant Bayley, Jenni Heka, Stan Wolfgramm, Venus StephensThe Administrative Banana

Talofa lava
Fakaalofa lahi atu
Malo e lelei
Kia orana
Tena koutou
Ni sa bula
Taloha ni

Welcome to another late after-match report – and the first 2011 Banana Boat broadside.

Present

– were AMBER ARANUI, GRANT BAYLEY, CLAIRE NOBLE, VENUS STEPHENS, GERALDINE WARREN, STAN WOLFGRAMM, JENNI HEKA and DAVID MAMEA.

Apologies

– were received from LEILANI UNASA, CHRIS MOLLOY, ERIC SMITH and DANNY AUMUA.

Banana Boat Business

There was a gentle reminder for the Brown Ink sessions – okay, they were generous exhortations. JENNI tempted those present with the promise of Heka Catering putting on the Brown Ink feed.

News to Use

The GRANT BAYLEY LIBRARY is as follows:

– The Best Plays of 1969-1970 – Otis L Guernsey, editor

– Curtain Times: The New York Theatre 1965-1987 – Otis L Guernsey Jr

– Five New Zealand Plays – John Thomson, editor

– Jumpers – Tom Stoppard

– My Best Play – a self-selected anthology that includes Noel Coward, Somerset Maugham, AA Milne

– Objection Overruled – Carolyn Burns

– Two Plays by Tom Stoppard: Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, and Professional Foul – Tom Stoppard

A webpage will be set aside for this library.

Coming Up

2011 is shaping up to another bumper year for Banana Boat and its yet-unnamed sibling organisation/production-unit. What else did you expect us to say: Watch this space.

Assuming someone (cough) is organised enough, it’s hoped that the February 2011 fono will be held in South Auckland.

Script Reading

GRANT shared a five-minute monologue that emotionally affected all present – technical discussions almost seemed like an insult but it’s one thing to share within a group, and another to share with a cold audience. The Banana Boat always wants its writers to put their best jandle forward ’cause it’s what we do.

Next Fono

– will be on THURSDAY 27 JANUARY 2011 at the usual time and place. This will be the first fono for 2011.

October 2010 Fono and AGM

11/11/2010Boat BusinessAGM, Chetan Patel, Claire Noble, D F Mamea, Eric Smith, Geraldine Warren, Grant Bayley, Jenni Heka, Leilani Unasa, Mua PuaThe Administrative Banana

Taloha ni
Talofa lava
Fakaalofa lahi atu
Malo e lelei
Kia orana
Tena koutou
Ni sa bula

Welcome to the after-match report.

Present

– were GRANT BAYLEY, CLAIRE NOBLE, CHETAN PATEL, REVEREND MUA PUA, ERIC SMITH, LEILANI UNASA, GERALDINE WARREN, JENNI HEKA and DAVID MAMEA.

Apologies

– were received from AHI KARUNAHARAN, CHRIS MOLLOY, JAMES NOKISE and MICHAEL REWIRI-THORSEN.

Banana Boat Business

JENNI gave an excellent presentation on the history, work, and possible future of Banana Boat. In just two years, this ‘loose collective of Pasifika and Maori writers’ has done more than just meet once a month: it has provided its members with workshops, opportunities for development and support, and been absolutely busting to get its members’ works into production.

Banana Boat has indeed come a long way, baby.

The following was discussed and mooted at the August fono:

Banana Boat has been running for two years now. It has reached a point where it must decide what to do:
– to continue as a writers support group;
– to expand or somehow split off into active development and production;
– to find some middle ground; or
– to fold.

The decision is always in the hands of its members.

After discussion of options available to the group, it was unanimously decided for the Banana Boat to seek charitable trust status. This decision includes two proxy votes from the absent MICHAEL and CHRIS.

The following attendees volunteered to be trustees: CHETAN, CHRIS (by proxy), CLAIRE, DAVID, GERALDINE, GRANT, JENNI, MUA, and LEILANI. Among their many tasks is drafting a constitution, deciding things like what a quorum is, and hopefully soon enough, discussing things like strategic directions, and who to hit up for money raising funds not just for the sake of it, but for you.

The following points were made and acknowledged in the meeting regarding members who were not present:
– not all Banana Boat members may agree with the decision taken by those attending this meeting;
– however, all Banana Boat members had been given an opportunity to attend, or at least discuss beforehand, this meeting’s agenda.

Monthly fono will continue in the format to which we are all accustomed, for as long as members want the community and support that these provide.

News to Use

GRANT has generously donated a number of theatre- and writing-related books. These will be listed soon (once David remembers where he put them).

ERIC and CHETAN’s I Don’t Do Coconut” Retro Night fundraiser was held on 5 November to great acclaim and much dancing by JENNI and CLAIRE.

Coming Up

The Auckland Performing Arts Forum will be held on Friday 12 November at The EDGE, Auckland.

Playmarket’s “Brown Ink Sessions” are on Satursday 27 November at Mangere Arts Centre. Jenni’s posted about this already.

Banana Boat’s Christmas do is on Thursday 2 December at Cosh Bar, Ponsonby. More details to follow.

Next Fono

– will be on THURSDAY 25 NOVEMBER at the usual time and place. This will be the last fono for 2010.