Being Māori is who you are. Nothing will take that away from you, and this is a space where you can be happy, it’s medicine for you.”Bruce Mackay With his new play opening under the stars of Matariki, Jarod Rawiri talks to George Fenwick about navigating career and family and finding healing in Māoritanga. A few years ago, Jarod Rawiri accompanied his daughter Huia to a new adult kapa haka group at Rutherford College’s marae, Te Kōtuku, in Te Ātatu, West Auckland.