Bruce Mason
NZ Biography: Bruce Mason
Bruce Mason was widely regarded as New Zealand's best playwright, known mostly for The Pohutukawa Tree and his solo show The End of the Golden Weather Audio
Walking access urged on Matt Lauer's Lake Hawea land
Access to the Hawea Conservation Park could be cut off completely due to a stoush between the government and the US television personality Matt Lauer. The anchor of NBC's 'Today Show' purchased the… Audio
Awatea - Act 2
In 1965, a stellar cast that included Tim Elliott, Inia te Wiata and Don Selwyn gathered together at an NZBC studio and recorded the radio drama Awatea by Bruce Mason. This week Te Ahi Kaa features… Audio
Awatea - Act 1
Set in the sleepy seaside town of Omoana, the community rally to host their annual hui to celebrate the achievements of Matt Paku, but the real nature of his life in Auckland is slowly unravelled. The… Audio
Encore Act Fourteen - Keeping It Real
Including NZ Actors Company, “Way of Life”, calls for a NZ National Theatre, “Verbatim”, theatre as therapy, NZ plays seen as box office poison, Centrepoint Theatre, amateur theatre movement… Audio
Encore Act Five - Mason’s Magic
Including NZ Players Drama Quartet, Southern Comedy Players, Bruce Mason, 'The Pohutakawa Tree', 'The End of the Golden Weather', James K Baxter, 'Jack Winter's Dream', Globe Theatre in Dunedin with… Audio
Encore Act Two - Putting Pen to Paper
Including Alan Wilkie and his Shakespeare company, British Drama League, 'Rabbits', Repertory Theatre with Alan Wilkie, David Carnegie, Howard McNaughton, Glyn Strange, Bruce Mason, Prue Langbein, Eva… Audio
2013 Bruce Mason Award winner Jamie McCaskill
For Jamie McCaskill relocating himself to his hometown of Thames after living in Wellington for some years has only strengthened his artistic endeavours. The 2013 Bruce Mason Award winner talks about… Audio
Douglas LILBURN: Landfall in Unknown Seas (1972)
Performed by the NZBCSO, conducted by John Ritchie, narrator Bruce Mason. Audio