Auckland, New Zealand.(GLOBAL SPOTLIGHT)(Auckland Festival)(Brief article)

AUCKLAND FESTIVAL: The biennial arts festival has packed its third edition with theatrical goodies that shine light into intriguing crannies of New Zealand's history and current art scene. In Geoff Chapple's Hatch, actor Stuart Devenie goes on the defensive as oily 1920s businessman Joseph Hatch, whose slaughter of millions of penguins on Macquarie Island triggered media outrage and one of the earliest international conservation efforts.

For Strange Resting Places, by Taki Rua Productions, Maori artist Rob Mokaraka and his Italian counterpart, Paolo Rotondo, both reached into their ...

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