Biographies Lisa Maule (she/her) He Pākehā ahau, he Tangata Tiriti ahau. (BA, BDes, MPM) Lisa Maule is an award winning theatre designer from Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington who has contributed to the New Zealand performing arts scene over the past 30 years. In addition to lighting and set design Lisa works in project management, research and coordination. She is currently working for Te Rākau Hua o Te Wao Tapu in the producing role of Kaihautū. Lisa taught at Toi Whakaari: the New Zealand Drama School between 2008 and 2017 on the technical and management programmes. Lisa completed a Masters in Public Management in 2018 focusing on leadership practices in values-based organisations. Lisa coordinates editing of Wikipedia as an accessible source of information and is the Vice President of the board of Wikimedia Aotearoa New Zealand (WANZ). She is the coordinator of the Karori Community Garden and a member of the board of Toi o Taraika Arts Wellington and Theatre Archives New Zealand. Lisa loves to draw, paint and make collage, she has a penchant for collecting chairs which has been enabled by being a set designer and is good at cutting cardboard. Michelle Scullion Musician, composer, photographer and urban sketcher Growing up in Stokes Valley, Wellington, music was part of a life potted with family singalongs and piano lessons. A recording of symphony Peter and the Wolf inspired Michelle to pick up the flute at the age of 13. A two year course at Wellington Polytechnic’s music school, where Scullion began creating music for films by design students, and was followed by a Bachelor of Music at Victoria University. In 1986 she got a call from Tony Hiles, who was helping an untried filmmaker called Peter Jackson to complete an “unusual” project called Bad Taste, so Michelle composed. This soundtrack was for nominated for Best Film Score in the 1989 Film and Television Awards. Michelle was nominated for best score again for Flying Fox on a Freedom Tree, another passion project which had taken years to get to cinema screens. Adapted by late actor/director Martyn Sanderson from two tales by Albert Wendt, the film follows a charismatic young Samoan who rejects the values of his European colonisers. Other credits include 1992 short film, The Singing Trophy, and countless documentaries including award winning I want To Die At Home, When A Warrior Dies and A moment in Time - (Michael King). Michelle has written and recorded for features, short films, documentaries, audio visual presentations and videos. She has also composed for contemporary dance works, theatre, television and radio, and is a recording artist with her own label. Michelle composes a wide range of styles, including classical to country, hip-hop grooves to new age, funk and rock to electronic, and avant-garde. Dylan Fa’atui Actor and community worker Dylan is an actor, community support worker, youth facilitator and an offerer of words. He writes in the hopes that his words find home where they're needed. In his writing he explores his journey with grief, his connection to Sāmoa and what he believes is his version of Fa'asāmoa. He is currently working as a Kaiārahi in Whānau Ora Social Services at Kokiri Marae, working alongside rangatahi in need of support to intervene in youth offending and providing wraparound support and services to whānau to help reduce harm in our communities. Aische Arawelo (they/she) Dancer & educationalist Aische is Ethiopian born who has whakapapa to Yemen and Somalia. They have just graduated in 2025 with a BA in Educational Psychology (VUW). For the past few years Aische has working at a nature school Bush Sprouts to support access to te taiao with children. Movement and dance are important for Aische and they are exploring story telling through contemporary dance and poetry. Aische is a member of the Refugee Youth Council. Eru Moriarty Year 6 student & performer Eru Moriarty is ten years old and goes to Titahi Bay School. She lives between her mum’s whare in Porirua, and Dad’s in Whanganui. Eru was born in Ōtepoti, where she spent the first 6 years of her life, before moving to Wellington - returning to her tūrangawaewae 4 years ago. Eru loves to create, draw, write, act, compose songs, and sing. Eru enjoys poetry as a way to express herself and the many thoughts flowing and bursting through her brain and heart. Heather Came (MNZM) Tangata Tiriti, activist scholar, and crafter. (Doctor of Philosophy (Management), Waikato University) Dr Heather Came is a seventh generation Pākehā New Zealander who grew up on Ngātiwai land. She has worked for 30 years in health promotion and/or public health and has a long involvement in social justice activism. Heather is a founding member and co-chair of STIR: Stop Institutional Racism, and affiliated to Tāmaki Tiriti Workers. In 2023 she set up Heather Came & Associates, a consultancy specialising in pursuing racial justice. She has prepared expert evidence for the WAI 2575 health kaupapa Waitangi Tribunal claims and has led shadow reports to United Nations human rights committees around institutional racism. She is co-convenor of Te Tiriti based futures + Antiracism a series of open-access virtual conferences.​ Heather is an experienced Te Tiriti and antiracism trainer. She previously worked at Auckland University of Technology for eleven years where she won a Vice Chancellor’s Teaching Excellence Award. In 2021 she was joint winner of Kāhui Hauora Tūmatanui Public Health Champion Award for her lifetime contribution to public health. In 2022 Heather was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for her services to Māori, education and health. Jim Moriarty MNZM Ngāti Toa, Ngāti Koata, Ngāti Kahungungu, Rangitane, Scots, Italian A veteran television, film and radio actor with nearly 50 years of professional experience, Jim was made a member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2001 for Services to the Arts. In 2011 Jim was recognised by the Wellington City Council for his contribution to Wellington Theatre and his work with youth in the community.​​ ​His stage and screen roles have been many and varied, and include Close to Home (1975-83), Death of The Land (1978), Michael James Manaia (1994), Saving Grace (1997), The Strength of Water (2009), and Mahana (2016). Jim Moriarty is Kaitohu and rangatira of theatre company Te Rākau Hua o Te Wao Tapu. Jim and the company have been creating theatre as a tool for change since 1989. Te Rākau’s upcoming work includes a new play Out The Gate about the cycles of incarceration in Aotearoa, directed by Jim and written by Helen Pearse-Otene. Thanks Richard Bluck, BATS Theatre, Simon Burling-Claridge, Murray Lynch, Heather O’Carroll, Johanna Sanders and a special thanks to my friend Ruby Brunton for their encouragement. I dedicate Revelation Valley to my parents Rosemary and Hamish Maule and thank them for the values of creativity and equity. Lisa additional acknowledgments Karori Library. Victoria University and the smell of hemp lines in the Memorial Theatre and clove cigarettes in the quad. BATS Theatre. Red Mole. Ask That Mountain, Dick Scott. Fresnell. Patt 23. Chris James 136 Pale Lavender. Lee Hatherlie “Remember lovelies, don’t drink drive... it’s a washing powder!” Red Hot Chilli Peppers. Prince. Faith No More. Fat Freddies Drop. Taki Rua Theatre. Tony Burns. Mere Boynton. Colin McColl. Not Broadcast Quality. Te Reo Māori season, Wi Kuki Kaa, Keri Kaa, Tungia Baker, Nancy Brunning. Waiora. Sausages on a fire on the beach at Ōpōtiki. Wine on the beach on the island of Rhodos. Grace Hoete, Rachel House, Helen Pearse-Otene. Tandanya Arts Centre, Adelaide. Hens Teeth, The Big Blue Planet Earth Show. Whatungarongaro. Roma Pōtiki. Henry 8. Maila Urale. Too Tall Talia. Cuba Street warehouse flat. As You Like It, Summer Shakespeare. Guy Boyce, Miranda Harcourt. Ralph Hotere. Jaqueline Fraser. Maureen Lander. Emare Karaka. Wellington Polytech Design School. Vivian Lynne. Dorita Hannah. Tommy Honey. Pearl Jam. William Burroughs. Leila Adu. Jeff Henderson. 1st Floor Underground. Road Works. Jeff Huitt. Alan McShane. Downstage. Circa. The Opera House. The water treatment plant in Wainuiomata. Crow Station. Sally Rodwell, Madeline McNamara. “The story of the tree. What tree? The tree in the swamp, Serowack”. Stereo wars between disenfranchised youth in the hostel in Coventry England. Magdalena Aotearoa. Trick or Treaty. The Tent of the Universe. Stella Chewase. Te Iti Nepia. Dale Ferris. Rapai Te Hau. Te Coasties. The Island Bay Surf Club. Dianne Prince. Mark McEntyre. Awhi Tapu. Irirangi Bay. Pukeko Tuawhā. Haruru Mai. Home Fires. True. Paul Jendon, Fairy Stories. The Maidment. Ka Mate Ka Ora. 1981. Jim Moriarty. Capital E. Peter Wilson. Nathaniel Lees, Oscar Kightly, Think of a Garden. Sunshine Kindy. Kelburn Playcentre. A CBD Creche. Bert Van Dyke and exploring archetypes with luminaires. Helen Todd. Tanemahuta Grey. Future Fame. Cat Ruka. Anne McCaffery. Georgina Heyer. Modesty Blaise. Raymond Feist. Katniss Evergreen. Sounding Theatre. The Undertow. Waka Attewell. Nina Nawalowalo. White Guitar. Bloomsbury Women and the Wild Colonial Girl. Anahera. Shel We. The Swing. Cara-Louise Waretini, Aneta Pond, The Blackbox Level D. Et al.