THETA Sexwise

THETA Sexwise The Theatre in Health Education Trust THETA: www.theta.org.nz runs a Sexual Health programme: Sexwise Sexwise is proudly supported by regional funding.

Our interactive theatre-based programmes use a combination of traditional theatre, educational drama, structured role play and decision-making activities to engage students in the exploration of issues relevant to their lives. Sexwise consists of a theatre session and an interactive workshop, and aims to engage students and have them create safer sexual health messages. It is designed to support t

he teaching of the NZ Health Curriculum and to increase students' use of follow up support and services. For our upcoming 2022 tour we are supported by:

Community Trust South
Community Trust Mid & South Canterbury
Rātā Foundation
Toi Foundation

How's this for a community working together for our young people? Our recent visit to Whanake Youth this week has had to...
03/05/2026

How's this for a community working together for our young people?

Our recent visit to Whanake Youth this week has had to be cancelled due to their unforeseen closure, but thanks to violence prevention group RISE and in collaboration with WAA! (Whakatū Arts and Action) we are able to offer a FREE public performance of Sexwise this Wednesday 13th of May at 6pm.

Thank you to Miranda Warner, Karolina Gorton and Alan Proctor-Thompson for working so quickly to provide this alternative opportunity to our young people, and our hearts go out to Lee Ann and the team at Whanake Youth.

We hope you can join us!

Join our friends at Sexual Violence Prevention Ōtautahi for a hikoi this weekend during Sexual Violence Awareness month!...
28/04/2026

Join our friends at Sexual Violence Prevention Ōtautahi for a hikoi this weekend during Sexual Violence Awareness month!

Friday 2nd of May at 1pm in Ōtautahi at The Bridge of Remembrance 🌟🌟🌟

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Te Whanganui-a-Tara you're up next in our public performances for the Sexwise programme. Proudly funded by Te Whatu Ora ...
09/04/2026

Te Whanganui-a-Tara you're up next in our public performances for the Sexwise programme. Proudly funded by Te Whatu Ora 🩵 Join us at for a performance and workshop unpacking sexual health and healthy relationships for rangatahi! This FREE event is open to all young people aged 13+ as well as whānau, caregivers, those in the health and youth sectors 🫂 RSVP to [email protected] and we'll see you Friday 8th of May! 📆

🩵 Introducing our newest board member Isaiah Okeroa 💙 Izy joins us as THETA's new Kaitiaki taking over from our beloved ...
09/04/2026

🩵 Introducing our newest board member Isaiah Okeroa 💙 Izy joins us as THETA's new Kaitiaki taking over from our beloved Wendi Raumati who has retired from the board to spend more time with her whānau after decades of support for THETA. We'll post more about soon Wendi's impact on our kaupapa soon, in the meantime you can learn more about Izy below!

Isaiah Okeroa | Taranaki, Ngāti Ruanui, Waikato ki Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Porou hoki.



I tipu ake ia i Waihōpai, kei Ōtepoti e noho ana inaianei. Kei te mahi ia ki te hōhipera, hei Kaiawhina Māori mō Te Ara Haurora, he wāhi e tūtaki ai te ao kikokiko me te ao wairua. I reira, ka kawea te manaaki, te aroha me te āhuru mōwai ki ngā whānau e noho ana hei Tūroro/Tangata Whaiora. He ringatoi hoki ia, i te tau 2023, kua oti i a ia tāna tāhū paetahi o toi ataata i te taha o te Kura Toi o Ōtepoti. E tū ana ia hei te Kaitiaki Māori o THETA, Nōna te whiwhi, Nōna te waimārie hoki.

Izy is the Kaitiaki Māori for THETA and was born and raised in Invercargill.

He works at Dunedin Public Hospital as a Kaiawhina for Te Ara Hauora - Māori health unit, supporting the cultural safety and well-being of Māori inpatients and staff. Izy is also an artist, having completed his BVA (Honours) at the Dunedin School of Art. His practice spans across moving image, sound, and weaving, and is fuelled by the articulation of his Māoritanga, Takatāpuitanga, and whakapapa.

Our Stakeholders performance down in Ōtepoti was a smash! 💥 Filled with rangatahi, past programme kaimahi, colleagues fr...
08/04/2026

Our Stakeholders performance down in Ōtepoti was a smash! 💥 Filled with rangatahi, past programme kaimahi, colleagues from the youth and theatre sectors and supported by our brilliant board members. 🫂💙 A wonderful evening to showcase our new 2026 programme, and engage in meaningful kōrero around young people, sexual health and the online world 🛜🌐

We have three more public performances in Nelson, Pōneke and Ōtautahi! If you're interested in attending flick us an email at [email protected] and we can send you the details 🩵

Join us for a free public workshop of Sexwise at Fale Eke at 6pm on Wednesday 29th of April 💙 This opportunity is open t...
07/04/2026

Join us for a free public workshop of Sexwise at Fale Eke at 6pm on Wednesday 29th of April 💙 This opportunity is open to all rangatahi, their caregivers, Public Health Nurses and kaimahi in the sexual health sector 🫂

RSVP to [email protected]

🤔 It's not just devising in our 5 weeks of rehearsals in Ōtepoti, our Performer/Facilitators complete courses in Q***r I...
31/03/2026

🤔 It's not just devising in our 5 weeks of rehearsals in Ōtepoti, our Performer/Facilitators complete courses in Q***r Identities, Disclosures from Young People, HIV as well as participate in workshops and guest lectures from Netsafe, RISE (Family Violence Prevention), STI Education Foundation, Southern Sexual Health Services, Moana Vā, Mana Tipua, The Light Project, Decide.org.nz and the Positive Speakers Bureau! 🤯 Now that's a lot of education! 📚🎓

All of this information is so that our programme remains most up to date with rangatahi, sexual health and healthy relationships information, and our facilitators can best answer all the tricky questions! 🌟

There are still spots available in Term 2 for delivery, so if you are an alternative educator, an area school, a high school between 434-569 on the Equity Index or have high populations of Māori or Pasifika students, we might be able to deliver Sexwise to your taiohi for FREE! Get in touch today with [email protected]

Rehearsals have flown by, four weeks of guest speakers, workshops, devising and facilitation training done and we could ...
15/03/2026

Rehearsals have flown by, four weeks of guest speakers, workshops, devising and facilitation training done and we could not be more proud of our team! 🤩

Our facilitators are now at their first deliveries for 2026 visiting Alternative Education centres around Dunedin city, before they head off for a couple of area school deliveries across Balclutha and the Catlins later this week 💙

Join us for another public debut of the annual Sexwise touring programme! This year on Thursday 19th of March at the lov...
04/03/2026

Join us for another public debut of the annual Sexwise touring programme! This year on Thursday 19th of March at the lovely Allen Hall Theatre from 6pm. 💙 Featuring facilitators from around the mōtū, and even a couple of returnees, we are gratefull for such intelligent, empathetic and engaging young performers to support our rangatahi. 🫂

This year's programme is directed by Jake Tupu & Talia-Rae Mavaega, who celebrate their fifth consecutive year as a part of the THETA whānau and managed by Nina Hogg. We extend our thanks to Te Whatu Ora and other regional sponsors for their continued support of our vital sexual health and healthy relationships programme.

If you would like to join us on the evening, simply rsvp to [email protected]! We look forward to seeing you soon 💙🤗💙

20/02/2026

37 tours, all starting right here in Ōtepoti 💙🩵 Sexwise rehearsals week one is completed, so far we've learnt from sexual health legends at Southern Sexual Health, Decide.com and 💪 On top of this our facilitators hold three new certificates in disclosures from young people, rainbow identities and HIV! Hōmai te pakipaki 👏

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