Halba was born in
Milton and attended
Tokomairiro High School before studying at the
University of Otago. Halba studied acting and the teaching of acting at the
Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater in New York City, and is an accredited teacher of the
Meisner Technique. She was a founding member of theatre collectives
Kilimogo Productions and
Wow! Productions Trust. In 2010 she collaborated with Stuart Young to research and create a
verbatim theatre production telling stories of domestic violence.
Recognition Halba won Best Female Performer in the 2012
Dunedin Theatre Awards, and was named Dunedin's best actor of 2003 by the
New Zealand Listener. == Theatre and television work ==