This 1981 NFU film is a tour of the contemporary world of Aotearoa’s tangata whenua. It won headlines over claims that its portrayal of Māori had been sanitised for overseas viewers. Debate and a recut ensued. Writer Witi Ihimaera felt that mentions of contentious issues (Bastion Point, the land march) in his original script were ignored or elided in the final film, and withdrew from the project. He later told journalists that the controversy showed that educated members of minority groups were no longer prepared to let the majority interpret the minority view.

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On October 14th, 1941, in the rural West Coast town of Kowhitirangi, Stanley Graham is a financially...

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The life story of New Zealander Burt Munro, who spent years building a 1920 Indian motorcycle—a bike...

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Legendary Canadian documentarian Alanis Obomsawin digs into the tangled history of Treaty 9 — the in...
A third generation NZ born Niuean Female surfer, visits her Island of heritage for the first time on...

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A harsh winter in Canada’s Muskoka, where players face sub-zero temperatures, contrasts with New Zea...

In 1966 a group of determined young men defied the New Zealand government and launched a pirate radi...

A place of biological superlatives with a flora and fauna that have only just begun to be researched...
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