Tracking Shots
Close Ups on NZ Film History
He Whakaatauranga Maori
I te tau 1980 i timatahia te whakaari Maori Koha i te pouaka whakaata. Katahi ano i te tau 1983 ka puta mai te whakaari Maori hou ko Te Karere, he panui noa atu e pa ana ki nga Iwi Maori katoa. Ko te roopu Te Manu Aute i whakaturia i te tau 1986. Ko te putake o te roopu huinga nei kia whakatopuhia e nga pumahi Maori i te whakaaturanga, a, kia whakahau ano hoki i nga pumahi (actors, crew), i nga kaitukuata (directors, producers), me nga kaituhi korero (writers) kia hangai ki te kaupapa Maori i te whakaaturanga o Aotearoa. Na reira me penei te putanga mai o nga tukuata Maori; Patu! (1983), Utu (1983), Ngati (1987), Mauri (1988), Te Rua (1991) and Once Were Warriors (1994).
“There was little on television that we could take to our hearts,” summed up Patricia Grace. Maori putting their own images on film and television has been painfully slow.
Koha started on television in 1980 and by 1983 Te Karere was broadcasting four minutes of Maori language news each night. Yet by 1989 only 5 percent of local content was of special interest to Maori viewers.
Te Manu Aute, a collective of Maori communicators, was set up in 1986 and Maori made an important contribution to the growing film industry as actors, crew, directors and writers. Productions like Patu! (1983), Utu (1983), Kingpin (1985), Ngati (1987), Mauri (1988), Te Rua (1991) and Once Were Warriors (1994) gave New Zealand film a unique perspective.
The Maori Television Service Act in May 2003 was the culmination of years of effort by Maori to establish a Maori-run television station and, on 28 March 2004 Whakaata Maori / Maori Television was launched. Charged to promote te reo Maori and tikanga Maori through high quality local programming, the station has exceeded beyond expectation.
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