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Host of weekday kids' programme After School, Olly Ohlson, was the first Māori presenter to anchor his own children's show, and his catchphrase (with accompanying sign language) "Keep cool till after school" is remembered by a generation of Kiwi kids. The show also broke ground in its use of te reo Māori on screen. This episode sees a game of Maorimind (a te reo test based on Mastermind) and the building of a road-sign for the longest place name in New Zealand - a 85-letter te reo gobstopper that Olly rolls out with aplomb: Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateatu... etc. 

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A perspective by Annie Simon 15.08.2008

After School was a links programme for children on weekday afternoons, hosted by Olly Ohlson.  It linked local programmes such as Video Dispatch and W3 as well as ...

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 Potaua

Potaua

great video!! we used to all run home to watch olly and chic littlewood, that scary fulla count homogenised, danger mouse, the smurfs and fang face. love them days>

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