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In a nod to his theatre training, Whale Rider actor Rawiri Paratene (then best known as a presenter on Play School) scripts three stories to a marae audience. A bored schoolboy's (Faifua Amiga) verbal banter with a sarcastic school teacher; a prostitute's altercation with a client; and a young girl and her grandfather prepare and wait for the body of her father at the pā. It was the first film directed by Don Selwyn; "what Rawiri is saying in his script is that there are lots of things Māori which are left out of the education system."
E tipu, e rea, mō ngā rā o tō ao; ko to ringaringa ki ngā rākau a te Pākehā hei oranga mō tō tinana;
ko tō ngākau ki ngā taonga o ō tïpuna hei tikitiki mō tō māhunga.
Ko tō wairua ki tō Atua, nāna nei ngā mea ...
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Te Manuka Film Trust
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Television, 1977 (Full Length Episode)
Don Selwyn was Maori Advisor and played Wiremu Tamehana in this epic NZ history series
Television, 1989 (Full Length)
Also part of the E Tipu E Rea series - directed by Rawiri Paratene
Film, 1994 (Trailer, Excerpts, and Extras)
Don Selwyn was the casting director for this film
Television, 1977 (Full Length Episode)
Don Selwyn was Maori Advisor and played Wiremu Tamehana in this epic NZ history series
Television, 2005 (Excerpts)
An episode of a travel programme presented by Rawiri Paratene
Television, 1985 (Full Length Episode)
Doco about series producer Larry Parr
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