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In this five-part series celebrating New Zealand's National Parks, presenter Peter Hayden travels through some of the country's most awe-inspiring environments. This episode - looking at the unique spiritual relationship between the Tuhoe people and the birds and bush in Te Urewera National Park - was directed by Barry Barclay. Barclay enacted his "fourth cinema" philosophy of indigenous filmmaking: "We elected to tell the contemporary story of the park through their [Tuhoe] eyes". It attracted controversy for its then-exceptional use of te reo.
A stand of Kahikatea sway and creak, their tall buttressed trunks stretching up to the sky. Westland National Park, explains the late Geoff Park (Nga Uruora) in the episode on the park, retains what New Zealand has lost elsewhere – ...
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Television, 1987 (Full Length)
Another episode in the Journeys in National Parks series
Television, 1987 (Full Length)
Another episode in the Journeys in National Parks series
Television, 1987 (Full Length)
Another episode in the Journeys in National Parks series
Television, 1987 (Full Length)
Barclay is featured in this Koha documentary on the Māori film industry
Film, 2008 (Trailer, Excerpts, and Extras)
Another exploration of Tuhoe history
Television, 1984 (Full Length)
More explorations of Te Urewera Forest
Television, 1998 (Excerpts)
Rua Kenana features in this doco