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Tangata Whenua was a groundbreaking six part documentary series that first screened in 1974. Historian Michael King was scriptwriter, interviewer and narrator. Each episode (remarkably screening in primetime on Sunday nights) chronicled a different iwi and included interviews with kaumatua - a first for NZ screens. This full-length episode looks at the people of Waikato, and focuses on the Kingitanga (King Movement), illustrating why a movement formed in the Waikato in the 19th century to halt land sales and promote Māori authority has contemporary relevance.
Over six Sunday evenings in November and December 1974, New Zealand television screens became (primetime) windows into a Māori world still very foreign to many New Zealanders. About a million viewers watched Tangata Whenua, the six-part ...
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Really really AWESOME...I'd never thought we ever watch something like this on net. My whanau enjoy it, good old times and memories.
Love to see more great selection. Do you have any clipping of Taupo, Putaruru or Turangi can watch?
Ka pai ehoa
Kia ora Tutara: unfortunately no episodes from the Tangata Whenua series are available for sale. FYI we're currently working on getting rights clearances to show further episodes of the important series on NZ On Screen. It's a lengthy but worthy mission; we will keep you posted.
I enjoyed watching the video.I would like to purchase a copy.
Ka rawe ke hoki te whakaaturanga nei. E piranga ana au te hoko mai i tetehi CD maku me ka taea.
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Posted at 09.01AM - 01.03.2012
Tena Koe, Ka koa nei taku ngakau ko kite au enei oku Tuupuna nga Maatua mai Te Pua O Waikato, ko Te Marae o Tauranganui. Ka tino tawhito enei hotaka, ko kite au nga mahi o ratou maa, ko te nga wari te ahua o raatou maa. Ka titiro au enei nga tikanga kei wainganui kia ratou, kahore au e kitea te riri me te tino irunga tenei hotaka. Te nuinga onga Tuupuna irunga tenei hotaka, he Tuupuna noa atu. Ko mate katoa ngetehi o ratou. Ka tuku mihi ka koutou te Hotaka o Aotearoa mo enei taonga, te painga o tatou katoa. Nga mamankitanga kei irunga kia koutou, Paimarire.