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After School - Māorimind (Episode)

1981 Television
  • Children
  • Māori
  • Game Show
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As host of weekday kids' programme After School, Olly Ohlson, was the first Māori presenter to anchor his own children's show. 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 clip sees co-host Richard Evan and Amber Cunliffe compete in Māorimind (a te reo test based on Mastermind), and build a road sign for the longest place name in New Zealand —a 85-letter te reo gobstopper that Olly rolls out with aplomb: "Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateatu".  

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Jason Gunn gets up to his madcap antics again in his studio on After School.
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After School presenters Jason Gunn and Annie Roach taking a show on the road for Christchurch school children.
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Sissy and Sassy from After School.
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Jason Gunn, Thingy and Annie Roach from After School.
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Olly Ohlson, a presenter from After School.
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Jason Gunn from After School.
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Olly Ohlson (left) and Richard Evans (right) with a giant 'Biddleybob' peeping from behind in After School.
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Jason Gunn in After School.
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