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Māori Television’s award-winning news and current affairs show took its bold name from a colonial government department. This 2017 episode profiles four non-conformists: Mongrel Mob boss Rex Timu’s war on P; Raihania Tipoki's waka protest against East Coast oil surveying; Taranaki mother Tina Tupe's preparations for her own tangi; and globetrotting screenwriter David Seidler. Seidler makes an annual trip to a Tarawera cabin – he has a Kiwi son to a Māori woman – and talks about his Oscar-winning movie The King’s Speech, and his admiration for kapa haka.
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24 March 2011 Rotorua Daily Post article on David Seidler's Rotorua friends
26 Jan 2017 NZ Herald article on Rex Timu's Waitangi Tribunal claim
3 April 2017 Stuff story on Te Matua-a-Maui's protest against oil surveying off the East Coast
19 February 2011 NZ Herald article on David Seidler's relationship with his Kiwi son Marc
25 Sept 2013 Stuff article on traditional Māori burials (kahu whakatere)
