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Producer Rhonda Kite, who runs company Kiwa Digital, has worked on television, film, and interactive book projects. Kite began with award-winning 1998 documentary Ōtara: Defying the Odds. She also produced anthology series Matakulong-running arts show Kete Aronui and documentary Squeegee Bandit

In this ScreenTalk interview, Kite talks about:

  • Learning how to produce on her first documentary Ōtara: Defying the Odds
  • Wanting to tell her own "truth" in the documentary
  • The trials and triumphs of a Māori woman in business in Hell for Leather
  • Pushing the boundaries in Chinks, Coconuts and Curry-munchers
  • Telling real yet spooky stories in anthology series Mataku
  • Discovering the power of drama from other cultures
  • The absolute joy of making arts series Kete Aronui
  • Being inspired and saddened by the story behind Squeegee Bandit
  • An emotional moment for Sándor Lau, the director of the documentary

Interview Credit

Interview, Camera and Editing – Andrew Whiteside
“My one directive to my directors is that I would say ‘I don’t want to know upfront their whakapapa, I don’t want to know the tribe that they come from. I want them to show me.’”
Rhonda Kite on Kete Aronui, a series showcasing Māori artists

Copyright

This video was first uploaded on 02 February 2014, and is available under this Creative Commons licence. This licence is limited to use of ScreenTalk interview footage only and does not apply to any video content and photographs from films, television, music videos, web series and commercials used in the interview.