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Tainui Stephens

Producer, Director, Presenter [Te Rarawa]

Whina

2022, Producer - Film

Making New Zealand - Broadcasting

2019, Subject - Television

NZ On Air 30th Birthday - The New Zealand Wars

2019, Director - The NZ Wars - Web

The Gravedigger of Kapu

2018, Producer - Short Film

My Party Song

2018, Director, Writer, Producer - Television

My Party Song - First Episode

2017, Producer, Co-Director, Writer - Television

Hautoa Mā! The Rise of Māori Cinema

2016, Writer, Producer, Subject, Sound Recordist - Television

Aotearoa

2016 - 2018, Presenter, Co-Producer - Television

The Dead Lands

2014, Co-Producer - Film

Hitler and the Gumdiggers

2014, Director, Writer, Presenter - Television

My Country Song

2013 - 2015, Director, Producer - Television

It's in the Bag - Masterton (Series Five, Episode 12)

2013, Outside Broadcast Director, Narrator - Television

It's in the Bag - Ohakune (Series Five, Episode Three)

2013, Outside Broadcast Director - Television

The Prophets

2013, Director, Writer - Television

The Prophets - Episode Two

2013, Director - Television

The Prophets - First Episode

2013, Writer, Director - Television

Requiem for Charlie

2012, Director, Writer - Television

It's in the Bag - Opunake (Series Four, Episode Six)

2012, Outside Broadcast Director, Narrator - Television

It's in the Bag - Waimamaku (Series Four, Episode Four)

2012, Outside Broadcast Director, Narrator - Television

Letters - Kotahi Te Ra

2010, Presenter, Writer - Television

50 Years of New Zealand Television: 7 - Taonga TV

2010, Director, Narrator - Television

The Scotsman and the Māori

2010, Associate Producer - Television

It's in the Bag (Māori Television)

2011 - 2013, Director, Executive Producer - Television

Skin to Skin

2009, Subject - Television

The Strength of Water

2009, Associate Producer - Film

The Lawnmower Men of Kapu

2008, Producer - Short Film

Let My Whakapapa Speak

2008, Director, Writer - Television

Rain of the Children

2008, Producer - Film

Mai Time - Final Episode

2007, Subject - Television

Bub and Nen

2007, Director - Television

Waitangi Day Coverage - Māori Television

2006 - ongoing, Producer, Presenter, Writer - Television

Hunting Aotearoa

2005 - 2007, Executive Producer - Television

River Queen

2005, Co-Producer - Film

He Whare Kōrero

2004, Director, Writer - Television

He Raranga Kōrero

2004 - 2005, Presenter, Interviewer - Television

Monte Cassino - 60 Years On

2004, Executive Producer - Television

Our New Zealand

2003, Narrator - Television

Tanim

2003, Narrator - Short Film

The Last Laugh

2002, Te Kai Urungi - Television

The Hill

2002, Director - Short Film

The Sir Howard Morrison Story

2002, Kai Urungi - Television

Von Tempsky's Ghost

2002, Māori Advisor - Television

Captain's Log

2001, Kai Hautu - Television

Her Daughter's Voice

2000, Narrator - Television

Stepping Out

2000, Narrator - Television

Mai FM - It's Cool to Kōrero

1999, Presenter - Television

The Family

1999, Executive Producer - Television

Mai Time - Bloopers 1998

1998, Executive Producer - Television

Rangatira: Merata Mita - Making Waves

1998, Executive Producer - Television

The New Zealand Wars

1998, Director - Television

Rangatira: Pita Sharples

1997, Narrator - Television

Tikitiki

2004, Director - Television

Rangatira - He Whiringa Kōrero

1997, Director, Producer - Television

Icon in B Minor

1996, Director, Producer - Television

Mai Time

1994 - 2000, Producer, Executive Producer - Television

Marae - The Utterly Confused Person's Guide to Biculturalism

1993, Director, Writer, Producer - Television

Marae - John O'Shea on Tangata Whenua

1993, Executive Producer - Television

Referendum '92 - A Voter's Guide

1992, Presenter, Producer

Marae

1992 - 1997, Director, Producer, Executive Producer, Presenter, Reporter - Television

The Black Singlet Legacy

1992, Producer, Writer, Producer - Television

Waitangi Day Coverage (TVNZ)

1990, Director - Television

Te Whaea - Mother of Change

1990, Narrator - Television

Māori Battalion - March to Victory

1990, Director, Writer, Producer - Television

When the Haka Became Boogie

1990, Director, Producer, Producer - Television

When the Haka Became Boogie - The Showbands (Episode Two)

1990, Director, Producer - Television

When the Haka Became Boogie - The Singers (Episode Five)

1990, Director, Producer - Television

Koha - 10 Years of Koha (Final)

1989, Director, Writer - Television

Rere Ki Uta, Rere Ki Tai (The Journey)

1988, Director, Writer - Short Film

He Raranga Kōrero - Revival of the Moriori

1988, Presenter - Television

Ka Tū te Ihi

1988, Director - Television

The Closing of Te Māori

1988, Outside Broadcast Director - Television

Why Stay Hooe Friday Nite?

1988, Director, Producer - Television

Te Kōhanga Reo

1987, Director, Producer - Television

Te Kupenga

1987, Director, Producer - Television

Waka Huia - Hirini Melbourne & Te Puka a Maui

1987, Studio Director - Television

Waka Huia - First Episode

1987, Studio Director - Television

Te Reo

1984 - 1985, Narrator, Actor - Television

Koha - Raupatu, The Loss of Land

1984, Reporter - Television

Weekend

1986 , Director - Television

Koha

1984 - 1988, Research, Director, Producer, Writer - Television

Kaleidoscope

1985, Director, Reporter - Television