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Tangata Whenua - Waikato

Television (Full Length) – 1974

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Ngāti

Landmark drama directed by Barry Barclay

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People of the Waikato

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Groundbreaking magazine series about Te Ao Māori

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Film on the history and preservation of marae

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Early te reo TV drama on the story of Uenuku

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New Zealand Mirror No. 3

A 50s Ngāuruwāhia regatta

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Ngā Morehu - End of An Era (First Episode)

Later interview with a Māori kaumātua

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Short NFU survey of Māoridom from 1981

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Barry Barclay-directed film on Opo the dolphin

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Producer John O'Shea on Tangata Whenua

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Barry Barclay: The Camera on the Shore

Documentary about director Barry Barclay

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The New Zealand Wars 3 - The Invasion of the Waikato (Episode Three)

Preparations for war in the Waikato in the 1860s

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History Man

Documentary on Tangata Whenua writer Michael King

Thumbnail image for Tāhere Tikitiki - The Making of a Māori Canoe

Tāhere Tikitiki - The Making of a Māori Canoe

More on master carver Piri Poutapu at Tūrangawaewae Marae

Thumbnail image for The Māori Today

The Māori Today

1960 NFU film on the Māori world from a Pākehā viewpoint

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50 Years of New Zealand Television: 7 - Taonga TV

Tangata Whenua is discussed here

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People of the Waikato

Includes footage of Tūrangawaewae Marae

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Waka Huia - First Episode

Groundbreaking magazine series about Te Ao Māori

Thumbnail image for The Governor 5 - The Lame Seagull (Episode Five)

The Governor 5 - The Lame Seagull (Episode Five)

Waikato war episode of another legendary 1970s show

Thumbnail image for Journeys in National Parks: Te Urewera

Journeys in National Parks: Te Urewera

Also directed by Barry Barclay

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Te Marae - A Journey of Discovery

Film on the history and preservation of marae

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Uenuku

Early te reo TV drama on the story of Uenuku

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New Zealand Mirror No. 3

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Acclaimed series on the New Zealand Wars

Thumbnail image for Ngā Morehu - End of An Era (First Episode)

Ngā Morehu - End of An Era (First Episode)

Later interview with a Māori kaumātua

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Māori

Short NFU survey of Māoridom from 1981

Thumbnail image for Survey - The Town that Lost a Miracle

Survey - The Town that Lost a Miracle

Barry Barclay-directed film on Opo the dolphin

Thumbnail image for Women in Power - Indira Gandhi

Women in Power - Indira Gandhi

Also directed by Barry Barclay

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Ashes

Directed by Barry Barclay in the same period

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The Neglected Miracle

Barry Barclay used similar filming techniques on this

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Pioneer Women - Princess Te Puea

A dramatised documentary on Princess Te Puea

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50 Years of New Zealand Television: 2 - The Whole World's Watching

This episode appears in this documentary about protest

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Whare Taonga - First Episode

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Marae - John O'Shea on Tangata Whenua

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