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Te Matakite o Aotearoa - The Māori Land March

1975 1h 0m Television
  • Documentary
  • Māori
  • Captioned
  • NZ History

“When old and young come together to do this, it shows the strength of their convictions. This film is a detailed chronicle of a key moment in the Māori renaissance: the 1975 land march led by then 79-year-old Whina Cooper. A coalition of Māori groups set out from the Far North for Wellington, opposed to further loss of their land. This early Geoff Steven documentary includes interviews with many on the march, including Eva Rickard, Tama Poata and Whina Cooper. There is stirring evidence of Cooper’s oratory skills. Steven writes about making the film in the backgrounder.

Key Cast & Crew

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Geoff Steven
Director, Writer
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Leon Narbey
Cinematographer
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Gil Scrine
Editor
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Tama Poata
Subject

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