Adventures in Māoriland - Alexander Markey and the Making of Hei Tiki

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Adventures in Māoriland - Alexander Markey and the Making of Hei Tiki

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After being fired from film Under the Southern Cross in the late 1920s, American director Alexander Markey returned to New Zealand to make Hei Tiki. After a rocky shoot, mostly around Taupō, he departed Aotearoa, leaving badwill and fears he'd stolen precious taonga. Inspired partly by Māori legend, Hei Tiki quickly sank on its release in 1935, caught between the days of silents and the new era of talkies. This documentary features Hei Tiki clips and interviews with cast and crew — including ...

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Video

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1985

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https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/hei-tiki-adventures-in-maoriland-1985

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māori / film history / cultural exploitation / māori legends / hei tiki / making of / ngati tuwharetoa / ngāti tuwharetoa / marky films / lake taupo / william teheuheu / alfred grace / taupo / universal studios / markey films / 30s / thirties / alexander markey / zoe varney / alfred hill / universal pictures / hoani teheuheu / hei tiki - a saga of the maoris / hei tiki: a saga of the maoris / taupō / lake taupō / rotorua / 1920s / tourism / government promotional films / māori-pakeha relations / geothermal / hot pools / romanticism / european gaze / news reels / nz film industry / quack / cure for cancer / abrams / scientific american / lou collins / princess te puea / waikato / tainui / hoani te heu heu / judge aitcheson / maori land court / william te heu heu grace / under the southern cross / margaret goulding / spearing fish / john murray / whanganui / te atihaunui-a-paparangi / nepia nikorima / extras / investors / adaptation / narration / memories / shoot / film shoot / recreated pa / letters / omori / pig hunting / jimmy eru / fire / bonfire / lack of pay / piupiu / location / ka mate / waka / abuse / lack of respect / tuhoe / turangi / money worries / dr duncan / taonga / fight / artefacts / missing artefacts / disrespect / hollywood ending / cultural appropriation / tokaanu / poukawa / the talkies / sound / bad timing / silent films / street photography / ngawara kereti / idyll / island idyll / myth making / primitive passions / apirana ngata / tũhoe / māori land court / āpirana ngata / tūhoe / rca / ben biddle / waihi / henry hope-cross / te puea herangi / ngāwera kereti / devil's pit / the devil's pit / taranga / silent movies / talkies

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