E Tipu e Rea - Variations on a Theme

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E Tipu e Rea - Variations on a Theme

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In a nod to his theatre training, Whale Rider actor Rawiri Paratene (then better known as a presenter on Play School) unveils three stories to a marae audience. A bored schoolboy (Faifua Amiga) banters with a sarcastic teacher; a musical number features a prostitute (Rena Owen) and her client; and a young girl and her grandfather prepare and wait for the body of her father at the pā. This was the first screen drama directed by Don Selwyn, who argued "what Rawiri is saying in his script is tha...

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1989

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māori drama / school / marae / maths / colonialism / prostitution / learning / musical / fire / grandfather / death / theme / education / māori culture / tradition / hillary college / whirinaki

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