Kaitangata Twitch - First Episode

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Kaitangata Twitch - First Episode

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This multi award-winning series follows 12-year-old Meredith, who sees eerie visions as a Governors Bay island is drilled for mining. The Māori Television series was adapted from a Margaret Mahy novel by longtime collaborator Yvonne Mackay. Mahy makes a rainbow-wigged cameo in this episode where the locals protest a subdivision, and Meredith apprehends the island's 'twitch'. Newcomer Te Waimarie Kessell stars, with Charles Mesure and George Henare. The mix of the Māori concept of wairua with ...

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2010

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http://www.nzonscreen.com/title/kaitangata-twitch-episode-one-2010

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motu / tapu / tohu / pigeon / keruru / ahi kaa / cannibal / real estate / subdivision / kayak / shellfish / tikanga / te reo / waka / outrigger / kids / childrens / wairua / christchurch / governors bay / island / maori / nz on air / new zealand on air

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