Let My Whakapapa Speak

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Title

Let My Whakapapa Speak

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NZ On Screen

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Description

This documentary tells the 25-year history of Kōhanga Reo, through the influential figure of Iritana Tāwhiwhirangi (a finalist for 2014 New Zealander of the Year). Kōhanga Reo is a world-leading educational movement which revitalised Māori language, “by giving it back to the children”. Unafraid to touch on controversy, director Tainui Stephens journeys from a time when students were punished for speaking Māori, to a world where they can have ‘total immersion’ schooling in te reo. The Qantas A...

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Video

Date created

2008

URL

http://www.nzonscreen.com/title/let-my-whakapapa-speak-2008

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te reo / ngati porou / maori language / corporal punishment / cane / the strap / tamiti reedy / hina luke / tariana turia / whakapapa / mythology / east coast / apirana ngata / wharekahika / sylvia ashton-warner / biculturalism / bi-cultural / waiwhetu marae / kara puketapu / maori affairs department / winston peters / cathy dewes / te rangihau / henrietta maxwell / tilly reedy / tuwhangai / james henare / philip marshall / eric moses / maori queen / te arikinui dame te atairangikaahu / te pataka ohanga / kohānga reo / nz on air / new zealand on air / iritana te rangi tawhiwhirangi / 2008 / 2000s / ngāti porou / ancestry / rangi keelan / tāmati reedy / iritana tāwhiwhirangi / tūwhakairiora / pātangata / roots / childhood / pine taiapa / carving / culture / history / familial links / identity / māori elders / āpirana ngata / hukarere / queen victoria / te aute / st stephens / world war ii / world war 2 / world war two / māori battalion / father of the battalion / waiomatatini / learning / education / school / hukarere girls school / te aute college / st stephens college / queen victoria school / marriage / irirangi thatcher / porourangi tāwhiwhirangi / dairy industry / māori exodus / ōtara / wainuiomata / urban drift / urbanisation / wellington / waiwehtū / lower hutt / walter nash / waiwhetū marae / wikitoria puketapu / īhāia puketapu / arohanui ki te tangata / goodwill to all men / papakainga / multi-cultural / politics / politicians / monocultural / monolingual / hana jackson / syd jackson / dun mihaka / duncan macintyre / government inquiry / tūtangata / māoridom / hui whakatauira / hēnare tūwhāngai / waiwhetū / wikitōria rātu / te kōhanga reo / muldoon / robert muldoon / koro wetere / tautoko ratu / uenuku fairhall / king tūheitia / kīngitanga / hēni kātipa / rena ngātaki / mary moses / mātauranga māori / whānau / aroha / trevor mallard / murray mccully / national movement

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