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Marae - John O'Shea on Tangata Whenua

Marae - John O'Shea on Tangata Whenua
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Marae - John O'Shea on Tangata Whenua
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In this excerpt from Marae, Elle Hughes interviews John O'Shea about producing groundbreaking documentary series Tangata Whenua. Prior to its 1974 screening in primetime — significant, in a time of single channel TV — Māori "lacked a voice" on the Pākehā medium of television. O'Shea says the aim was "a better understanding. We wanted to listen to what the Māori people said". Tangata Whenua captured interviews with kaumatua from different iwi for posterity, and increased Pākehā understanding o...

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1993
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https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/marae-john-oshea-on-tangata-whenua-1993
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tainui awhiro / eva rickard / spirits and the time will teach / film making / tangata whenua / john o'shea / elle hughes / tini molyneux / raglan / bill parker / john rangihau / ormond family / tā moko / tohunga / michael king / barry barclay / marae / pakeha nz / 1970 / henare ngata / tahu shankland

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