2009 Matariki screening programme for Ngati Pikiao
ROYAL VISIT OF THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF CORNWALL AND YORK TO NEW ZEALAND 1901
A fragmentary record of the 1901 royal visit to New Zealand by the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York to thank New Zealanders for their contribution to the Boer War. Scenes of their receptions at Rotorua, the Grand Carnival of the Tribes;
From Ohinemutu the Royal Couple and their party proceeded to Whakarewarewa. Here they were officially met by Te Keepa Te Rangipuawhe, Mita Taupopoki, and other rangatira of Tuhourangi.
Mr Clark, the Government Inspector, was in charge of affairs. Guide Sophia, one of the few survivors of the Tarawera eruption of 1886 conducted the Duchess, while her niece Maggie Papakura, took charge of the Duke.
SIGHTS IN NEW ZEALAND 1906
Taken at a hui at Tamatekapua Marae, Ohinemutu, Rotorua this footage shows groups of Maori men and women performing on a marae.
[THE PRINCE OF WALES AT ROTORUA] 1920
Large group of Maori warriors brandishing their taiaha, perform the haka.
Young woman posing again; groups performing poi; woman wearing a kahukiwi? korowai brandishes a taiaha and performs while group walks off; many other large groups of warriors perform; women perform the single long poi.
HE PITO WHAKAATU I TE HUI I ROTORUA: SCENES AT THE ROTORUA HUI
Maori gather at the Rotorua Racecourse to greet the Prince of Wales. The Dominion Museum party of Best, Anderson and McDonald took the opportunity to be present and record on film the Arawa powhiri to the visiting iwi at the reception camp.
He mea whakaahua nā James McDonald o te whare taonga o Aotearoa i te tau 1920. Filmed by James McDonald of the Dominion Museum in 1920.
FOX MOVIETONE NEWS: NATURE'S FIRELESS COOKER 1930
Editors Note: “Rotorua’s two adjacent pools - one icy cold - the other boiling hot. Maoris catch crayfish in the frigid stream and cook them in the steaming cauldron nature provides alongside.”
MĀORI COUPLE START ON THEIR HONEYMOON 1932
“Friends and relations give native fashion farewell to the newlyweds as they depart on Lake Rotoiti”
HE MAUMAHARATANGA
A compilation of images of the Māori Battalion home and oversees. Includes B Company soldiers. 1945-48 Taken from Ake Ake B Company Remembers
KIWI COUNTRY: PROGRAMME 1 1966
Bill Emery and Sam Gardiner outside Te Rangiunuoro marae, built in 1960 at Gisborne Point. Carved from totara trees buried in the great Tarawera eruption of 1886.
ROTORUA LOOKABOUT 1969
Excerpt from Tamatekapua
HOLLYWOOD COMES TO ROTORUA
Excerpts from the movies
UNDER THE SOUTHERN CROSS / THE DEVIL'S PIT 1928
In February 1928, Universal sent a film crew to NZ to film a "Maori folk drama" the working title was Taranga. Filming began (with the title Taranga) in February 1928 around Rotorua.
THE SEEKERS 1954
Excerpt
Captured by a savage Maori tribe in New Zealand, Phillip Wayne, an English seaman, expects death or torture. Shot around Whakatane, Rotoiti and Tikitere
DON'T LET IT GET YOU 1966
Excerpt with Howard Morrison
RANGI’S CATCH 1973
Excerpt
Two escaped convicts attract the attention of John and Jane Murray and their friends Rangi and Hemi after stealing clothes from the Murray's remote sheep farm.
Temuera Morrison
NGA PUNA: KAHU AND MAIA 1993
Excerpt
Kahu is haunted by the image of Maia, and decides one morning to hitch a ride to where ever, which happens to be the town where Maia and her family live.
Cliff Curtis