NGA PAIAKA PACIFIC. PACIFIC ROOTS

Year: 1992
Reference: F22864
Media type: Moving image

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Year: 1992
Reference: F22864
Media type: Moving image

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Place of production: New Zealand/Aotearoa
Categories: Actuality
Duration: 0:45:46
Production company: TE HOKIOI FILMS & PUBLISHING LTD
Taonga Māori Collection: Yes
Credits: Produced: Tama Poata
Director : Tama Poata
Scripted: Tama Poata
Camera: Wayne Vinten
Assistant: Norm Evans
Sound: Stephen Upston
Editor: Annie Collins
Interviews: Wi Kuki Kaa
Interviews: Tama Poata
Production Secretary: Keely O’carroll
Art Department: Howard Rossetta
Assistant To Producer: Sylvia Lichtenberg
Assistant To Editor: Samuel Williams
Soundmix: Michael Hedges
Liason: Oliver Tirra
Liason: Te Waka Toi
Assistants To Production: Jack Daniel
Assistants To Production: Gary Nicholls
Assistants To Production: Brian Collinge
Assistants To Production: Etueti Eti
Assistants To Production: Eric Temapo
Assistants To Production: Derek Lardeli
Assistants To Production: Bub Wehi
Assistants To Production: Mana Strickland
Assistants To Production: Mike Taveanui
Assistants To Production: Tano Rivera
Assistants To Production: Steve Feho
Assistants To Production: Ben Nichols
Assistants To Production: Hilda Busby
Assistants To Production: Hugo
Performers: Waka Huia
Performers: Te Ika A Maui Waka Hoea
Performers: Ahurangi
Composer : Irirangi Tiakiawa
Cultural Adviser: Irirangi Tiakiawa
Consultant: Bill Sheat
Cultural Advisers: Pimia Wehi
Cultural Advisers: Jake Puke
Cultural Advisers: Ned Peita
Cultural Advisers: Cliff Whiting
Acknowledgments: Te Runanganui
Acknowledgments: Te Upoko O Te Ika
Acknowledgments: New Zealand Film Commission
Assistants To Production: Mita Mohi

The Māori men and women from the group Waka Huia practice their performance on the island of Rarotonga, in preparation for the 6th Festival of Pacific Arts, held in 1992. Bub Wehi, their tutor, speaks of similarities between the Pacific Islanders and the Māori of Aotearoa. There is much enjoyment and celebration during the evening opening ceremony. Western Samoa, Papua New Guinea, Australian Aboriginals, Torres Strait Islanders, Australia, Māori Aotearoa /NZ are some of the groups attending the festival. The canoe Aurere is in constant contact with the group in the islands, during its voyage from Aotearoa to Rarotonga.