SCIASCIA: EPISODE 01

Year: 2001
Reference: F62074
Media type: Moving image

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Year: 2001
Reference: F62074
Media type: Moving image

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Place of production: New Zealand/Aotearoa
Duration: 0:59:48
Production company: MAUI PRODUCTIONS
Credits: Nicola Sciascia: Heddel Raerino
Reporter: Reuben Collier
Narrator: Reuben Collier
Production Manager: Jo Santamaria
Camera: Richard Curtis
Sound: Heddell Raerino
Sound: Richard Morrison
Italian Driver: Luigi Cuccuresc
Italian Support Crew: Massimo Crocc
Italian Support Crew: Mirko Romano
Italian Support Crew: Renato Crocc
Editors: Trudy Lewis
Editors: Zane Willis
Editors: Leon Kirkbeck
Sound Mix: Zane Willis
Sound Mix: Leon Kirkbeck
Graphics: Trudy Lewis
Graphics: Audio Visual Techniques
Graphics: Eddie Kohi Graphics
Maui Productions Crew: Marci Taiatini
Maui Productions Crew: Tere Tapsell
Maui Productions Crew: Baci
TVNZ Maori Programmes: Whai Ngata (Ngāti Porou)
TVNZ Programme Commissioner: Carolyn Meng-Yee
Executive Producer: Jo Santamaria
Director: Reuben Collier
Producer: Reuben Collier
Producer: Jo Santamaria

Follows the story of how a name on a tombstone ‘Nicola Sciascia 1840 - 1898’ led to a Maori family’s successful search for relatives on the other side of the world - in Italy. Piri Sciascia is accompanied by his son Makere Sciascia and daughter Ana Sciascia on this pilgrimage.

“One of the earliest Italian immigrants was Nicolas Sciascia, who became a lighthouse keeper at Māhia Peninsula. He married a Māori woman, Riria McGregor, and together they had 11 children. Nicolas died in 1893 on Portland Island, off the peninsula, and his descendants, who number over 2,000, meet every few years to commemorate his life and legacy.” Te Ara: The Encyclopaedia of NZ