REDISCOVERING THE LOST SONGS OF SIR APIRANA NGATA

Scholar, author, farmer, churchman, developer of Māori farming, builder of meeting houses, first Māori university graduate, father of the Māori Battalion, supporter of Māori sport, promoter of the Māori cultural revival, teacher, promoter of Māori broadcasting, developer of Māori education, fundraiser, Ngāti Porou rangatira, member of parliament, cabinet minister and creator of the action song. Sir Apirana Ngata is remembered in song. This documentary captures what takes place when a group of elderly ex-students and descendants of Apirana Ngata gather at Ruatoria. - MTS

Kaikōrero:
Henare Te Ua; Māori Language Consultant (Ngāti Porou, Ngā Potiki, Te Whānau-a-Kai o Te Aitanga-a-Mahaki; Ngāti Ruapani, Te Whānau-a-Tarāwaho, Ngāi Tuhoe, Te Arawa)
Mate Kaiwai (Ngāti Porou, Te Whānau ā Apanui) Tamāhine a Apirana Ngata
Peggy Kaua (Ngāti Porou) Tohunga mahi kapahaka

Ngā Tāngata e kitea ana:
Tā Apirana Turupa Ngata (Ngāti Porou, Te Whānau ā Apanui), Apirana Mahuika (Ngāti Porou), Herewini Parata (Ngāti Porou, Ngāi Tahu), Te Rau Kupenga (Ngāti Porou), Herewini Ngata (Ngāti Porou, Te Whānau ā Apanui), , Lady Lorna Rora Ngata (Te Ati Haunui ā Pāpārangi, Ngāti Hauiti, Ngāti Apa, Muaupoko), Lady Arihia Ngata (Ngāti Porou), Makarini Ngata (Ngāti Porou, Te Whānau ā Apanui), Ropata Wahawaha Ngāti Porou)

Ngā Waahi e Kitea ana:
Porourangi Marae, Waiomatatini, Manutahi School (Ngata College), Tikitiki, Rangitukia, Waiapu, Ruatoria, Whakarua Park, Hikurangi.

Ngā Ingoa e Whakahuatia ana:

Tāngata: Tūterangiwhiu (Ngāti Porou), Te iwi o Niue, Te iwi o Tonga, Kahungunu, Wiwī, Te Moananui a Kiwa Ngarimu, Ngāti Rangi, Huinga Kohere (Ngāti Porou), Ngārangi Kohere (Ngāti Porou)

Waahi: Karopiri, Reporua,