Home, Ngā Taonga
Home, Ngā Taonga
Tāku rārangi – My list

VIKINGS OF THE SUNRISE

Rights Information
Year
1977
Reference
F88423
Media type
Moving image
Item unavailable online

This content is for private viewing only. The material may not always be available for supply.
Click for more information on rights and requesting.

Ask about this item

Ask to use material, get more information or tell us about an item

Rights Information
Year
1977
Reference
F88423
Media type
Moving image
Item unavailable online

This content is for private viewing only. The material may not always be available for supply.
Click for more information on rights and requesting.

Place of production
New Zealand/Aotearoa
Categories
Short
Duration
0:49:50
Production company
James Siers Productions, South Pacific Television
Credits
Producer: James Siers
Director: James Siers
Animation: Lindsay Whipp
Camera: Malcolm Nish (aka Swami Hansa)
Camera: James Siers
Camera: Kel Nairn
Camera: Barry Allsop
Editor: Phil Rogers
Camera: Barry Allsop

Documentary that follows James Siers journey from the Gilbert Islands to Fiji in his attempt to show that Polynesians had the technology and know-how to voyage and colonise the Pacific. Built in the village of Taratai in the Gilberts a canoe is built for the journey. The film explains the anthropological hypotheses behind the planned journey and the technology of the Gilbertese canoes. Follows the project from planning, construction, trialing and finally the realisation of the voyage and the team’s arrival in Fiji.