Telling New Zealand Stories
150 Niueans were sent from their island home to join the Māori Pioneer Battalion after training in Auckland, during the First World War. 11 November on Armistice Day in London they are being remembered. The Prime Minister The Hon Dalton Tagelagi is there to lay a wreath. See the extraordinary story of Falaoa in our Great War... Continue Reading →
Seven mini documentaries telling personal stories about New Zealanders in the First World War. Streaming now on Māori+ this ANZAC week: https://www.maoriplus.co.nz/show/ww1-shorts-great-war-stories Great War Stories are series of mini documentaries (3-4 minute) telling personal stories about a range of New Zealanders involved in the First World War. AC Productions collaborated with the Alexander Turnbull library, Archives New... Continue Reading →
Anna Cottrell’s film, Children of Gallipoli is streaming now on Māori+ this ANZAC week: https://www.maoriplus.co.nz/movie/children-of-gallipoli Children of Gallipoli not only gives us a Turkish take on the battle, but views the events through intergenerational eyes. The four young people who feature in the film are all direct descendants of soldiers who fought at Gallipoli. Two... Continue Reading →
The Power of Activism. Students overthrow Compulsory Military Training. OHMS! Protest! A Celebration of Resistance, our documentary focuses on the power of activism. The American War in Vietnam was raging. Here the streets were filled with protesting students and peace activists. The protest is brief, bold and effective. Many of us remember that time well.... Continue Reading →
https://www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/shine-on Watch a cast of characters - writers, dancers, artists celebrate what Katherine Mansfield means to them. She lives vibrantly in the hearts and minds of scores of people here and everywhere, although she died more than 100 years ago. She was 34. Shine On Katherine Mansfield, AC Productions’ series of short documentaries, beams into... Continue Reading →
Survivor Stories On 10 April 1968, two storms collided over Wellington causing chaos in the city and disaster at sea. The Wahine hit the rocks near the entrance of Wellington harbour. Fifty-three people died. More than 600 survived. There was no counselling, no victim support. All got on with their lives trying to put aside the... Continue Reading →
Streaming now on Māori+ The Kiwi, The Knight and The Qashqai. The Kiwi in the title is Anna Williams, Oriental rug repairer. The Knight is Sir David Attenborough and the Qashqai are a tribe of nomads in Iran. Wellingtonian Anna Williams is Aotearoa’s only professional rug repairer. She has been to Iran seven times, sitting with Qashqai women in their tents, trading... Continue Reading →
A Celebration of Resistance Our documentary screens on Whakaata Māori . In 1972 students and activists formed OHMS...Organisation to Halt Military Service. Crazy pranks & civil disobedience up and down the country saw Compulsory Military Training kicked for touch. Norman Kirk's incoming Labour government wiped CMT from the statute books. Boot camps were no more.... Continue Reading →
OHMS!…Organisation to Halt Military Service - Our documentary which screened in the Doc Edge Festival 2023, focuses on the power of activism. Students, peace activists & conscious objectors took to the streets to overthrow Compulsory Military Training 50 years ago. The Vietnam war was raging. The streets were full of protesters. One of them, teenager... Continue Reading →
Five series of Great War Stories funded by NZ On Air can be viewed on the Ministry for Culture & Heritage website: www.nzhistory.net.nz/war/great-war-stories Many stories are about individuals not well known outside the families. Click on this image below to take you to five series of mini documentaries. GREAT WAR STORIES funded by NZ On Air - now seen... Continue Reading →
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