Telling New Zealand Stories
AC Productions documentary 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 yarns and learning new weaving techniques. The Qashqai are... Continue Reading →
- See: YouTube Updates Anna Cottrell raised funds on Indiegogo.com, an American crowd funding site, to take Terefe Ejigu's mother Mulu to her son's graduation in the States. Terefe left Ethiopia when he was 13 to join his refugee mother in Wellington, New Zealand. He hadn’t seen her for almost 10 years. He spoke limited English when he enrolled... Continue Reading →
Food is the entree! The Migrating Kitchen Trust celebrates cultural diversity. After the first Migrating Kitchen exhibition at Pataka Museum of Arts and Cultures in 2007, the curators Jennifer Bush-Daumec and Anna Cottrell set up the trust to celebrate diversity. The Trust’s objectives are: To encourage and provide opportunities for people in Aotearoa New Zealand... Continue Reading →
January 27 2015 - 70 years since the liberation of Auschwitz. Dora Suuring who stars in this DVD is among those gathering at Makara Cemetery. She is now 100 years old. Six Kiwis with personal links to the Holocaust tell their stories. This documentary is screening with the Anne Frank exhibition, which has just opened in... Continue Reading →
A documentary which chronicles the history of the creation of Te Papa Tongarewa - the Museum of New Zealand. "I had the rare privilege of observing hours of fascinating meetings as the process of creating our new national museum unfolded. There were tears, tantrums and moments of joy as our new museum took shape. Subsequently... Continue Reading →
More than just another historical documentary about Gallipoli, Anna Cottrell's film 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 are Turks, Serkan Kacmaz... Continue Reading →
Graeme Dingle completed the 1st circumnavigation of the Arctic Circle in June 1993 "A documentary which follows one of New Zealand's foremost explorers, Graeme Dingle, during his quest to be the first to circumnavigate the Arctic circle. Focuses on the relationships between team members during the expedition." from NZOA Programme Catalogue. "Graeme Dingle is a... Continue Reading →
Like so many countries, New Zealand is a nation of immigrants. Many of these people were driven from their homes by war, famine or oppression. Others came as sojourners always intending to go home. All of them came in search of a new life. Told through a series of emotional and personal stories each documentary... Continue Reading →
Māori and Pacific Great War Stories for Māori Television More than 2000 Māori volunteered for the First World War. They were joined by 460 Pacific Islanders. All were sent overseas as labourers but as the death toll rose among the troops they were called into active service. In 1917 conscription was imposed upon iwi refusing... Continue Reading →
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