Rhonda Kite: Telling great Māori stories…

Producer Rhonda Kite, who runs Kiwa Media Group, has worked on television, film, and interactive book projects. Her first production was award-winning 1998 documentary Otara: Defying the Odds. She also produced the controversial Chinks, Coconuts and Curry-munchers and, on the big screen, Squeegee Bandit. Kite produced anthology series Mataku and  long-running arts show Kete Aronui. Kiwa Media Group has also pioneered a process of dubbing films into other languages. 

In this ScreenTalk, Kite talks about:

• Learning how to produce on her first documentary Otara: Defying the Odds
• Wanting to tell her own 'truth' in the documentary
• The trials and triumphs of a Māori woman in business in Hell for Leather
• Pushing the boundaries in Chinks, Coconuts and Curry-munchers
• Telling real yet spooky stories in series Mataku
• Discovering the power of drama from other cultures
• The absolute joy of making arts series Kete Aronui
• Being inspired and saddened by the story behind Squeegee Bandit
• An emotional moment for Sándor Lau, the director of the documentary

This video was first uploaded on 3 February 2014, and is available under this Creative Commons licence. This licence is limited to use of ScreenTalk interview footage only and does not apply to any video content and photographs from films, television, music videos, web series and commercials used in the interview.

Interview, Camera and Editing – Andrew Whiteside