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For Art's Sake - Waiora
Television (Full Length) – 1996
Arts magazine series For Art's Sake screened on TV One for two hours on Sunday mornings for 22 weeks in 1996. This segment features the acclaimed Hone Kouka play Waiora - The Homeland, about a Māori family struggling to deal with their move from traditional rural ways to city life in 1960s New Zealand. The item includes excerpts from the play, and interviews with playwright Kouka, director Murray Lynch, and cast members Rawiri Paratene, Nancy Brunning and Mick Rose. The play and this story feature both English and te reo Māori.
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Produced by
Pinnacle Productions
Acknowledgements
Made with funding from NZ On Air.
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