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Ko Hūria me te Kaipuke / Hūria & the Shipwreck

Ko Hūria me te Kaipuke / Hūria & the Shipwreck

Ko Tāne me ngā Kete o te Wānanga / Tāne & the Kete of Knowledge

Ko Tāne me ngā Kete o te Wānanga / Tāne & the Kete of Knowledge

Ko te Whakatau Nui a Willie Apiata / Willie Apiata & the Tough Decision

Ko te Whakatau Nui a Willie Apiata / Willie Apiata & the Tough Decision

Te Whawhai i te Repo / The Battle in the Swamp

Te Whawhai i te Repo / The Battle in the Swamp

Kua Mau i te Hau Tonga / Seized by the Cold South Wind

Kua Mau i te Hau Tonga / Seized by the Cold South Wind

Te Paea me te Waka Wairua / Te Paea & the Ghost Waka

Te Paea me te Waka Wairua / Te Paea & the Ghost Waka

Ko te Pakanga a ngā Manu / Battle of the Birds

Ko te Pakanga a ngā Manu / Battle of the Birds

Ko Tarakiuta rāua ko Tarakitai / The Tale of Tarakiuta & Tarakitai

Ko Tarakiuta rāua ko Tarakitai / The Tale of Tarakiuta & Tarakitai

Ko Hēni me te Pakanga ki Pukehinahina / Hēni & the Battle of Gate Pā

Ko Hēni me te Pakanga ki Pukehinahina / Hēni & the Battle of Gate Pā

Te Ngarohanga o ngā Parirau o te Kiwi / How the Kiwi Lost Its Wings

Te Ngarohanga o ngā Parirau o te Kiwi / How the Kiwi Lost Its Wings

Hinemoa rāua ko Tūtānekai / Hinemoa & Tūtānekai

Hinemoa rāua ko Tūtānekai / Hinemoa & Tūtānekai

Ko te Kaipuke Karihi-kore / The Rainbow Warrior

Ko te Kaipuke Karihi-kore / The Rainbow Warrior

Ko te Kaitaka Whakaora o Ruhia / Ruhia’s Life Saving Cloak

Ko te Kaitaka Whakaora o Ruhia / Ruhia’s Life Saving Cloak

Ko Māui me te Ika Nunui / Māui & the Big Catch

Ko Māui me te Ika Nunui / Māui & the Big Catch

Ko Rata me ngā Tamariki a Tāne / Rata & the Children of Tane

Ko Rata me ngā Tamariki a Tāne / Rata & the Children of Tane

Te Tūtakinga Kino o te Tau 1769 / The Deadly Encounter of 1769

Te Tūtakinga Kino o te Tau 1769 / The Deadly Encounter of 1769

Te Kauranga Nui a Kahe / Kahe’s Epic Swim

Te Kauranga Nui a Kahe / Kahe’s Epic Swim

Ko Kupe me te Wheke Nunui / Kupe & the Giant Wheke

Ko Kupe me te Wheke Nunui / Kupe & the Giant Wheke

He Paki Taonga i a Māui

Television (Full Length Episodes) – 2019

And when Thomas died, the kaitaka was placed over his casket at his funeral. The taonga that had saved him as a child, protected him in death too.
– Māui (Kahukura Royal) on the kaitaka (chiefly cloak) used to save a young Pākehā boy during the 19th century
He gave tūī white feathers — the mark of a coward. He sent pūkeko to the swamp. He took away the nest of pīpīwharauroa so he had to lay his eggs in other birds’ nests.
– Māui (Kahukura Royal) punishes three bird species for not wanting to save the dying forest
It was a horrible and deadly first meeting because of misunderstandings about a different culture.
– Māui (Kahukura Royal) on the first meeting between Pākehā and Māori in Tūranganui-a-Kiwa (Gisborne) in the 1700s
The idea for the series came while I was working on the Rongowhakaata iwi exhibition at Te Papa. Zak Waipara created an animation for the exhibition about the 1769 Cook encounter in Tūranganui-a-Kiwa [Gisborne]. The story was told from the perspective of iwi, which is very different to European accounts ... it made me think about our ‘untold history’ and how best to reveal it.
– Creator David Brechin-Smith on what inspired him to make the series, Te Papa website
We were drawing from history and we were drawing from myth as well — and maybe the place between them.
– He Paki Taonga i a Māui creator David Brechin-Smith