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Kōrero Mai - Series Five, Episode One
Television (Full Length Episode) – 2007
Kōrero Mai used a soap opera (Ākina) as a platform to teach conversational te reo Māori. In this fifth season opening episode, Tini (Stephanie Martin) and Quinn (Kawariki Morgan) deal with the aftermath of the previous season's climactic car crash. Presenter Piripi Taylor introduces phrases like 'Ana e tā' (yeah man!). This season of the award-winning Māori TV show had 120 episodes, screening from Monday to Wednesday, then repeated. The directors are actors Rawiri Paratene (Whale Rider) and Rachel House (Hunt for the Wilderpeople), and cinematographer Simon Raby.
People build a rapport with the characters and they get so hooked into the drama that they don’t realise they are learning.– Mātai Smith, in a December 2011 press release about the show
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Music composed by Relentless Productions
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