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Let My Whakapapa Speak

Television (Full Length) – 2008

2009 FIFO Pacific Documentary Festival (Tahiti)
Nominated for Best Documentary

2008 Qantas Film and Television Awards (New Zealand)
Nominated for: Best Māori Language Programme

Festivals include
2011 SWAIA Native Cinema Showcase, 2008 imagineNATIVE (Canada)

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