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Lost in Translation 1 - The Beginnings (First Episode)
Television (Full Length Episode) – 2009
In this 10-part series, comedian Mike King retraces the journey of the nine sheets of the Treaty of Waitangi. The opening episode looks both back and forward: King offers a preview of his travels, while describing how much his longtime "dream project" changed on its path to the screen. His original idea of playing up the comedy met resistance. King expresses regret over his treaty ignorance and lack of te reo, and makes an emotional return home to learn about his link to the treaty, via his tīpuna. After the show debuted in 2009, The Dominion Post critic Linda Burgess called it "dignified, conciliatory, informative".
I can’t wait to meet all New Zealanders up at Waitangi, and for them to say to me we’re here because our opinion of this wonderful document has changed.– Mike King on his hopes for the show
Key Cast & Crew
See all 18 credits
Produced by
Ponsonby Productions
Source
Ponsonby Productions
Acknowledgements
Made with funding from NZ On Air
Music
Theme song 'Ancestors' written by Moana Maniapoto, & performed by Moana and the Tribe
Features songs performed by Moana and the Tribe
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