Ngā Morehu - End of An Era (First Episode)

This series of portraits of Māori kaumatua, by Toby Mills and Moana Maniapoto, won Best Māori Programme at the 2000 NZ TV Awards. In this first episode, Kaa Rakaupai reminisces about catching crayfish with socks; master carver Paki Harrison spurns his family to follow his ambitions; Tawhao 'Bronco' Tioke's grandfather was jailed with prophet Rua Kenana; and Joan Mohi muses on being Pākehā and Māori. The millennial morehu ('survivors') talk of hopes for tamariki, and lament lost traditions — but not the bad old schooldays when they were forbidden to speak te reo. 

We wanted all New Zealanders to catch a glimpse into a Māori world that is unfamiliar to them, a world that is fast disappearing.

– Moana Maniapoto in The NZ Herald, 29 Jan 2000

Key Cast & Crew

Moana Maniapoto

Co-Director, Research

Cameron Feast

Cinematographer

Toby Mills

Co-Director, Producer

Scotty Morrison

Interviewer, Translator

Mike Fraser

Assistant Editor

Nick Carew

Editor, Sound Mix