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Pounamu - Āpirana Ngata 1874 - 1950
Television (Full Length Episode) – 1990
Ngāti Porou leader, land reformer, politician and scholar Sir Āpirana Ngata (1874-1950) is celebrated in this series about leading Māori figures, produced by TVNZ's Māori Department. Ngata was seemingly ordained for greatness from birth. The first Māori university graduate, he was an MP and a Minister of Native Affairs, and a firm believer that Māori had to live alongside Pākehā and learn from them. Reforms he instituted helped his people retain their lands and language; and he led a cultural renaissance that revitalised action songs, waiata and haka.
It was commonly said at the time, if the Māori had numbered millions instead of thousands, Ngata would have been as great as Gandhi.– Jock McEwan, former secretary of Māori Affairs
Key Cast & Crew
Acknowledgements
Special thanks to Sir Āpirana Ngata's whanau and Ngā Taonga Sound and Vision, for their help with making this title available on NZ On Screen
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