Writer's Room

Rotorua: Finding a Maori Voice, Preparing for the Digital Revolution

calendar EVENT: 2 MAY 2009

Taua

Taua

Nga Aho Whakaari in association with Script to Screen & the Magma Film Festival presents this one hour discussion incorporating conversation with the audience.

Nga Aho Whakaari Executive Director, Pita Turei and screenwriter Kathryn Akuhata-Brown (Taonga, Irikura) facilitate a discussion on defining and shaping Maori voice in film and television.

Using excerpts from Tikidub’s Tangaroa, Te Arepa Kahi’s Taua, and the pilot of 4 Winds Production’s new soap drama series for Maori Television, Waimarie, Pita and Kath with talk about how these productions use the medium to express a voice unique to Maori.  

Rotorua

Saturday 2 May, 2pm, Shambles Theatre, 8 Amohau St