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15 hours ago · Production is now under way in New Zealand on “Marama,” a gothic horror film from Māori writer-director Taratoa Stappard (“Taumanu, Emkhatsini”). Production is taking place around Auckland on New Zealand’s North Island and in the South Island’s Otago region. Set in North Yorkshire, England, in 1859, “Marama” is the story of a young Māori woman’s fight to …
4 days ago · A trip to the Empire above Pae Kawakawa. September 28, 2024 1 comment. by James Barber. Last Sunday my family found ourselves unexpectedly home early from a class noho marae. So we ended up doing a cycling trip to the Empire Cinema in Island Bay to see Encanto Reo Māori. Because the cycleway connection in Berhampore is only half built, we took ...
1 day ago · The film, directed by Coralie Fargeat, echoes philosopher Donna Haraway’s theory of Cyborg feminism, as Elizabeth/Sue are both liberated and bound by this futuristic technology. The Substance becomes intensely grotesque and unnerving as it progresses. Inevitably the adulation that Sue receives for her youthful looks goes to her head, and she ...
2 days ago · Bret McKenzie is the only New Zealander to receive both an Oscar and a Grammy – alongside seven Emmy nominations and a slew of other accolades, including being appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to music and film. The ever-evolving career of McKenzie includes stints in Te Whanganui-a-Tara musical icons The ...
15 hours ago · AFP / DJ Mills. AUCKLAND, New Zealand — New Zealand reclaimed the world record for the largest mass haka after more than 6,000 people performed the legendary Maori war dance, dethroning France ...
4 days ago · This year Te Rākau Hua o Te Wao Tapu celebrate 35 years as Aotearoa New Zealand's longest running independent Māori Theatre Company. Co-founder and celebrated veteran actor Jim Moriarty has worked as its director for all of that time, and joins us on RNZ's Culture 101. While Moriarty might be best known as a screen actor working on many films ...
15 hours ago · In 2023 about 80 per cent of mine workers were locally based Māori (Ngāti Mahuta), and 63 per cent of skilled roles filled by Ngāti Mahuta. Most employees live either permanently or temporarily (during working days) in the nearby Taharoa Village, where TIL owns 75 houses and rents them to employees at a discounted rate.
