The New Zealand Film Archive and Waitakere City Council presents Nga Mahi a Nga Tupuna

in association with Matariki
13 Old Maori Short Films @ Hoani Waititi Marae (Wharenui)
29th of June @ 7.00pm

Image: Kiri Te Kanawa in Don't Let It Get You (1966)- Pacific Films Collection; New Zealand Film Archive / Nga Kaitiaki O Nga Taonga WhitiahuaThe New Zealand Film Archive and Waitakere City Council presents Nga Mahi a Nga Tupuna

in association with Matariki
13 Old Maori Short Films @ Hoani Waititi Marae (Wharenui)
29th of June @ 7.00pm

Image: Kiri Te Kanawa in Don't Let It Get You (1966)- Pacific Films Collection; New Zealand Film Archive / Nga Kaitiaki O Nga Taonga Whitiahua

Royal Visit Of The Duchess and Duchess of Cornwall and York To New Zealand (excerpts)
Salvation Army Limelight Department Melbourne, 1901, Silent
Excerpts from the oldest surviving moving images of Maori known to exist. Five and a half thousand Maori gather at the Rotorua Racecourse to welcome the royal couple.

Maori War Canoe Race
[1912], Silent
Men's and women's waka racing events taking place on the Waikato River at Turangawaewae, 1912.

Scenes from the Ngaruawahia 1930 Regatta
Whetton, [1912], Silent
The Cathedral Regatta is held annually on the Waikato River for the people of Tainui. Activities include canoe hurdling and waka racing; a paddle steamer moving in towards the edge of the riverbank where hundreds of spectators watch the events; women performing the canoe poi; haka; performance by group on a river barge; and speed boat racing.

Coubray-Tone News: - excerpts
NZ Radio Films, 1929, Sound
On location - filming scenes for the NZ sound production - The Romance of Maoriland. Ted Coubray filmed poi and haka.

Coubray-Tone Tests: - Mangere Mountain Extract
NZ Radio Films, [1929], Sound
In further scenes and tests Pareteuenga Karaka the wife of the MP Mita Karaka performs with the patu. There is also a waiata, Under the Maori Moon, sung by an unidentified group.

Opening Methodist Maori Mission
[193-], Silent
Initially we see scenes of waka on a river, possibly the Waikato. Then Te Puea Hërangi and clergy are escorted from Upper Queen Street to Airedale Street opposite Auckland's Town Hall. A powhiri is performed outside the Maori Methodist Mission House. People line the street and enter building. At Turangawaewae Marae, tangata whenua and manuhiri view the wero and powhiri, for dignitaries and guests arriving on marae.

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New Zealand Soundscenes No.21 - excerpt: 'Two Great Kauris Have Fallen'
Sound Films Productions, 1933, Sound
"Two Great Kauris Have Fallen. Auckland mourns the passing of two aged Maori Chiefs - one of the last links with the city's earliest days": Thousands of mourners attend the tangi for Rangatira Watene Takere and Te Hira Pateoro of Ngati Whatua. The tangi is held in the Te Puru Ö Tamaki meeting house, Okahu Bay.

Maori Hui At Tiki Tiki
Government Publicity Office, 1927, Silent
Governor General Sir Charles Ferguson and his entourage are welcomed onto Te Rahui Marae for a hui (possibly the opening of the St Mary's Memorial Church following relocation). Dignitaries are seated on verandah of Rongomai Aniwaniwa. The haka is led by Sir Apirana Ngata

Weekly Review 112: 'Ruatoria...Ceremony In Honour Of Maori VC'
New Zealand National Film Unit,1943, Sound
At Whatarua Park in Ruatoria, Ngati Porou and Te Whanau-a-Apanui host thousands of manuhiri who have gathered to see Mr and Mrs Hamuera Ngarimu receive the Victoria Cross awarded posthumously to their son, Te Moananui-a-Kiwa Ngarimu of 28 (Maori) Battalion. Ngarimu was awarded the VC for his part in an attack on a hill known as Point 209 at Tebaga Gap in Tunisia. He died defending the hill soon after it had been taken.

Marae
New Zealand National Film Unit,1974, Sound
The Marae is a tribe's courtyard for celebration and mourning, welcome and farewell, a forum for grievances to be heard and disputes settled. At the time this film was made three quarters of the Maori population lived in cities. This film examines the building of urban Marae. Included is a look at the planning for the John Waitïtï Marae in West Auckland.

Country Calendar: Traditional Maori Fishing
Television New Zealand,1979, Sound
At Waikaramea on the South Taranaki Coast, Dick Kingi of Ngati Rua Ti, has lead his people on the Hi Ika fishing trip for over 20 years. Ruka Broughton sings karakia for a safe journey. The canoe is named 'Karewaonui,' carved to paddle. No fish were caught on this trip, but the traditions of their ancestors have been continued. The day ends with a hakari.
Courtesy TVNZ Television Archive.

Don't Let It Get You - Trailer
Pacific Films, 1966, Sound
The trailer for John O'Shea's classic musical Don't Let It Get You. Featuring Howard Morrison, Rim D. Paul, Eddie Lowe, Kiri Te Kanawa and Lew Pryme.

Kini Quartet Singing Under The Sun
A H Reynolds, [1963], Sound
The Kini Quartet - Marton, Barney and Esther Taihuka and Jo Williams - perform Under the Sun with Rangitoto as a backdrop.

Running time: 84 minutes

Presented by Rewi Spraggon & Siobhan Garrett
Adults $8 Children $3