Release Date

14 Sep, 2012

Runtime

00:52: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

The important thing is that the natives are daring at last to stand up and protest.

Actor Rawiri Paratene was 16 years old when he joined Māori activist group Ngā Tamatoa (Young Warriors) in the early 1970s. "Those years helped shape the rest of my life," says Paratene in this 2012 Māori TV documentary, directed by Kim Webby. The programme is richly woven with news archive from the 1970s, showing protests about land rights and the Treaty of Waitangi, and a campaign for te reo to be taught in schools. Several ex Ngā Tamatoa members — including Hone Harawira, Tame Iti and Larry Parr— are interviewed by Paratene, who also presents the documentary.

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Actors

Willie Jackson

Larry Parr

Rawiri Paratene

Hone Harawira

Tame Iti

Crew

Rawiri Paratene

Dan Apiata

Bevan Crothers

Adam Dransfield

Kay Ellmers

Joel Haines

Ryan Heron

Stephen Press

Ande Schurr

Mike Jonathan

Annie Murray

Gavin Newton

Tipene Rogers

Bill Toepfer