2012 Tainui Waka – Kapa Haka Festival
0emailprintTe Wai o Te Timauku – Rugby Park, Te Kuiti, Saturday 18 Feb 2012 Nau mai haere mai koutou ki runga o Maniapoto, ki Te Nehenehenui! For the first time since it’s inception, this biennial event will be taken out of the Hamilton area. Whanau are invited to join Tainui Waka as they acknowledge, and [...]
(by TOM HUNT) For Taika Waititi the life-changing moment came as he sat in a green room wearing a g-string. That, and other odd facts about the Oscar-nominated director, came out as he spoke about his upbringing in Doha in TEDx – an independently organised event to spread ideas. Waititi appeared in it late last [...]
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“London 2012 Olympics holds more for Maori than any other Olympics.” The Globe to Globe Festival, presented by Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, London, is the home of the Cultural Olympiad of Theatre. It is an extraordinary event that will present 37 Shakespeare plays in 37 Languages. The Te Reo Maori production of “Troilus & Cressida,” [...]
Continue reading …Kia ora Attn: CAST CALL FOR SHORT FILM Maumahara…Remember who you are, is a Professional short Film, being made by TOKIRUA FILM STUDIOS. Shooting dates are from the 16th – 18th March 2012, and will be primarily shot at Tamaki Maori Village. At this stage, these are the DEFINITE shooting dates. If you cannot commit [...]
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ATTN: WEAVERS/COSTUME DONATORS Maumahara…Remember who you are, is a Professional short Film, being made by Tokirua Multimidea. Shooting dates are from the 16th – 18th March 2012, and will be primarily shot at Tamaki Maori Village. The film is set in both the present day, and pre colonial days. Part of the film will be [...]
Continue reading …A new course is being launched which seeks to focus on strengthening the use of Te Reo Maori for those working within the Maori screen and film industry. 955205: WANANGA REO PAPAHO - TE REO MAORI FOR SCREEN PRODUCTION This course has been specially designed by Te Ara Poutama, in consultation with Ng? Aho Whakaari, to [...]
Continue reading …Karen L. Hudson, former About.com Guide They say that “imitation is the sincerest form of flattery”. In many cases, this is true. Imitation is important in many cultures. Children learn by imitating their parents. Teens seek acceptance from their peers by imitating fashion trends, choices in music and even linguistic phrases. Even adults will often imitate their [...]
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With February dawning, who wants to think that bright summer evenings will ever end? Surely the discovery of hot cross buns in the supermarket this week doesn’t mean Easter is just round the corner? For Easter is World Cinema Showcase time and while we’re programming hard we do hope that we still have two months [...]
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BOY, Taika Waititi’s sleeper sensation that became one of New Zealand’s most acclaimed and honored films, as well as its biggest box office success to date, is set to hit US theatres in March 2012. The film which will be distributed theatrically in the US by Paladin and Unison Films in association with Radius Films. [...]
Continue reading …Semi-nude photo of Nicole Scherzinger with “Maori tattoo” draws interesting comment on Facebook
January 31, 2012 31 Comments
A photo in a recently launched coffee table book of Nicole Scherzinger (former Pussy Cat dolls singer) has drawn interesting comment on Facebook. The photos, shot by renowned fashion photographer Raphael Mazzucco and edited by Jimmy Iovine and Sean Coombs, seeks to ”subtly push society’s standards of beauty – showing off a more genuine, bold, and [...]
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