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Alien Weaponry on new doco and taking te reo to the biggest metal festivals
A new documentary about maori metal band Alien Weaponry will be released in cinemas this Waitangi Day. Alien Weaponry: Kua Tupu Te Ara follows brothers Henry and Lewis Te Reiwhati de Jong as teens… Read more Video, Audio
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Bella Kalolo – Playing Favourites
Force of nature, Bella Kalolo, recently won TV Personality of the Year at the NZ TV Awards. She's also an accomplished vocalist. She joins Mihi and Susie to play some favourites. Read more Video, Audio
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Mata Season 3 | Episode 1: Marama Davidson returns to Parliament
1 Feb 2025Greens co-leader Marama Davidson announces her return to mahi after breast-cancer treatment. In an exclusive interview with Mata, Davidson discusses her experience of the health system, her prognosis… Read more Video, Audio
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Farewell Guangdong | Episode 7: Shew Shee
When the Japanese invaded Chung Shan County, Shew Shee and daughter Rita (Ho Bik Wun), age 11, fled for their lives. They made it to Hong Kong, where they boarded a boat headed for New Zealand. Read more Video
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Farewell Guangdong | Episode 6: Fong Toy Gee
Fong She lost three children to poverty in Sui Nam, Canton, before enduring a perilous journey across land and sea to be reunited with her husband in Dunedin. Read more Video
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Farewell Guangdong | Episode 5: Ho Yuke So
"My parents couldn't afford to keep us, so we two girls were sold. I was sold as a maid to the Chan family from Sun Gai." Read more Video
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Farewell Guangdong | Episode 4: Chao Hop Juk
"[In 1938] the Japanese invaders began to move south. The approaching invasion meant everyone's lives were in jeopardy. There was anxiety and fear in the village." Read more Video
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Farewell Guangdong | Episode 3: Liu Boo Lung
During the Japanese invasion, Liu Boo Lung fled Sun Wui with her daughter, Gin (5), her mother-in-law, Chan Shee, and her brother-in-law, Wong Fong Sue (15), to New Zealand. Read more Video
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Farewell Guangdong | Episode 2: Ou Choi Ping
Ou Shee and her family survive the brutal Canton Operation in southern China and leave for New Zealand in the hope of attaining permanent residency. Read more Video
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Farewell Guangdong | Episode 1: Lau Yuet Seen
It was September 1938 when Lau Yuet Seen received word from her husband to leave Fah Dei for Hong Kong as soon as possible. The Japanese troops were close to landing north of Hong Kong. Read more Video
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Farewell Guangdong | Trailer
Seven stories of love, humility, and sacrifice. An intergenerational celebration of women from our Chinese New Zealand community. Read more Video
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Mata Reports | Grief and Anger: The Unsolved Murder of Joanna Sione-Lauaki
20 Dec 2024Four months after her body was found on a Northland beach, Joanna Sione-Lauaki’s murder is unsolved. Her whānau is desperate for answers – and they want cruel rumours to stop so they can grieve.
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My Favourite Dead Person | Season 2 | Episode 8: Constance Barnicoat
A journalist, interpreter, activist, and mountaineer, Constance Barnicoat was a quadruple threat, but most importantly she fought to normalise women wearing trousers. Read more Video
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My Favourite Dead Person | Season 2 | Episode 7: Jelal Natali
Jelal was a man for the people: a self-made millionaire who used his riches for good. Follow along as Josh and our tamariki revel in the humble business genius of Jelal Natali. Read more Video
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My Favourite Dead Person | Season 2 | Episode 6: Murray Beresford Roberts
How many personas can one man have? Find out about the multiple faces, names, and disguises Murray Beresford Roberts used to become New Zealand's most confident trickster. Read more Video
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My Favourite Dead Person | Season 2 | Episode 5: Ernest Rutherford
Who is the face on Aotearoa's one-hundred-dollar note, and what incredible achievement did he discover? Find out as our tamariki tell Josh all about the famously mustachioed Ernest Rutherford. Read more Video
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My Favourite Dead Person | Season 2 | Episode 4: Jean Batten
Famous New Zealand pilot Jean Batten broke many world records flying far and flying fast. Follow along with our tamariki to learn more about her flights and exactly whom she shared the cockpit with. Read more Video
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My Favourite Dead Person | Season 2 | Episode 3: Wiremu Toetoe & Te Hemara Rerehau
From a free six-month boat trip to Europe, to starting New Zealand's first te reo Māori newspaper, find out about the travel and adventures of two Māori pioneers. Read more Video
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My Favourite Dead Person | Season 2 | Episode 2: Clive Collett
When the silk parachute was invented, someone had to be the first person to test it out. Learn all about our very own crazy daredevil Kiwi, Clive Collett. Read more Video
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My Favourite Dead Person | Season 2 | Episode 1: Emily Hancock Siedeberg
Find out all about New Zealand's first female doctor and the struggles she faced from her teachers, classmates, and even patients. Read more Video
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My Favourite Dead Person | Season 1 | Episode 8: Moehanga
After undertaking a long and dangerous journey from Aotearoa to Britain, what did Moehanga, the first Māori to visit England, think of the place? Read more Video
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My Favourite Dead Person | Season 1 | Episode 7: Charlotte Badger
Famous convict and pirate Charlotte Badger stole a ship and sailed it to New Zealand. But is her story all that it appears to be? Read more Video
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My Favourite Dead Person | Season 1 | Episode 6: Joseph Pawelka
How does someone escape from prison not once but three times?! This is the story of New Zealand's greatest escape artist, Joseph Pawelka. Read more Video
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My Favourite Dead Person | Season 1 | Episode 5: Walter Batty
What do World War II, rugby, tractors, and insurance all have in common? Watch the story of Walter Batty to find out. Read more Video
