The flight of Te Hookioi / a documentary directed by Tearepa Kahi.
"150 years ago, two men from Tainui - Wiremu Toetoe and Hemara Te Rerehau - took the trip of a lifetime on board the Novara, a Viennese scientific frigate and returned to New Zealand with a printing press, a gift from the Emperor of Austria ... [this documentary] is centred around Te Rerehau�...
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| Format: | DVD/Blu-Ray |
| Language: | English |
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[Auckland, N.Z.] :
Monsoon Pictures [for New Zealand on Air and Maori Television],
c2009.
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| Online Access: | Additional resources |
| Summary: | "150 years ago, two men from Tainui - Wiremu Toetoe and Hemara Te Rerehau - took the trip of a lifetime on board the Novara, a Viennese scientific frigate and returned to New Zealand with a printing press, a gift from the Emperor of Austria ... [this documentary] is centred around Te Rerehau's handwritten journal, a unique window into the language, cultural understanding and social context between two Maaori experiencing Europe in 1859-1860 and what happened to them when they returned to New Zealand"--Container back cover note. |
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| Item Description: | 'Te Hokioi' and 'Te Pihoihoi Mokemoke'. These are Maori language newsletters from the 19th century. At the time of the land wars in the Waikato these two newsletters conducted a war of words, vying for the hearts and minds of the Maori people of the Waikato. Te Hokioi was the voice of the Maori, and Te Pihoihoi Mokemoke the voice of the Pakeha engaged in an attempt to steal those hearts and minds"--maorinews.com |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (52 min.) : sound, colour ; 12 cm |
| Format: | DVD. PAL. Region free. Aspect ratio: 16:9 |
| Production Credits: | Camera: Tarx Morrison, researcher: Alex Reed / Kath Brown, Narator [sic]: Kawariki Morgan. |