Taonga: Treasures Of Our Past Ngataua Omahuru - The Lost Boy
Ngataua Omahuru: A five-year-old Māori child wrenched from a world of armed conflict finds himself plunged into an alien European world of privilege, to become the adopted son of a New Zealand PM.
Taonga: Treasures of Our Past retells precious Maori stories of romance, betrayal, politics and war, survival and heroism. Many of the stories have never been told on television before, and are brought to life with a mix of documentary footage and dramatisation using such well known actors as Ian Mune, Rawiri Paratene, Taungaroa Emile and Miriama McDowell.
Primary Title
- Taonga: Treasures Of Our Past
Episode Title
- Ngataua Omahuru - The Lost Boy
Date Broadcast
- Saturday 5 August 2006
Start Time
- 21 : 10
Finish Time
- 21 : 40
Duration
- 30:00
Series
- 1
Episode
- 9
Channel
- TV One
Broadcaster
- Television New Zealand
Programme Description
- Taonga: Treasures of Our Past retells precious Maori stories of romance, betrayal, politics and war, survival and heroism. Many of the stories have never been told on television before, and are brought to life with a mix of documentary footage and dramatisation using such well known actors as Ian Mune, Rawiri Paratene, Taungaroa Emile and Miriama McDowell.
Episode Description
- Ngataua Omahuru: A five-year-old Māori child wrenched from a world of armed conflict finds himself plunged into an alien European world of privilege, to become the adopted son of a New Zealand PM.
Classification
- PGR
Owning Collection
- Maori AV
Broadcast Platform
- Television
Languages
- English
- Maori
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Subjects
- Maori (New Zealand people)--Social life and customs
- Maori (New Zealand people)--History
- Television programs--New Zealand
Genres
- Docudrama
- Historical drama
- History
Contributors
- Robin Kora (Narrator)
- Robin Shingleton (Producer)
- Rewa Harre (Director of Photography)
- Greenstone Pictures (Production Unit)
- Rameka Taylor (Actor)
- Mark Ruka (Actor)
- John McCarrick (Actor)
- Doc Who (Actor)
- Angela Ayers (Actor)
- Hori Ahipene (Actor)
- Lynette Shingleton (Editor)
- Kathryn Akuhata-Brown (Writer)
- Amiria Matou Rangi (Interviewee)
- Te Miringa Hohaia (Interviewee)
- Peter Adds (Interviewee)
- Ross Galbreath (Interviewee)
- Rewa Harre (Director)
- Maawhi Torrance (Director)
Subjects
- Maori (New Zealand people)--Social life and customs
- Maori (New Zealand people)--History
- Television programs--New Zealand