Pluck (2020)
12 years ago Jean Neshausen learned to weave korowai, traditional Māori feather cloaks. Her source of feathers varies from unravelled feather dusters to roadkill. To date, Jean has made 15 cloaks for her community. But now she faces her own mortality, with the realisation that she hasn't made one for her daughter. For this korowai, Jean takes us on a weka hunt to the windswept and barren Chatham Islands, Rekohu - 600 kilometres off the coast of Christchurch, Aotearoa New Zealand. It's a tough time, given that Jean is now on her third round of chemotherapy, but she is adamantly determined to make one last trip.
Primary Title
- Pluck
Date Broadcast
- Friday 24 June 2022
Release Year
- 2020
Start Time
- 11 : 30
Finish Time
- 12 : 00
Duration
- 30:00
Channel
- Whakaata Māori
Broadcaster
- Whakaata Māori
Programme Description
- 12 years ago Jean Neshausen learned to weave korowai, traditional Māori feather cloaks. Her source of feathers varies from unravelled feather dusters to roadkill. To date, Jean has made 15 cloaks for her community. But now she faces her own mortality, with the realisation that she hasn't made one for her daughter. For this korowai, Jean takes us on a weka hunt to the windswept and barren Chatham Islands, Rekohu - 600 kilometres off the coast of Christchurch, Aotearoa New Zealand. It's a tough time, given that Jean is now on her third round of chemotherapy, but she is adamantly determined to make one last trip.
Classification
- G
Owning Collection
- TV & Radio
Broadcast Platform
- Television
Languages
- English
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Subjects
- Hand weaving--New Zealand
- Maori (New Zealand people)--Clothing
- Kahu huruhuru
- Korowai
- Documentary films--New Zealand
Genres
- Arts/crafts
- Community
- Documentary
- Fashion
Contributors
- Jean Neshausen (Subject)
- Kirsty Griffin (Director)
- Viv Kernick (Director)
- Gwendoline Welburn (Interviewee)
- Milly Fraser (Interviewee)
- John Kamo (Interviewee)
- Kirsty Griffin (Cameraperson)
- Kirsty Griffin (Editor)
- Julie Alp (Editor)
- Maree Sheehan (Composer)
- Bella Pacific Media (Production Unit)
Subjects
- Hand weaving--New Zealand
- Maori (New Zealand people)--Clothing
- Kahu huruhuru
- Korowai
- Documentary films--New Zealand