Te Kakano - Closed Adoption
Te Kākano - Closed Adoption: 60-year-old closed adoptee Jenny Small is looking for her whakapapa. But the search to find her whānau is complex. It involves one of New Zealand’s most notorious psychiatric institutions and a 68-year-old law that cut thousands of Māori off from their identity.
Primary Title
- Te Kakano - Closed Adoption
Date Broadcast
- Thursday 18 May 2023
Duration
- 32:00
Series
- 1
Episode
- 1
Channel
- 1news.co.nz
Broadcaster
- Television New Zealand
Programme Description
- Te Kākano - Closed Adoption: 60-year-old closed adoptee Jenny Small is looking for her whakapapa. But the search to find her whānau is complex. It involves one of New Zealand’s most notorious psychiatric institutions and a 68-year-old law that cut thousands of Māori off from their identity.
Classification
- Unknown
Owning Collection
- TV & Radio
Broadcast Platform
- Television
Languages
- English
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made available for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Subjects
- Adoption--New Zealand
- Maori (New Zealand people)--Kinship
- Children, Maori
- Documentary films--New Zealand
Genres
- Biography
- Documentary
Hosts
- Mihingarangi Forbes (Presenter)
Contributors
- Mihingarangi Forbes (Producer)
- Annabelle Lee-Mather (Producer)
- Sarah Hall (Executive Producer)
- Aotearoa Media Collective (Production Unit)
- Television New Zealand (Production Unit)
- Te Māngai Pāho (Funder)
- NZ On Air (Funder)
Subjects
- Adoption--New Zealand
- Maori (New Zealand people)--Kinship
- Children, Maori
- Documentary films--New Zealand