MATENGA - MĀORI CHOREOGRAPHER

Year: 1974
Reference: F31050
Media type: Moving image

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Year: 1974
Reference: F31050
Media type: Moving image

Place of production: New Zealand/Aotearoa
Categories: Television
Duration: 0:28:16
Production company: Hayward Film Productions
Taonga Māori Collection: Yes
Credits: Main Cast: Matenga Kingi (Duffy)
Main Cast: Christene Galvin
Main Cast: Faenza Rueben
Main Cast: Peter Thompson
Main Cast: Mervn Robson
Main Cast: Robert Foster
Main Cast: Polly King
Main Cast: Te Aroha Henare
Main Cast: Kay Rueben
Main Cast: Don Solomon
Main Cast: Ted Toroa
Main Cast: August Kingi
Main Cast: Anna Tapene
Main Cast: Peter Tarpene
Main Cast: Tamarangi Rogers
Director: Arthur Thompson
Producer: Rudall Charles Victor Hayward
Producer: Ramai Hayward
Production Assistant: Marianne Willison
Script: Isobel Andrews
Narrator: Selwyn Muru
Sound: Anthony Jay Tompkins
Sound: Robert Smith
Editor: Jacqueline Scott
Camera: Ramai Hayward

The story of a young Māori lad named Matenga who was born and raised in the country. Riding horses along the beach, pig hunting, shearing, dances and wool shed parties were all part of his country lifestyle in a small rural community. It was at one of these woolshed dances that Matenga’s natural talent was noticed and he was encouraged to move to Auckland to pursue a career in dancing. Matenga worked as a rubbish collector while learning the art of dance, then eventually choreographed the dance sequence called “Maui and the Sun.”
A documentary-drama on the Māori choreographer Matenga Kingi. Features the Van Zon School of Creative Dance.