MĀORI MOODS & MELODIES

Year
1949
Reference
F23861
Media type
Moving image
Item unavailable online
Ask about this item

Ask to use material, get more information or tell us about an item

Year
1949
Reference
F23861
Media type
Moving image
Item unavailable online
Place of production
New Zealand/Aotearoa
Categories
Newsreel
Duration
0:10:51
Production company
Neuline Film Studios
Taonga Māori Collection
Yes
Credits
Photography: Robert Steele
Photography: Ronald Trent Bowie
Commentary Writer: John Gundry
Music: The Tuhourangi Maoris
Director: Robert Steele
Producer: Robert Steele

This film surveys the Māori way of life around different tribal areas and popular tourist spots of the North Island.

Featured are groups performing the haka, poi, action songs; waka racing; waka hurdling; mati-mati; weaving; whakairo and various other cultural activities of the Māori. Two kuia with the moko also appear in the film. The Māori melodies / waiata and re-enactments were supervised by Guide Rangi of Whakarewarewa.