He whakaaturanga mo tātou te Iwi Māori / A current affairs programme examining issues of particular interest to Māori.
This archival documentary covers the 1999 pilgrimage of C Company soldiers and whanau to Italy to commemorate soldiers who died there. Also a special hui and service is held at Uepōhatu Marae in Ruatoria.
I huaki ake te hotaka nei me te whakamārama a Tainui Stephens i te kaupapa heoi anō he reo rua kē te whakamārama.
E toru ngā wahanga o kamupene C ko te tuangāhuru ma toru, atu i Ngāi Tai ki Te Araroa ki Whanga o Kena, ko te tuangahuru ma whā atu i te ākau o Waipiro ki tua atu o Tikitiki me te tuangahuru ma rima i whakatō mai ai ōna hoia atu i Muriwai ki te Tonga ki te ākau o Tokomaru.
Nā te ngākaunui o te māngai mo Itaria ki te kaupapa o kamupene C i tonoa rātau kia hoki mai ngā ika ā Whiro ki reira. Nā, i te tau iwa tekau ma iwa i whakawhiti atu tōna ope ki Itaria.
E waru ngā urupā i Itāria i haerea e te ope ki te tangi ngā whanaunga i hinga i te pakanga.
E hoki ana ngā mahara o ngā kaikōrero mo rātau whanaunga i hinga i ngā pakanga i tū ki te whenua o Itāria
E rua rau e rima tekau ngā Māori e tāpuke ana i roto o Itaria. Kei te pātai mehemea he tika kia hahū ake ngā kōhiwi ā whakahokia mai ai ki o rātau kaenga i Aotearoa tatū atu ki Te Wai Pounamu.
NGĀ KAIKŌRERO:
Tainui Stevens (Te Rarawa)
Rapata Maru (Ngāti Uepōhatu)
Hirini Reedy (Ngāti Porou)
Monty Soutar (Ngāti Porou)
Nolan Raihania (Ngāti Porou
Ralph Tako (Ngāti Porou)
Keita Walker (Ngāti Porou, Te Whānau-a-Apanui)
Kāterina Waiari (Ngāti Awa)
Barney Kirk (Te Whānau-a-Takimoana, Ngāti Porou)
Merekaraka Ngārimu (Ngāti Porou)
Bill Rowlands (Ngāti Porou)
Ēmere Collier (Ngāti Porou)
Tom O’Brien (Ngāti Porou)
Hinga Smith (Ngāti Porou)
Te Moananui-a-Kiwa Waipara (Ngāti Porou, Rongowhakaata)
Rossino Collici (Kuia Itariana)
Adriana (kuia Itariana)
Bill Te Kani (Te Whānau-a-Tāpaeururangi, Te Whānau-a-Apanui)
JK Joe Waenga (Te Whānau-a-Apanui, Ngāti Porou)
Ngā Tāngata e Kitea ana:
Darcy Ria (Rongowhakaata), Uepōhatu Marae, Tā Apirana Turupa Ngata (Ngāti Porou, Te Whānau-a-Apanui), Tame Te Maro (Ngāti Uepōhatu, Umuariki, Ngāti Porou), Ngāi Tāmanuhiri, Rongowhakaata), Peta Awatere (Ngāti Porou, Ngā Puhi), Frances Rangihuna (Ngāti Porou), Rueban Collier, Moe Kerei (Te Whānau-a-Apanui), Hoko Reihana (Ngāti Porou), Tawhai McClutchy (Uepōhatu, Ngāti Porou) Selwyn Parata (Ngāti Porou, Kai Tahu), Puhiwahine Tibble (Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Tūwharetoa)
Ngā Waahi e Kitea Ana: Monte di Pieta e Cassa Di Risparmia Di Faenza Pedere Dellacura, Hikurangi, Waiapu river, Pacific Te Moananui a Kiwa, Gisbourne Museum, Cassino, Pescara, Camerino, Forli, Ruatoria- Della Cura, Te Urupā o Faenza, Trieste, Firenze, Florence,
Ngā Ingoa e Whakahuatia Ana:
Tāngata: Ngāti Porou, Freyburgh, Tiki Te Raukura Waitoa (Ngāti Porou), Nick Haenga (Ngāti Porou), Keiha, Sam Paniora (Ngāti Porou), Wira Callaghan (Te Whānau-a-Apanui), Wi Huata (Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Pāhauwera)
Waahi: Germany, Ruatoria, Gallipoli, Formia, Sangro River, Alamein, Libya, Chessana Cemetry, Bari, Roma, Te Kaha