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THE CHILDREN OF THE MIST

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Year
1974
Reference
F8922
Media type
Moving image
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Rights Information
Year
1974
Reference
F8922
Media type
Moving image
Item unavailable online

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Place of production
New Zealand/Aotearoa
Categories
Television
Duration
0:28:44
Production company
NEW ZEALAND NATIONAL FILM UNIT
Taonga Māori Collection
Yes
Credits
Producer: David H Fowler
Writer: Conon Fraser
Director: Conon Fraser
Editor: Conon Fraser
Photography: Dale Pomeroy
Photography: Brian E Cross
Sound: Val Federoff
Sound: Kit Rollings

Hinepūkohurangi and Uenuku had a son named Pōtiki. The Ngāi Tūhoe people, ‘Children of the Mist’ are their descendants living in the isolated Urewera country. In this film, Ngāi Tūhoe people find ways to hold on to the traditions and life-style of the past, while living and working in the urban present.

It focuses on: activities around Ruatāhuna; Rūātoki; Maungapōhatu Valley; Kawerau Tasman Pulp and Paper Mill; education; employment; Te Tira Hou Marae in Auckland and the Annual Tūhoe Festival at Rūātoki.