PRODUCTION CREDITS
WHAKAATURANGA MATAORA / LIVE STAGE PERFORMANCE
PAEPAE AUAHA / Creative Paepae
Kaituhi / Playwright - Helen Pearse-Otene
Kaitohu / Director - Jim Moriarty
Kaihautū / Producer - Aneta Pond
Kaiwhakatauira Oro / Sound & Music Designer - Busby Pearse-Otene
Kaiwhakatauira Rama / Lighting Designer - Lisa Maule
Kaiwhakatauira Hanga Hōtaka / Production Designer - Tony De Goldi
Kaiwhakatauira Kākahu / Costume Designer - Cara Louise Waretini
Kaiāwhina Kaitohu / Assistant Director - Ian Lesā
Tiramahi Kaihanga Kanikani / Choreographic Team
Reuben Butler, Jeremy Davis, Tanemahuta Gray, Ian Lesā, Ani Morris,
Kimberley Skipper, Manuel Solomon & Kereama Te Ua
Colonial choreography by FEETwith Heat: Joanna Matsis & Rodney Moore
Kaihautū Hāpai / Development Producer
Sasha Gibb
TIRAMAHI HANGA HŌTAKA – Production Team
Kaiwhakahaere Pūkenga / Technical Production Manager- Sean Ashton-Peach
Kaiwhakahaere Papamahi / Stage Manager - Zosia Lis & Ian Lesā
Ringahopu Oro / Sound Operator - Helen Pearse-Otene
Ringahopu Rama / Lighting Operator - Giovanni Maule
Kaiāwhina Papamahi / Assistant Stage Managers- James Shires & Giovanni Maule
KaiāwhinaPūkenga/ Technical Assistant - Glenn Ashcroft
KaiāwhinaKākahu / Costume Assistant - Elysia Ellis
Kaiāwhina Kaihautū / Producer’s Assistant - Lily Ng
Kaiwhakatauira whakanikoniko / Graphic Designer– FAY & WALTER
KAITAPERE / Performers
Annie Ashton
Nicole Ashton
Unity Brown
Reuben Hohepa Butler
Jeremy Davis
Matthew Dūssler
Dylan Fa’atui
Arihia Hayvice
Noel Hayvice
Mearn Houston
Cayden Howes
Ralph Johnson
Beth Jones
Zechariah Julius-Donnelly
Charlotte Lennon
Isobel Mebus
Vita Mebus
Hariata Moriarty
Jim Moriarty
Mila Moriarty
Rebecca Moriarty
Tamati Moriarty
Daniel Nodder
Sophie Pascoe
Conor Peoples
Greer Phillips
Cameron Ruka-Karauti
Emily Salisbury
Kimberley Skipper
Manuel Solomon
Joshua Tait
Louis Tait
John Ulu
Nova Waretini-Hewison
WHAKA
KIRIATA / FILM
Kaihautū / Producers
Aneta Pond
Waka Attewell nzcs
Cinema concept
Waka Attewell nzcs in association with Valhalla Productions
Kaihautū Matua / Executive Producer
Isobel Mebus
Kaiāwhina Kaihautū / Producer’s Assistants
Nicola Bailey
Lily Ng
Cara Louise Waretini
Lisa Maule
Greer Phillips
TIRAMAHI HANGA HŌTAKA - Production Team
Kaitohu Tango Whakaahua / Director of Photography
Waka Attewell nzcs
Kaihopu Āhua / Camera Operators
Waka Attewell nzcs
Chris Terpstra
Grant Atkinson
Michael Knudsen
Ezra McDonald
Kaiwhakahaere Oro Taiao / Sound Recordist
Ken Saville
Kaihopu Oro Taiao / Boom Operators
Brendon Tipene
Ezra McDonald
Matt Griffiths
Kaiāwhina Hanga Hōtaka / Production Assistant
Alana Henderson
Data Wranglers
Angelu Cayanan
Niki Winer
WAIHANGA TUTUKI / Post Production
WĀWĀHI / Editing
Kaiwāwāhi Āhua / Offline Editor (Television) - Abi King-Jones
Kaiwāwāhi Āhua / Offline Editor (Cinema) - Shane Loader
Kaiwāwāhi Āhua Tuarua / Contributing Editor (Proof of Concept) - Simon Clothier
Kaiwhakatauira whakanikoniko / Graphic design – Fay & Walter
WHAKARITE ATAATA RONGO / Sound Editorial Services
POW STUDIOS
Supervising Sound Editors
Matthew Lambourn
John McKay
Re-Recording Mixer
Matthew Lambourn
Sound Editors
Callum Scott
George Palmer
Yong-Le Chong
Sound Editorial Support
Marie Silberstein
Georgina Conroy
WAIHANGA TUTUKI RAUPAPA / Finishing
Digital Intermediate at
Park Road Post Production, Wellington, New Zealand
Head of Production - Dean Watkins
Colourist - Matthew Wear
Online Editor - Tim Willis
Media Operations - Victoria Chu
Head of Picture- Daniel Eady
Data Wrangler - Wattana Moeung
WHAKARITE ATAATA RONGO / Music Post Production Editorial
PLAN 9
Janet Roddick, David Donaldson & Steve Roche
Original music and lyrics:
Busby Pearse-Otene
Helen Pearse-Otene
Tamati Moriarty
Janet Roddick, David Donaldson & Steve Roche
NGĀ MIHI / ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Lotteries Grants Board
TUIA 250
NZOA
Māori Television
Massey University College of Humanities and Social Sciences
The Performing Arts Trust
Te Papa Tongawera
Te Puni Kōkiri
Ngāti Toa Runanga
Professor Paul Spoonley, Elspeth Tilley, Kerry Chamberlain & Veronica Hopner
Dr Arapata Hakiwai, Brenda Franklin, Haley Hakaraia & Dave Treeby at Te Papa Tongarewa
Ngāti Toa Rangatira & Matiu Rei
Seumas Fantham & the Todd Foundation
The Ministry of Youth Development
Pelorus Trust
Wellington Community Trust
The Society of Mary
The Nikau Trust
The Stout Trust
Creative New Zealand
Petra Jaeger & St Bernard’s College
Helen Jones, Dawn Ackroyd & St Oran’s College
Jeremy Larkin & Grouse Lighting
Tānemahuta Gray & Taki Rua Productions
Hone Kouka & Miria George of Tawata Productions
Nina Nawalowalo & Tom McCrory of The Conch
Sasha Gibb & Jandals Inc
The Big Picture
Kate Railton-Jacks
Janet Waretini
Jane Boocock
Alison Boyd &Terry Matthews
Patrick, Tilda, Oscar & Eliza Pond
Aileen, Dave & Elliot Blower
Nancy Brunning
Jamie McCaskill
Ria Hall
“The TRC” rangatahi & facilitation staffof Te Rākau’s Theatre Marae programme (2009–2012)
Ani & Brian Morris
Pataka Museum and Art Gallery
Te Pūtahitanga-a-te-rēhia
Staff and students from St Patrick’s College (Kilbirnie); St Catherine’s College; St Bernard’s College,
St Oran’s College; Ngā Mokopuna; St Bernard’s Primary (Brooklyn)
Te Wānanga o Aotearoa
Whitireia/NZCOPA
Toi Whakaari
The Army Uncles and Aunty P
Grant Stevenson
Miranda Harcourt
Dame Jenny Shipley
Sue May
Sean Ashton-Peach
Andrea Bosshard
John Smythe
Warren Maxwell
Michael Horton
Steve Barr
Michael Horton
John Reid
Tony Sutorius
Simon Reece
John Gilbert
Annie Collins
Ingrid Gotlieb
Tai Samaeli & Sarah Urquhart
Brianne Kerr & Karen Anslow
Irihipeti & Marcelina Waretini
Pip Steele
Andreas Mahn
Dr. Russell Campbell
Rocket Rentals
The Community Media Trust
Leanne Fay Molloy
Simon Reece, Junelle Ward & The Dub Shop
NZ On Air: Jane Wrightson, Glenn Usmar, Sean Echano, &Benedict Reid
Māori Television: Tony Holden, Summer Wharekawa, Terri Tuhaka & Irlene Tuulama
Te Rākau would especially like to thank our Undertow whānau’s partners, husbands, wives, mothers,
fathers, sons & daughters for sharing them with us.
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