Full episode of the Maori-language, New Zealand television documentary series “TAMAKI PAENGA HIRA”. The show presents the history of Maori artifacts and treasures stored at the Auckland War Memorial Museum (also known as ‘Tamaki Paenga Hira’). This premiere episode deals with the history of the legendary greenstone club known as ‘Te Kaoreore’ which resides in the museum’s collection.

Produced by Maori Television
Titles and Graphics by Afterglow
Written, directed and presented by Tihini Grant
Produced by Mechele Harron

English translation by Tihini Grant.
Subtitles and additional writing by Rajneel Singh

(Note: this video has been compressed down to 24:1 to fit on Vimeo so there is considerable degradation of image and sound quality).