Friday, 16 July 2021, 4:38 pm
AKE AKE AKE an emotive, powerful, and at times
confronting three-part documentary recounting events
surrounding the historic Ihumātao occupation, available on
the MĀORI+ app, 16 July, and premiering 19 JULY 8.30 PM on
MĀORI TELEVISION.
For producer Whatanui Flavell,
making AKE AKE AKE was a long journey that awoke a sleeping
beast inside him, to make sure the story of Ihumātao was
told.
“This isn’t just happening in Ihumātao,
it s happening everywhere. It’s powerful, it s sad, it’s
inspiring but it s also very hopeful for what the future
could bring. If we want to move forward as a nation, we need
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