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
Ross Giblin/Stuff But Paul is having none of it. “I agree that the way I’ve done it is quite urgent,” Paul said during an interview this week. “I think a lot of that comes down to being young and not having been victim to unnecessary bureaucracy before,” she said. “People have different theories on change. I’m of the frame of mind that unless you give strong signals to other parties across the city about what your intentions are, how are you ever meant to change anything?”
A “game-changer” Matthew Tucker, the chief executive of the Victoria University of Wellington Students’ Association (VUWSA), said Paul was a “game-changer” when she was president of the association in 2019.
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As the indigenous land occupation of Ihumātao hits global headlines, Pania Newton must decide: face down the bulldozers or give up the fight.
Set deep behind the front lines at Ihumātao, in the weeks leading up to what has become one of New Zealand’s most disputed indigenous land occupations, Mana Wahine captures intimate access to SOUL co-leader Pania Newton. As the magnitude of the fight ahead and pressures placed on her become all too real, Pania lays bare her personal struggles to find the strength to lead. Gain unique insight to an indigenous issue resonating around the world.