Portable Ghosts
is a 26 part, half-hour children's interactive format drama series integrated
with multi-media based on a book by Margaret Mahy.
Margaret Mahy Reading
DVD and CD proposal to immortalize the magical world of internationally famous children’s writer Margaret Mahy.
Margaret is famous for reading her work to children throughout New Zealand and the world. But the enchantment of those readings has never been recorded. Yvonne, a long time friend of Margaret, recently completed the timely, unobtrusive and intimate principal photography of Margaret at home in Governors Bay reading a selection of her poetry and stories to her grandchildren.
The filming is part of a commitment by ProductionShed.TV and Yvonne Mackay to capture the magic of Margaret Mahy Reading through a seamless mix of live action, animation and music and reproduce it on DVD, CD, e-book and other media for children now and for generations to come.
Painting with Light: Brian Brake rediscovered
With stunning footage, exclusive interviews and photos from a private collection; renowned cameraman David Paul presents a behind the scenes look at Brian Brake and the groundbreaking methods he used to become New Zealand's most successful photographer. With veteran cinematographer Alex Funke, David works to recreate some of Brian's signature techniques, using his original methodology and technology. Inside this framework, Brian's life story unfolds, told in lively recollections by his closest friends and in astounding anecdotes by his professional and life partner, Raymond Lau.
Painting with Light: Brian Brake Rediscovered has been funded by Television New Zealand and New Zealand On Air and will be screened on Sunday the 9th January at 10:30pm on TVOne.
Kaitangata Twitch
In pre-European New Zealand, the tiny Island of Kaitangata was the scene of awful happenings. After that, the Island seemed to have a life of its own. It dreamt terrible dreams. The local tribe knew it was best to leave it alone.
And so the Island slept again. But now Kaitangata is twitching. It’s moving. It’s waking up!
The last time it moved was over fifty years ago. It twitched. And a girl disappeared without a trace, apparently swallowed up by the Island.
Now it’s moving again. Dreaming again. Only 12 year old Meredith can stop it. If she can discover what it wants before it’s too late. Before it claims another victim.
New Migration
The second series of the New Migration is currently being broadcast on Maori Television.
The geneses for Maori to return to iwi rohe are many. More and more young, talented Maori are questioning and redefining the definition of success. They are heading home to reclaim their identity - their reo, tikanga, values, their health, whanau connection, their maunga above, their whenua beneath them, their awa and moana at their doorstep.
Few have the mission of saving their communities. If anything, it is home who is saving them.
They are ... THE NEW MIGRATION
The Silence Is Over
The traditional maori instruments Taonga Pùoro were smashed/buried/burned
at the time of the missionaries and have been returned through the efforts
of Hirini Melbourne, Richard Nunns, Adrian Flintoff and newcomer Horomona
Horo.
This documentary for TVNZ's "ArtVille" asks what is their place in Western orchestral music? Will their traditional value be lost when they are played in the future in dance, rock bands + film music? Who will care for them in the future?
A Tall, Long-Faced Tale
for TVNZ. Featuring Margaret
Mahy, Elizabeth
Knox, Anne Magnan-Park and Euan Frizzell. Margaret Mahy is interviewed
by animated characters from some of her most popular books. A 70 minute
documentary for adults that gets to the heart of Margaret’s work and philosophy,
conducted by writer and Mahy-expert Elizabeth Knox.
Justice Durie
a 70-minute documentary about Eddie Durie, New Zealand's first Maori
high court judge, looks at what the Treaty of Waitangi means to New
Zealand.