by Danny Keenan | Jun 16, 2017 | Hidden Article
The latest movie by acclaimed New Zealand director Toa Fraser, The Dead Lands is totally in Māori, appropriately since the action occurs in the days before Europe encountered New Zealand. The movie was released in New Zealand in 2014. James Rolleston (Hongi) and...
by Danny Keenan | Jun 6, 2017 | Feature Article
This amazing book, The Hunt for Willie Boy, was published in 1994 and tells the story of a manhunt in Southern California in September 1929. The focus of the hunt was a young Chemehuevi Indian named Willie Boy who, it was falsely alleged, had drank too much, stolen a...
by Danny Keenan | May 27, 2017 | Histories of Māori
It’s a shame that 28 October has been chosen as the new New Zealand Wars Day. This is because the day has nothing to do with the New Zealand Wars. A gathering of tribal leaders has decided that commemorations on 28 October will begin next year, 2017. But why has...
by Danny Keenan | May 24, 2017 | Hidden Article
The movie UTU was first released on 27 June 1984. This was an international release, but was generally critiqued as too long and meandering, with, for example, its chief protagonist Te Wheke taking time out to read Shakespeare. However the movie did have its moments...
by Danny Keenan | May 13, 2017 | Hidden Article
The Māori Franchise Māori people had to wait a long time, before they were awarded the vote. In 1867, Māori were finally awarded the franchise, 27 years after the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840. It had taken that long for the Crown to grant Māori the...
