Duration: 2:58
Uplifting music plays.
[A shot of Waipukurau township from the top of a pā site. The view pulls back, to reveal a large, white waharoa (carved entranceway) at the top of the hill.]
[Text: Ngā Ara Tipuna – Authentic collaboration]
[Text: Ngā Ara Tipuna is a digital storytelling trail in Waipukurau, Tamatea Central Hawke’s Bay.]
[Mid-shot of Kelly Annand, a Pākehā woman with blonde hair and glasses, wearing a black suit.]
[Title: Kelly Annand – Deputy Mayor, Central Hawke’s Bay]
Kelly: When I reflect on the last seven years of this project, what has been most significant is that it was in a lot of ways the beginnings of a relationship and a discussion around what is partnership in Tamatea Central Hawke's Bay.
[Mid-shot of Dr Roger Maaka, a Māori man. He stands outside at the base of the Ngā Ara Tipuna trail.]
[Text: Dr. Roger Maaka - Ngāi Tahu ki Takapau, Emeritus Professor, Eastern Institute of Technology (EIT)]
Roger: We have partnered with Central Hawke's Bay District Council and our own hapū members, whānau members to make this vision a reality.
[Drone footage of young woman reading signage about Ngā Ara Tipuna, under a waharoa (carved entranceway). A high-angled shot of the top of the pā site]
Roger: That's what, as I understand, this whole project is part of the vision of our people to reinstate our stories and reinstate our mana in a visible way upon this landscape here.
[Mid shot of Brian Morris, a Māori man wearing a check shirt. He stands outside on a walking track.]
[Brian Morris – Ngāti Mārau, Ngāi Te Rangitotohu, Cultural lead for Ngā Ara Tipuna]
Brian Morris: You know, we have a saying in Māori, mā te huruhuru te manu kārere: a bird needs feathers to fly.
[Drone footage of the top of the pā site, a bird flies towards the camera and swoops across it.]
Brian: And in order for this bird here to fly, it needed a lot of feathers.
[Mid-shot of Brian as he continues to speak]
Brian: And so the government fund was there to be accessed. And so that's why we took the opportunity. And we're really grateful.
[Mid-shot of Alex Walker, a Pākehā woman. She has blonde, shoulder length hair and glasses. She wears a colourful shirt and a bright blue scarf. She stands outside, halfway up the pā site.]
[Title: Alex Walker – Mayor, Central Hawke’s Bay]
Alex: To be mayor of Central Hawke's Bay at this time of launching Ngā Ara Tipuna is an incredible privilege.
[Various crowd shots from the pōwhiri, at the opening event of Ngā Ara Tipuna]
It makes me feel emotion to my heart just to talk about it. And to have heard the aspirations of our rangatira of our community shared with us
[Mid-shot of Alex as she continues to speak]
Alex: And to see that come to life is something so so very special.
[Mid-shot of Conrad Nepe Apatu, a Māori man with a tidy beard. He wears a brownish red beanie and a green jacket. He sits outside on the edge of a walking track.]
[Title: Conrad Nepe Apatu – Ngāti Mārau, Ngāi Te Rangitotohu]
Conrad: One of the biggest things I've seen as probably the most harmonious and most authentic interaction between local council and local Māori.
[Various shots of people from the public walking around the pā site.]
The interest that I've seen generated, we probably wouldn't have received this project here 10, 15 years ago. I don't know whether the township, the community would have been ready to receive it.
[Mid-shot of Conrad as he continues to speak.]
Conrad: But it has been really received. And the majority of the people that I see up here have been people in their 60 years plus, non-Māori people, and are genuinely taking an interest in what this kaupapa's been a part of. There's been a few tears, a lot of sweat. But, you know, very, very humbling. Very humbling.
[Drone footage following the Tukituki river in Waipukurau]
[Text: Ngā Ara Tipuna is a partnership between Tamatea Hapū, Te Taiwhenua o Tamatea, Central Hawke’s Bay District Council and Locales.]
[Drone footage capturing the top of the pā site]
[Text: Kānoa – Regional Economic Development & Investment Unit provided a grant of $2.9 million from the Provincial Growth Fund, adding to more than $1 million in funding from council, community trusts and other groups.]
[Drone footage showing the top of the pā site. A bird swoops towards the camera.]
[Three logos appear: Kānoa Regional Economic Development & Investment Unit, Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment Hīkina Whakatutuki and Te Kāwanatanga o Aotearoa New Zealand Government]
[Fade to black]
Music fades out.
