Duration: 2:27
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 – Our Legacy]
[Text: Ngā Ara Tipuna is a digital storytelling trail in Waipukurau, Tamatea Central Hawke’s Bay.]
[Mid-shot of Marino Tiuka, A Māori man wearing a pounamu (greenstone) tiki necklace.]
Marino: I think our rangatahi sometimes lack that understanding of their identity and where they fit in the world sometimes.
[A Māori man in traditional dress, speaks in Te Reo Māori and performs with a taiaha.]
[Mid-shot of Marino as he continues to speak]
Marino: And I think it's really important that our kids have a space like this that they can see themselves in, or they can see their tīpuna in. And they can appreciate what their ancestors were capable of, and/or what they had to endure in their life.
[Footage from a pōwhiri, showing a kapa haka performance on the top of the pā site.]
Marino: And we're really fortunate, I think, to have this as a resource to our community, and for our, more importantly for me, our rangatahi and tamariki from all our kura, they can see a visible presence or existence of Māori occupation in this town.
[Mid-shot of Marino as he continues to speak]
Marino: And what it may have been like, for many of their ancestors, tīpuna, prior to the arrival of settlement, European settlement in Waipukurau and Aotearoa.
[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: So the economic benefits, you know, that we see is that there are a lot of young people here today, who, you know, can get some experience in terms of how we conduct ourselves in public.
[Footage from the pōwhiri showing groups of young people listening to kaumatua as they speak to the crowd.]
Brian: how we talk to groups of people, how we talk to individuals, how we conduct people through a digital storytelling trail.
[Mid-shot of Brian as he continues to speak]
Brian: And so you know, that's how we see it, can be a place of development and a way that young people here in this region can start growing up and telling the stories about this area.
[Various drone shots of the top of the pā site showing the waharoa and the township of Waipukurau in the distance.]
Brian: So I think, you know, it's just important for us as humans, to understand our sense of place in the world.
[Dr. Roger Maaka strolls through the walkway up the pā site.]
[Mid-shot of Brian as he continues to speak.]
Brian: So I think, you know, this is a contribution to that, as we see it, as local hapū as to how you can do this in a way that gives everyone a sense of pride and belonging.
[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.
