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 – What thriving looks like]
[Text: Ngā Ara Tipuna is a digital storytelling trail in Waipukurau, Tamatea Central Hawke’s Bay.]
[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 Walker: Tamatea Central Hawke's Bay has a very clear description of what thriving looks like in our community.
[Drone footage of the river on the edge of Waipukurau township.]
[Mid-shot of Alex as she continues to speak]
And this project has been part of our vision of a thriving future for the last five years. The vision is about being proud and prosperous. And this project absolutely epitomizes what being proud and prosperous can look like in Central Hawke's Bay.
[Drone footage of Waipukurau township]
[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: This perspective on history has been under our noses all this time. But it's, you know, taken something like this to be able to share it in a way that people find it interesting, and that people find it of value.
[Various shots from around the pā site, showing the signage and artwork in place.]
Brian: You know, we know that what we have in place, is what we would say is first class, and that's what we always wanted. It's an exemplar or model that people can see.
[Mid-shot of Brian as he continues to speak.
Brian: Yeah, you know, it is wonderful. It's great. It's a lovely place to come down and just take this in.
[Street footage of Waipukurau township, busy with people and cars.]
Alex: So Tamatea Central Hawke's Bay is a rural place, but we have a growing tourism product offering.
[Mid shot of Alex as she continues to speak.]
But what we're expecting from Ngā Ara Tipuna is through products and tours and other things that we're going to see about a 10% lift in tourism offering here in Central Hawke's Bay.
[Various shots of people speaking at the pōwhiri to celebrate the opening of Ngā Ara Tipuna. A Māori man in ceremonial dress leads people through the pathway.]
Alex: So the vision for the community around Ngā Ara Tipuna is that we've got a platform for storytelling. We've got a platform for the identity of our mana whenua to be told, in tours, in creative projects and products that can be based on the stories and the place that are ours, that are ours here in Tamatea Central Hawke's Bay.
[Mid-shot of Alex as she continues to speak]
Alex: It creates a very clear point of difference but something that is very special to us here. They are the stories of our people and of our land and that is going to be our point of difference.
[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.
