Duration: 2:04
Ambient music plays.
[Drone footage over a river with the Kānoa – Regional Economic Development & Investment logo appearing]
[Mid-shot of Beaumyn Wihongi, a man, from Ngawha Springs]
Beaumyn: It's put pride back into the people, put pride back into our whanau.
[Mid-shot of Tania Burt, a woman, from Northland Inc]
Tania: We've had feedback from visitors that have come to the centre and said, I had no idea. I had no idea Northland could offer this.
[Mid-shot of Tiffany Holland from Waitangi Mountain Bike Park]
Tiffany: You know, I can't walk down the street without a local approaching me saying how amazing it is and what a difference it's making to the town.
[Mid-shot of Larissa McMillan, a woman, from the Wairau Māori Art Gallery]
Larissa: I would have loved this kind of thing here when I was growing up, yeah.
[White text over a drone shot of Hokianga Harbour: In Tai Tokerau, Northland, Kānoa Regional Economic Development & Investment Unit has helped to fund tourist projects including Ngawha Springs, the Hundertwasser Art Centre with Wairau Māori Art Gallery, Manea Footprints of Kupe, and Waitangi Mountain Bike Park.]
[Mid-shot of Kathleen Drumm, a woman, from the Hundertwasser Art Centre]
Kathleen: I think it brings a lot of pride, excitement, and enthusiasm to the community.
[Kathleen’s interview is overlapped with various shots of the Hundertwasser Art Centre from a distance and a shot panning up to its golden dome]
[White text over footage: Kānoa – RDU provided Hundertwasser Art Centre and the Wairau Māori Art Gallery with a $18,500,000 grant from the Provincial Growth Fund]
Kathleen: And what we see is that we have not just delivered a project that is driving social, economic, and cultural change for the region.
[Kathleen’s interview is overlapped with various shots inside the Hundertwasser Art Centre]
Kathleen: But we have delivered a new national asset that is already being marketed abroad, by tourism by our partners that will help bring people back to New Zealand and some in many cases for the first time to Northland.
[Mid-shot of Beaumyn Wihongi, a man, from Ngawha Springs]
Beaumyn: I think for a lot of us, especially here in the North it'll be a dream come true definitely.
[Beaumyn’s interview is overlapped with various drone shots of Ngawha Springs]
[White text over drone footage of Ngawha Springs: Kānoa – RDU provided Ngawha Springs with a $1,790,000 grant from the Provincial Growth Fund]
Beauymn: In terms of whanau having that opportunity to work their own land and to develop and enhance whenua in different spaces, whatever that space might be.
[Mid-shot of Ramai Rapihana-Ngakuru, a woman, from Manea Footprints of Kupe, she is seated next to a male performer]
Ramai: I think it's quite touching for most of us here being direct descendants from Kupe and growing up in this area.
[Ramai’s interview is overlapped with various drone shots of Manea Footprints of Kupe]
[White Text over footage: Kānoa – RDU provided Manea Footprints of Kupe with a $4,600,000 grant from the Provincial Growth Fund]
Ramai: we’re grateful and we're proud to be able to share those stories each and every day. We've grown up with the korero, with the stories so being able to actually share them and put them out there in the world is wow!
[Drone footage over Hokianga Harbour at sunrise with logos for Kānoa – Regional Economic Development & Investment Unit, the Ministry of Business Innovation & Employment, and the New Zealand Government appearing]
Ambient music fades out.
[Fade to black]
