Duration: 3:18
Ambient music plays.
[Drone footage over Hokianga Harbour with the Kānoa – Regional Economic Development & Investment logo appearing]
[Mid-shot of Tania Burt, a woman, from Northland Inc]
Tania: Right here is so visual, so visual, no one can miss it, and for such a great reason.
[Tania’s interview is overlapped with various shots of the Hundertwasser Art Centre]
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.
[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: The building is remarkable, it's impressive, it's utterly unique, it's handmade, there are more than a million tiles see this beautiful, recycled materials.
[Kathleen’s interview is overlapped with various shots of the Hundertwasser Art Centre with the Wairau Māori Art Gallery]
Kathleen: But it feels it feels very warm. It feels very intimate. I'm constantly no matter how many times I walk around discovering things that I've never noticed before. And I think there's a magical quality to that because the architecture is also combined with nature.
[Text over footage of Hundertwasser Art Centre: 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 so the discovery of trees and plants, nearly 2,000 plants on the roof is all part of what is an experience like no other in the Southern Hemisphere.
[Mid-shot of Larissa McMillan, a woman, from the Wairau Māori Art Gallery]
Larissa: The Wairau Māori Art Gallery is the world’s first public Māori art gallery. So, we're very, very lucky to be under the korowai of Hundertwasser.
[Larissa’s interview is overlapped with various shots of the Wairau Māori Art Gallery]
Larissa: The Wairau Māori Art Gallery is going to have about three to four exhibitions per year, and it will be the finest and contemporary Māori art. And we've had a huge, hugely positive response so far.
[Mid-shot of Ramai Rapihana-Ngakuru, a woman, from Manea Footprints of Kupe, she is seated next to a male performer]
Ramai: You get to be guided through many different for whakairo, many different carvings.
[Ramai’s interview is overlapped with various shots 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: And also, you get to see a beautiful life performance, about our ancestor Kupe and about his journey here to Hokianga. So, I think it's something really special and something different from many other places.
[Mid-shot of Tiffany Holland from Waitangi Mountain Bike Park]
Tiffany: Well, we're located in one of the most beautiful places in the world
[Tiffany’s interview is overlapped with various shots of riders at the Waitangi Mountain Bike Park including drone shots overhead]
[Text: Kānoa – RDU provided the Waitangi Mountain Bike Park with a $490,000.00 grant from the Provincial Growth Fund]
Tiffany: we've got a world class mountain biking facility, we have over 50 kilometres of single track mountain biking, that's all been professionally built and really well maintained. So, it can be ridden at any time of the year. There are many trails, so it's graded like a ski field from easy trails to more difficult. And so, we've got tracks for you know, less skilled, sort of new beginner riders, scenic trails, and then we've got heaps of more hardcore riding as well.
[Mid-shot of Beaumyn Wihongi, a man, from Ngawha Springs]
Beaumyn: Firstly, it's a taonga you know, and I think people and visitors and international visitors come here for the for the taonga itself, it's a treasure to our people.
[Beaumyn’s interview is overlapped with various shots of people in the pools at 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]
Beaumyn: So, if they want to experience something that's real and something that comes from Papatūānuku (earth mother) and our atua Māori (Māori gods), Rūaumoko (god of earthquakes) and Ranginui (sky father), Papatūānuku, this is the place for that.
[Drone footage over pou at Ngawha Springs 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.
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