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Witi Underwater
Whale Rider creator Witi Ihimaera throws himself in the deep end of a full-immersion Māori language course that tests him to his limit.
Hosted and produced by Adam Dudding and Eugene Bingham
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Podcast details.
Credits
Adam Dudding
Host, Producer, Writer and Sound Designer
Eugene Bingham
Host, Producer and Writer
James Dansey
Composer
Te Aomihia Tumai
Māori Language Adviser
Andrew McDowall @ Digicake
Mix Engineer
Paetawhiti Tumai
Kaikarakia
Phil Johnson
Graphics and Photography
Jana Te Nahu Owen
Executive Producer and RNZ Commissioner, Māori
Archival audio in this podcast is from the RNZ collection at Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision. TVNZ archival audio via Getty Images.
Ngā mihi ki a / Our thanks to...
Ngā rangatira, ngā kaiako me ngā tauira o Te Wānanga Takiura o Ngā Kura Kaupapa Māori o Aotearoa.
Justin Gregory, Jeremy Ansell and Rangi Powick at Te Irirangi o Aotearoa RNZ.
Carmen Parahi, Andy Wallace, Sarah Willis, the whānau of Jean Puketapu, Stuart Lipshaw, Moko Templeton, Douglas Simpson, Amie Lorenzen, Sean Woon, Luke Tai-Rakena, Mārena Mane, Catriona Ferguson and Suzanne McFadden.
Ā, ka nui te mihi mahana ki a Pāpā Witi Ihimaera.
Produced for RNZ by
Te Pūrongo Productions
Get in touch
Email us at: podcasts@rnz.co.nz
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