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NZ Wars: The Stories of Ruapekapeka

33m

Highlighting Northland's most infamous armed conflict. Hosted by Mihingarangi Forbes.

Made with the support of NZ On Air

Series details.

Credits

Mihingarangi Forbes
Creator & Presenter
Carmen J Leonard, Annabelle Lee, & Philip Smith
Executive Producers
Deb Cope
Line Producer
Colin McRae & Adrian Stevanon
Producers
Simon Bennett & Cameron Bennett
Directors
Carol Hirschfeld
RNZ Head of Content
Shannon Haunui-Thompson
RNZ

The Stories of Ruapekapeka, a documentary highlighting Northland's most infamous armed conflict, is hosted by RNZ's Māori Issues Correspondent Mihingarangi Forbes. It was made alongside Great Southern Television with funding from NZ On Air.

Awards

2018 NZTV Awards

Best Documentary

2018 NZTV Awards

Best Māori Programme

Produced by

Great Southern Television

Made with the support of

Partner Logo for NZ on Air for use on dark background

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