Wahine Warrior (2020)
After a brush with death, she was reborn a warrior. Using hunting as therapy, she must overcome her past to lead a self-sustained sisterhood. Pania Tepaiho-Marsh understands the anxiety for single parents to put kai on the table. Reinventing herself to help other wahine escape the same life of welfare and abuse, she enriches them with hunting skills to live off the land. However, with the feeling they’re ‘destined to be nothing’, can Pania help them harness a fear of the unknown to build a revolution? “Can you afford to drop your kid off at school and get petrol, or do you afford groceries that week?” – Pania Tepaiho-Marsh
Primary Title
- Wahine Warrior
Date Broadcast
- Thursday 17 December 2020
Release Year
- 2020
Start Time
- 19 : 50
Finish Time
- 20 : 00
Duration
- 10:00
Series
- 7
Episode
- 7
Channel
- Maori Television
Broadcaster
- Maori Television Service
Programme Description
- After a brush with death, she was reborn a warrior. Using hunting as therapy, she must overcome her past to lead a self-sustained sisterhood. Pania Tepaiho-Marsh understands the anxiety for single parents to put kai on the table. Reinventing herself to help other wahine escape the same life of welfare and abuse, she enriches them with hunting skills to live off the land. However, with the feeling they’re ‘destined to be nothing’, can Pania help them harness a fear of the unknown to build a revolution? “Can you afford to drop your kid off at school and get petrol, or do you afford groceries that week?” – Pania Tepaiho-Marsh
Classification
- PGR
Owning Collection
- TV & Radio
Broadcast Platform
- Television
Languages
- English
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Subjects
- Documentary films--New Zealand
- Short films--New Zealand
- Women hunters--New Zealand--Biography
- Single parents--New Zealand
Genres
- Documentary
Contributors
- Julia Parnell (Executive Producer)
- Loading Docs (Production Unit)
- NZ On Air (Funder)
- New Zealand Film Commission (Funder)
- Te Māngai Pāho (Funder)
- Pania Tepaiho-Marsh (Subject)
- Emma Calveley (Producer)
- Nix Jaques (Producer)
Subjects
- Documentary films--New Zealand
- Short films--New Zealand
- Women hunters--New Zealand--Biography
- Single parents--New Zealand