No Place Like Home Joanne and Andrew
Joanne is an internationally successful educationalist and entrepreneur. Before Covid she was happily settled in Seattle with her American husband Andrew. Both are in their 50s. But, around the same time as Covid engulfs the US, Joanne’s mother falls gravely ill. With Covid out of control and political tensions at boiling point Joanne and Andrew (who has never previously left the US) travel to New Zealand to be with her mother in her final months. This, in turn, inspires Joanne to reconnect with her Māori heritage, an identity her mother’s generation was forced to abandon. Joanne and Andrew buy a large house in Christchurch which they are now turning into an intergenerational home for their extended whānau. That decision is made even more poignant because both Joanne’s sister and brother suffer from a rare degenerative disease which means neither can live on their own for much longer.
Primary Title
- No Place Like Home
Episode Title
- Joanne and Andrew
Date Broadcast
- Wednesday 20 April 2022
Duration
- 12:00
Episode
- 3
Channel
- Stuff
Broadcaster
- Stuff Interactives
Episode Description
- Joanne is an internationally successful educationalist and entrepreneur. Before Covid she was happily settled in Seattle with her American husband Andrew. Both are in their 50s. But, around the same time as Covid engulfs the US, Joanne’s mother falls gravely ill. With Covid out of control and political tensions at boiling point Joanne and Andrew (who has never previously left the US) travel to New Zealand to be with her mother in her final months. This, in turn, inspires Joanne to reconnect with her Māori heritage, an identity her mother’s generation was forced to abandon. Joanne and Andrew buy a large house in Christchurch which they are now turning into an intergenerational home for their extended whānau. That decision is made even more poignant because both Joanne’s sister and brother suffer from a rare degenerative disease which means neither can live on their own for much longer.
Classification
- Unknown
Owning Collection
- Chapman Archive
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.
Genres
- Documentary
Contributors
- Trajectory Media (Production Unit)
- NZ On Air (Funder)
- Stuff (Production Unit)
- Naashon Zalk (Director)
- Naashon Zalk (Producer)
- Doug Dillaman (Editor)