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Spinal Destination

Pushing Comedy in a whole new direction.

Tessa Rivers is a go-getter with a busy life and loving family. When a mysterious illness leaves her paralysed, Tessa is sent to Goldfield’s Spinal Unit where she must learn to navigate the new version of herself that she has suddenly become. With the help of her alter-ego ‘Walking Tessa’, Tessa becomes determined to walk again, by any means necessary.

You can break her back but not her spirit!

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WHINA - Co writer and Co director.

The story of Dame Whina Cooper, the beloved Māori matriarch who worked tirelessly to improve the rights of her people, especially women. Flawed yet resilient, Whina tells the story of a woman formed by tradition, compelled by innovation, and guided by an instinct for equality and justice whose legacy as the Te Whaea o te Motu (Mother of the Nation) was an inspiration to an entire country.

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I Date Rejects

Four friends start their own dating agency for rejects in this crack-up Kiwi series! Internet dating can be tough - especially when you’re rejected before you even get to the dating part…

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Director, Writer Clea Pettit Director, Writer Clea Pettit

A Matter of Time

A social commentary about 5 resilient teenagers and a glimpse into their lives, the struggle that is their day-to-day reality and how they choose not to let it define who they will become.

This film is based on true accounts.

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Director, Writer Clea Pettit Director, Writer Clea Pettit

Waru

Following the death of a child, eight Māori women are confronted by guilt, pride and defeat, but will ultimately risk everything for the greater good of their community.

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Producer, Researcher, Writer Clea Pettit Producer, Researcher, Writer Clea Pettit

He Ao Kotahi - One World Project

He Ao Kotahi shows how our indigenous cousins’ art and culture has evolved and the lengths they go to ensure their art survives in the 21st century. We do this through the eyes and ears of prominent Maori Artists who venture into worlds that are foreign but familiar. Our first He Ao Kotahi sees Master carver Katz Maihi travel to Palestine.

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Producer, Director, Writer Clea Pettit Producer, Director, Writer Clea Pettit

He Ao Kotahi - Pai in Palestine

The HAKT website intends to document and preserve culture in the way that we do best, by storytelling. So through an indigenous lens, using an indigenous crew, we make a “different” documentary series. It’s a silent consciousness, it’s a “knowing” and it’s an understanding of why things are the way they are and allowing the organic processes to happen but having the skills to ensure a great story will emerge.

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Director, Researcher Clea Pettit Director, Researcher Clea Pettit

Silent Soldiers

With Cambodia one of the most heavily mined areas in the world, SILENT SOLDIERS tells the story of Te Kimiti Gilbert, a Māori engineer who began his de-mining career with the United Nations in Cambodia back in 1993. It follows his latest work including a mine clearance project being trialled using giant African rats.

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Researcher, Writer, Director Clea Pettit Researcher, Writer, Director Clea Pettit

Lost Boys

3 x 1 hour series for TV3. Twelve teenage boys are given an ultimatum: complete the Youth to Men course or go to prison. The fifteen week course based in Flaxmere, Hawkes Bay is designed to give them practical life skills and qualifications. 12 start the course and only 7 finish.

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Director, Researcher Clea Pettit Director, Researcher Clea Pettit

Mama Tere

Mama Tere Strickland was a transgender woman from Auckland, New Zealand. She was a youth worker, transgender advocate, former sex worker and a life member of the New Zealand AIDS Foundation.

She was 'a mentor to many and a mother to all'.

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Director Clea Pettit Director Clea Pettit

Once Bitten

Documentary Series about blended families

“In every suburban street - and in more and more families every week - life is getting increasingly complicated.”

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Gang Girls

Gang Girls tells the story of seven women who have spent time in New Zealand’s most notorious gangs. This expose of gang women in Aotearoa features hard-hitting and emotional interviews. Winner of a Qantas Media Award for Best Documentary and nominated for three NZ Television Awards.

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Producer, Director, Researcher Clea Pettit Producer, Director, Researcher Clea Pettit

Street Kids

Producer/Director/Researcher Paula Jones spent intensive time on the streets of Auckland getting to know the ‘street kids' that are the subject of this documentary, before she started shooting. With minimal posturing for the camera, the result is a close portrait of young homeless people.

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