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.

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.

“We remember their love when they can no longer remember”

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.

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.

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.

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.

A project developed with children aged between 6 and 15, to make a book about their lives as Palestinian children in Jerusalem. (Voluntary). 500 books were published in Ramallah, West Bank.