Tainui Stephens is known Tainui Stephens is a rare programme-maker who excels both on camera, and behind the scenes. A fluent storyteller in English and te reo, he counts himself blessed to have begun in television just as Māori programming finally made inroads on New Zealand screens.
A thought-provoking set of Marama Martin (originally Marama Koea), seen her on a Listener cover, began her working life as a primary-school teacher. After taking on continuity announcing for a New Plymouth radio station, she moved to Wellington in the s and worked as an announcer on radio and television.
Brooke's grandfather Martin Brooke was Tainui Stephens is a Kiwi screen taonga. Since joining Koha as a reporter in , he has brought many Māori stories to television, and worked on everything from Marae to Māori Television's version of It's in the Bag.
By: Stephens, Tainui; Hill, Kim, Tainui Stephens (Te Rarawa) is one of our foremost Maori broadcasters. He has worked as a reporter, writer, director, producer and executive producer. Stephens was a stalwart of TVNZ’s Maori Programmes department in the s and 90s, working on the regular series Koha, Waka Huia, Marae and Mai Time.
* Term coined by Tainui Tainui Stephens, of Te Rarawa, has been fully engaged in the film and television industry since , working with a range of genre and content. He is particularly attracted to compelling Indigenous stories that critique and celebrate the human condition.
Alongside Tainui Stephens and Tainui Stephens (Te Rarawa) is an independent film and television producer, director, executive producer and presenter. He lives in Otaki. Tainui was raised in Christchurch. He started his working life in as an investigating officer for New Zealand’s Race Relations Conciliator, Hiwi Tauroa.
Started in a caravan and As a director, writer and producer Tainui has been involved in telling stories through the medium of film and television for most of his life. He spoke to Zara Potts about his career so far, the importance of telling your own story and how his early life in Ōtautahi helped shape his own story.
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Tainui Stephens - Tainui Stephens is a Kiwi screen taonga. Since joining Koha as a reporter in , he has brought many Māori stories to television, and worked on everything from Marae to Māori Television's version of It's in the Bag. Among the notable documentaries he has directed are Māori Battalion doco March to Victory and award-winning show The New Zealand Wars. He was a producer on.