ScreenTalk: Tainui Stephens - The Big Idea
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. Biography of Abraham P. Stephens
“To defeat the rage, or at least tame it, we turn, as Abraham Lincoln once said, to ‘the better angels of our nature’. Those angels are everywhere, in spiritual beliefs, in tikanga, in simple notions of courtesy and civic pride.” — Tainui Stephens. by Tainui Stephens | Sep 17, | Comment & Analysis, Reflections.
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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. “For Indigenous people, our rituals are a shortcut to joy. Tainui Stephens - Tainui Stephens is a Kiwi screen taonga. Since joining Koha as a reporter in 1984, 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.
“We live in a Māori culture where bravery is often called for. The 1972 Aboriginal and Māori tent embassies in Canberra and Wellington “were created by frank and fearless young people sick of the status quo. They declared that the Indigenous tribes of these lands would no longer be aliens in their own country.” — Tainui Stephens. Read More.
As the band's profile grew, TVNZ's Tainui Stephens filmed Southside of Bombay at a Victoria University Orientation gig for a TV featurette. Tainui Stephens, of Te Rarawa, has been fully engaged in the film and television industry since 1984, working with a range of genre and content. He is particularly attracted to compelling indigenous stories that critique and celebrate the human condition. Tainui lives in Ōtaki with his wife and fellow filmmaker Libby Hakaraia.
Tainui Stephens - NZ On Screen
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. His credits include Maori Battalion March to Victory and The New Zealand Wars. Whakamā: fighting the taniwha of shame | The Spinoff
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. Author: Tainui Stephens - E-Tangata Tainui Stephens, of Te Rarawa, has been fully engaged in the film and television industry since 1984, working with a range of genre and content. He is particularly attracted to compelling Indigenous stories that critique and celebrate the human condition. Tainui lives in Ōtaki with his wife and fellow filmmaker Libby Hakaraia.This is exactly who we are - E-Tangata Storyteller Tainui Stephens is a New Zealand screen taonga. He has played a crucial role in telling some of Aotearoa’s most important stories. The New Zealand Wars, Māori Battalion – March to war, When the Haka became Boogie, and The River Queen are just a few of the productions he’s been involved in.Whina — doing justice to an icon - E-Tangata 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 1980 as an investigating officer for New Zealand’s Race Relations Conciliator, Hiwi Tauroa. Tainui Stephens – Big Screen Symposium
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. 
Shaping Stories - An Interview with Tainui Stephens - Toi ...
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.