Scottie Productions

19/06/2024

"I think I'm going to go back to the kōhanga every fortnite or so and just be amongst them. Those little ones are just so gorgeous."
- Dr Waiora Port

12/06/2024

"If young people drop the ball, we don't have a future"
- Mike Smith

05/06/2024

"I think most of my work is part of the journey of the search, and I don't know where the answers come from. So whakapapa often does provide an answer when I come across it as to why I am interested in something."
- Maureen Lander

29/05/2024

"As Maori, especially in my day, you had to be a Tuna and sometimes you had to just keep your powder dry. Something would happen which would compromise your Māoriness, but you just go around it. If you bang it, you're not gonna get to your destination. Now's the time for banging it."
- Pio Terei

24/05/2024

James Rickard
Sunday 26 May 10am on TVNZ1 and TVNZ+ ondemand

22/05/2024

"Chisels make different marks depending on how hard you hit it. The harder you hit it, the angrier you are. The softer you hit it, the more in control you are, and the chisel or leave marks accordingly. And you can tell what's going on in their heads, in their minds. And it's simple. It's not hard. It's not science. It's got nothing to do with spirit. It's just got to do with the fact that chisels leave a reminder of where you've been."
- James Rickard

17/05/2024

Nanaia Mahuta
TVNZ1 Sunday 19 May 10am and ondemand at TVNZ+
https://www.tvnz.co.nz/shows/pathfinders

16/05/2024

"As a Māori woman, if the one difference you can make is to influence your children, then it's all worth it." - Nanaia Mahuta

09/05/2024

We are excited to share that Whare Māori is now available to watch on Youtube!

Directors: Michael Bennett and Karen MacKenzie
Producers: Meg Douglas and Karen MacKenzie

Funder: NZOA and Māori Television

Presented by Rau Hoskins (Nga Puhi), Whare Māori is a series dedicated to exploring the unique history of Māori architecture as well as current and future tr...

12/09/2023

Origins 2 Episode 2: 'The Polynesian Triangle' - Scotty travels to the corners of the Polynesian Triangle, to unravel any evidence of connection with the Indigenous of Rapa Nui and Hawai’i, who are said to share the same Polynesian ancestors. He learns how his tūpuna navigated the ocean, what they were faced with on arrival and how their surroundings shaped the tangata whenua. Despite the vast ocean that separates these distant islands, Scotty is astounded to learn that it is actually the ocean that connects them.

WATCH 'The Polynesian Triangle' TONIGHT
8:30pm on TVNZ
https://www.tvnz.co.nz/shows/origins

11/09/2023

Origins 2 Episode 1: 'Voyage of The Kūmara' - Scotty Morrison explores the origins of the kūmara, which was brought to Aotearoa on waka by Māori across the Pacific Ocean. Valuable enough to bring across the world’s largest Ocean, Scotty visits the origins of kūmara in South America to uncover if his tūpuna made contact here. Scotty then heads to the Marquesas, where it is likely that the kūmara first entered the Pacific and he is met with startling revelations about his connections in a place completely unknown to him.

WATCH 'Voyage of The Kūmara' TONIGHT
8:30pm on TVNZ
https://www.tvnz.co.nz/shows/origins

04/09/2023

Kia Ora e te whānau! We are excited to share that Origins Season 2 is out next Monday 11 of September.

In this second season, Scotty explores some of the misinformation and misrepresentation of Polynesian and South American contact, such as Thor Heyerdahl’s theory of South Americans sailing into Polynesia through the “Kon Tiki” expedition, which still influences some people’s thinking today. We learn about traditional pacific navigation and by using science and Indigenous mātauranga, we carefully piece the puzzle together.

Origins Season 2 - Rāhina 11 of September
8:30pm on TVNZ
https://www.tvnz.co.nz/shows/origins

Te Māngai Pāho TVNZ+ NZ On Air Greenstone TV

13/07/2023

E kimi ana a Scottie Productions I tētahi kaihautū auaha mō te hōtaka Waka Huia. He tūranga hirahira tēnei mā tētahi ringatohu auaha e ngāhau hihiko ana ki te whanake hei kaihautū auaha. Ka ārahina koe e ngā kauhautū matua. Me wairua atawhai, me mōhio hoki ki te ārahi tāngata, me matatau ki te reo, me ngākaunui hoki ki te ao Māori.

Ehara I te mea me whai wheako I te tūranga kaihautū auaha ēngari me mātua kapo kē koe I ētahi pakipūmeka, kawepūrongo, kapohanga o ngā take o te wā rānei.

Kei Tāmaki te tūranga nei, ka tīmata hei te tīmatanga o 2024.

Tēnā tuku I tō tono ki tētahi o ngā īmēra e whai ake nei [email protected] [email protected].

Scottie Productions are seeking applicants for a Content Producer for award winning documentary series, Waka Huia. This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic creative who is ready to take the leap from directing to producing content. You will be nurtured in this role by the current content producer, who will continue as executive producer alongside the existing executive. Previous producing experience is not essential but a nurturing disposition and leadership skills will help in this position.

The role requires fluency in te reo Māori and a passion for te ao Māori. Proven track record of documentary style directing and/ or factual content (this could include News and Current Affairs content production), is essential.

The role is based in Auckland and will commence in the first quarter of 2024.

Please send your CV/ expression of interest to either [email protected] or [email protected].

27/05/2023

Our last Pathfinder for this season, Tanea Heke, is a Māori actress who has been on our screens and stage for the last 30 years. What is not known is that beneath it all is a deep cultural and personal story that speaks of loss, love and yearning for reconnection.

Director: Kimo Houltham
ww.tvnz.co.nz/shows/pathfinders
Te Māngai Pāho TVNZ+

25/05/2023

Tanea Heke is a Māori actress who has been on our screens and stage for the last 30 years. What is not known is that beneath it all is a deep cultural and personal story that speaks of loss, love and yearning for reconnection.

Director: Kimo Houltham
Sunday 28th May 1000 AM (TVNZ1)
www.tvnz.co.nz/shows/pathfinders