Claudette Hauiti on producing in Front of the Box

Posted on 3 August 2010

Credits - Interview, Camera & Editing – Andrew Whiteside

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Claudette Hauiti on producing in Front of the Box

TV producer Claudette Hauiti (Ngāti Porou, Ngāpuhi) began her career as a sports journalist on radio before moving to television news. In later years, her production company Front of the Box has made ground-breaking Māori series such as Eye to Eye and Takatāpui, as well as the award-winning documentaries Gang Girls and Children of the Revolution.

In this ScreenTalk interview, Hauiti talks about:

How some gang connections led to the documentary Gang Girls and how it validated the lives of the women interviewed
How strong support from Maori TV for Takatāpui helped get the series on air despite some misgivings from the Māori community
The cancellation of Eye to Eye
How she likes Front of the Box shows to challenge audiences
How Maori Television has created a huge mind shift in attitudes to Māori and assisted in making New Zealand more multi-cultural
The challenges of being an independent television producer in New Zealand

This video is available on YouTube to embed and distribute via a Creative Commons licence.

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by Cath Koa Dunsford on 17 November 2010 at 9:12am

Tau ke – stunning work by Claudette Hauiti and FOTB – nga mihi nui to all involved in this radical and innovative company for allowing so many alternative Maori voices to be heard – kia kaha Claudette – such courage and such brilliant stories – kia kaha-Cath Koa

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