The art of myth-making

Whale Rider director Niki Caro speaks to The Age about the intricate cultural process involved in a “white woman” making a Maori film. Despite early resistance to her involvement, and her subsequent self-doubt, Caro feels vindicated by the remarkable emotional response the film has elicited around the world and, most importantly, in NZ. “It’s just a total lovefest … For a lot of pakeha people it’s opening the Maori world up to them, the Maori world that I know, which is very positive and strong and important and spiritual … The film offers a little portal into it, and I think people are really grateful for that.”


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Amy Brown’s New Novel Inspired by Women and Art

Amy Brown’s New Novel Inspired by Women and Art

Like many writers before her, New Zealand-born Amy Brown takes inspiration from the Australian feminist icon Stella Maria Miles Franklin in her captivating debut novel My Brilliant Sister – but instead…