Awa Films to use the end of Tamatea Street during April 2019

Tēna koutou katoa,

The trustees of Te Tahuna Trust have granted permission for Awa Films to undertake filming at the end of Tamatea Street, at Korokitewao Bay during April 2019. 

Detailed below is a communication from Vanessa Patea (Film Production Manager) that advises our lease holders along Tamatea Street of what will be happening and the associated time-frame.  

Awa Films - Colonial Combat

​Kia Ora Koutou, I’m Ness Patea, Production Manager for AWA Films.  I wanted to touch base with the lease holders and residents of Tamatea Street to let you all know we are planning a web-series shoot from 8th - 12th April 2019. 

We have had a hui with the trustees of Te Tahuna Trust and the Council and have received approval to proceed.  We are planning to build a set at the end of the street in the gravel car-park and of will be removing it at the end of filming.  The build will be commencing (approx. 1st April) before the shoot starts, and the end of the street will be blocked off (visitors will still have access to Hongi’s track during this time).  We will have a container and a caravan parked up on the site.  We would like to keep our shoot low-key at this stage so we appreciate your discretion.  Please get in touch with me if you have any concerns or questions, we would like to keep the communication channels open!

Ness Patea (Production Manager)
Mobile:  021 120 8597
Email:  [email protected]

Should shareholders and/or other interested parties have any questions relating to the action above, please contact the Secretary of Te Tahuna Trust (Martin Kinder) in the first instance.

Apply to become an extra for the web-series
Presented by TVNZ and Awa Films - COLONIAL COMBAT is a web series set in 1840's New Zealand. A tongue-in-cheek show where colonial race relations are settled in a wrestling ring. 

Will be distributed on Maori TV and TVNZ On Demand in 2019.
Filming locations in Wellington and Rotorua, New Zealand.

Directed by Julian Arahanga 
Produced by Becs Arahanga

Ngā mihi,

Ivor Jones
Chairperson