At North Tec summer school in Rawene (on the Hokianga Harbour in the far North) I did the Flaxroots low budget film making course again... this time taught by Murray Nathan (my Godson's father) and Lavinia Kingi. I must get to know the editing software, and to this end did the course and will do again, probably. Together, each of the nine people in the course made a short film Mine was my first episode of Sundays with Sandra, which I will post before too long.
Another pleasure of being in the Hokianga was spending time with my wee Godson, Kahu, and watching his mother Jessie and her team members train for the NZ National Sprint waka ama (outrigger canoe) championships (held last week) where they (the Hokianga Solids) made the semi-finals!
Anyway, regarding politics, this morning I was watching Al Jazeera news regarding the Palestinian Papers that were leaked to the station and have been released to the public via their website. These have to do with Israeli/Palestine negotiations, mediated by the US. There are riots and bombing and lives lost, futures at risk. I changed the channel to New Zealand's TV 1 where the talk show was covering a nudist group seeking new members.
Hmmmm, same planet?
1 comment:
Kia ora Sandra, What a great blog. We'll be looking forward to your short film. I agree about the "same planet?" comment! I taught Jessie and Murray (and Graham) when they were in high school. Aroha to all. You can check out Hokianga activities and events at our website: www.WaiotemaramaFalls.com Ka kite ano, Candy & Rawiri
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