Episodes
Araatika! Rise Up airs Wed 26 Jan on NITV
An intimate portrait of a man driven to share his culture with the world. In 2012, a group of Indigenous NRL players including Dean Widders, Preston Campbell, Timana Tahu and George Rose, came together to develop a pre-game ceremony that would be a response to New Zealand’s much loved, universally recognised and hugely respected haka.
Rather than simply taking an existing dance, the players came up with a series of movements that reflected cultural symbols – the clan, the warrior, the boomerang, the spear. They concluded their new dance with a moment of reflection – to them, this emphasised that the silences are just as important, or even more important, than the spoken words.
Airdate: Wednesday 26 January 2022 at 9.30pm on NITV.