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NZIFF 2021 - World Premiere: Rohe Kōreporepo

Dates

  • Sat 13 Nov 2021, 4:00pm

Restrictions

All Ages

An uplifting documentary featuring Māori and Pākehā kaitiaki repo, or swamp guardians, working across the motu to restore Aotearoa’s precious wetlands.

Wetlands are like terrestrial sponges – when it rains, they soak up water. When it’s dry, they slowly release moisture to nearby land and groundwater reservoirs. They also trap sediments running off the land, helping to keep our rivers and oceans clean. They store carbon.

Yet, to Aotearoa’s European settlers, wetlands were one of the country’s most maligned geographical features. To create dry land for farming and settlements, wetlands were deprived of water – rivers were widened and diverted, willows were planted and swamps were drained, until only 10 percent of the country’s wetlands remained.

In these days of eco-anxiety and climate anxiety, we need positive stories to show us the way forward. In Rohe Kōreporepo – The Swamp, the Sacred Place we are introduced to the diversity of Aotearoa’s wetlands through aerial footage and the tangata whenua, landowners, government agencies and army of volunteers who are using mātauranga Māori and scientific knowledge to restore them. — Rebecca Priestley

Directors: Kathleen Gallagher, Kate Goodwin
With: 60 kaitiaki (repo guardians)
Producer: Kathleen Gallagher
Screenplay: Kathleen Gallagher, Dylan Pyle
Cinematography: Dave Perry
Editor: Gaylene Barnes
Music: Lisa Tui, Mahina-ina Kingi-Kaui, Geoff Low, Nicole Reddington
70 minutes

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