Marama Davidson, the proud daughter of Rawiri Paratene, has written a lovely piece honouring her Dad. It’s just been published by TangataWhenua – one of the liveliest and most interesting sites on the web for tikanga Maori. In it she talks about growing up with the kind of father most people can only dream of having. She also talks about Rawiri’s association with The Insatiable Moon.

“I love this movie – no surprises there. I am immensely proud of mine and the Riddell kids parents! Dad gave us a love for cinema and I rejoice the authentic Kiwi flavour that our quality films allow us to savour. I admit feeling precious about this film. Will it receive the recognition it deserves given its struggle to get to our screen? All I can do is urge whanau to go and see it. Rather than take my nepotistic layperson word, decide its merit for yourselves. Tautoko the efforts of a dedicated cast and crew who stuck by this movie as the project fought to stay alive. They hung in there because of the wairua – it was too important a story to just give up on.”

Kia ora Marama! We are all honoured to have touched the life of your whanau in a small way. You can read the whole of Marama’s beautiful writing here.

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