RARE film footage featuring Taranaki history will be screened at marae around the region next week.
The films are being brought here by the New Zealand Film Archive and as part of a national project to return treasured images to regions.
Some of the footage includes images of Sir Maui Pomare, Sir Peter Buck, Sir Paul Reeves and other Taranaki kaumatua.
There is also footage from 1939 of visiting German warship Kommadore Johnson, which visited New Plymouth and Waitara just before World War II, and a 1912 parade at Pukekura Park.
Most of the films have never been screened in Taranaki before.
The 7pm screenings are at Taiporohenui Marae in Hawera on April 16, Parihaka on April 18 and Owae Marae, Waitara on April 19.
The public are welcome to attend, admission is free.
Te Hokinga Mai o Nga Tonga Whitiahua (the returning of treasured images) was launched in 1996 to reacquaint Maori with their taonga.
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