Toa Fraser
Toa Fraser: Life with Young Onset Parkinson's disease
New Zealand film director Toa Fraser, 46, recently revealed on Twitter that he has Young Onset Parkinson's Disease. "People used to say I look cool. These days, people ask me why I look so serious… Video, Audio
Max Vernon: 'If it's going to save somebody, I will lie'
For six days in 1980, viewers were glued to TV screens around the world, watching a dramatic terrorist siege at the Iranian embassy in London. Max Vernon was the hostage negotiator who kept the… Audio
Review: 6 Days
Toa Fraser’s real-life hostage thriller 6 Days is a reminder of a more innocent age of terrorism, says Dan Slevin. Video
Kate Adie - A world of conflict
Kate Adie started with the BBC in 1968 as a studio technician in local radio, joining BBC TV News in London in 1979. Her coverage of the 1980 siege of the Iranian embassy changed the trajectory of her… Audio
New Maori TV series Kairakau
Toa Fraser's film The Dead Lands showcased Maori weaponry and hand to hand combat. Expect to see more in a new ten part Maori TV series, filmed around Rotorua. Kairakau is ambitious,and it's a first -… Audio
Lee Tamahori: Making 'Mahana'
Filmmaker whose first New Zealand movie in 20 years, Mahana, adapted from the novel Bulibasha by Witi Ihimaera, tells the story of two Maori sheep-shearing families on the East Coast in the 1960s. Mah… Audio
Pasifika arts
Swaying to the broad range of arts and culture from around the Pacific is Samoan/Pakeha playwright and independent theatre producer Leilani Unasa. Our cultural ambassador looks at Pacific filmmaking… Video, Audio
Encore Act Twelve - A Multi Cultural Stage
Including Pacific Island theatre, John Kneubuhl and "Think of a Garden", Pacific Underground, "The Frigate Bird Sings", "Fresh off the Boat", "Sons", "Ranterstantrum", "Bare", "Number 2", "Fire… Audio
Toa Fraser: director
Film-maker Toa Fraser is returning to the theatre, 16 years after his the breakout season of his play 'Bare'. He tells Eva about what connects 'Bare' with his newest offering: 'Pure and Deep'. Audio
Playing Favourites with Toa Fraser
Playwright, screenwriter, and director of theatre and film, whose pre-European Maori action movie The Dead Lands opens this coming week, and new play, Pure and Deep, will be staged in Auckland later… Audio
Creativity with Toa Fraser
Playwright and film maker Toa Fraser, whose works span everything from the acclaimed stage play No.2 to film fable 'Dean Spanley' starring the late great Peter O toole. Audio
The Dead Lands
Filmmaker Toa Fraser on his new Māori feature film The Dead Lands, and on directing the late Sir Peter O'Toole in Dean Spanley. Audio
Giselle - The Movie
Filmmaker Toa Fraser and his producer Matthew Metcalfe describes how a film like the upcoming Giselle is achieved. It's screening at the New Zealand International Film Festival. Audio
Toa Fraser - Giselle
Director of Royal New Zealand Ballet Company's film of 'Giselle' which is premiering at NZ International Film Festival. Audio
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Toa Fraser talks about his documentary on the Royal New Zealand Ballet production of Giselle, and about his hopes for making another feature film before too long. Audio
Adaptation: Novels to Movies
In our books section, why is it that when a great novel ends up on the big screen, something often gets lost in translation? We investigate the challenges of adaptation. Audio
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Director Toa Fraser on his plans to turn a Robert Louis Stevenson novella,set in colonial period Samoa,into a movie. Audio