Waihorotiu

Hello,

We are working on a short documentary to rediscover our buried waterways. It is a search for the Waihorotiu stream (Ligar's Canal) that once ran where Auckland's Queen Street now lies. The issue is multidiscinplinary, pulling the heart strings of environmentalists, historians, politicians, iwi and conscientious members of the community alike. 

Selected for Loading Docs 2015 and funded by NZ on Air and The New Zealand Film Commission, the goal is to get some cameras down under Queen Street and into the Ligar to film what this stream looks like today and raise awareness of the issues surrounding these buried waterways in a short form documentary.

Although we are working with Auckland Coucil, the main expense of the project will be gaining access to the Waihorotiu itself, including onsite engineers, traffic control, saftey gear and permissions. Specialist filming equipment will also need to be hired for the dark and wet conditions down under. 

The Loading Docs films will launch online in July, until then updates on this project will be posted here, and on our website with new information as we come closer to getting under Queen Street and into the Ligar.

The film is being made by Frances Haszard, Louis Olsen, Scott Elder, and Vincent Paunovic with respective backgrounds in animation, film, engineering and journalism. The team is based in Auckland, New Zealand.

An original score will be made by Lawrence Goodwin.

Graphic design by Eva Charlton and Ange Smuga. 

Thanks for reading! Please pass it on!