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Brad\u00a0<\/strong> (Ng\u0101ti Awa, Ng\u0101ti Kahungunu, Tuwharetoa, Ng\u0101i Tahu) is an expert in M\u0101ori culture and has a passion for traditional and modern stories.<\/p>\n A trained journalist with a long history in television production with one of New Zealand\u2019s main national broadcasters and independently, Brad has worked as a writer, director and or producer of numerous highly rating and critically acclaimed documentaries and television series.<\/p>\n Brad\u2019s passion in drama began as a writer and producer of the seminal supernatural drama TV series Mataku<\/em>, which screened on TVNZ and later TV3.<\/p>\n He has worked on the writing table for Spin Doctors<\/em>, and has consulted on numerous domestic and international TV dramas and feature films, including Shortland Street<\/em>, Mercy Peak<\/em>, Kaitangata Twitch<\/em>, as well as co-productions Tracker<\/em> with Ray Winstone and Temuera Morrison, the telemovie The Man Who Lost His Head<\/em> with Martin Clunes, and Mahana<\/em>, directed by Lee Tamahori.<\/p>\n Brad is also a published author with a string of books and articles to his credit. In 2010, Brad was chosen as the Michael King M\u0101ori Writer in Residence, writing a book on Whale Traditions of the M\u0101ori<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Brad\u00a0 (Ng\u0101ti Awa, Ng\u0101ti Kahungunu, Tuwharetoa, Ng\u0101i Tahu) is an expert in M\u0101ori culture and has a passion for traditional and modern stories. A trained journalist with a long history in television production with one of New Zealand\u2019s main national broadcasters and independently, Brad has worked as a writer, director and or producer of numerous<\/p>\n