And the winner is . . . East Coast Rising. The Pango Production crew led by East Coast stalwart Bailey Mackey were in celebration mode this week after their documentary series centred on the Ngāti Porou East Coast rugby team won Best Sports Programme at the New Zealand Television Awards. At the awards are the Pango crew (from left) Cameron Pouesi, Mark Taylor, Kat “Hubba” Kaiwai, Ramari Fox (front) Taiau Pomare-Mackey, Bailey Mackey, Paul Thompson and Joe Whitehead. Inset, Faifili Levave, Picture supplied
Ngāti Porou sporting passion and East Coast production company Pango’s technical ability have both received major national recognition.
Earlier this week East Coast Rising, a documentary series about the East Coast Ngāti Porou rugby team, won Best Sports Programme at the national television awards.
Produced by Pango Productions, the show aired last year on TVNZ 2 and TVNZ+, documenting the t...
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