VIDEO JOURNALISM
TRAVELLING around WITH MY CAMERA BACKPACK AND TRIPOD, I SHOOT, PRODUCE, REPORT AND EDIT. I'VE MADE SHORT FILMS ON social and environmental issues FOR TELEVISION, NEWSPAPERS, AND FOR NGO AND SCIENCE CLIENTS.
Hundreds of students sing, perform haka at memorial for Christchurch victims
The Washington Post (2019)
The day after the March 15 2019 Christchurch terror attack the Washington Post sent me there to report on the aftermath of the tragedy, as a video journalist and to assist Beijing Bureau Chief Anna Fifield with reporting for the newspaper and online. I happened to be in Hagley Park when the high schoolers around me started to sing and perform haka.
the whanganui river is a legal person
BBC REEL (2020)
I produced, shot, wrote and edited this story about the Whanganui River for the BBC, spending three days canoeing down the river with cultural navigator Nga Roma Poa.
SHarks and Smugglers in Indonesia
ABC News (2013)
Indonesian fishermen from the island of Rote have hunted sharks in the Timor Sea for generations.
But the falling price of shark fin in Hong Kong and China, a crushing debt cycle, and increasingly restrictive Australian maritime policies mean many are turning to what they see as the only other viable option for using their seafaring skills: people smuggling.
I shot, produced, scripted and edited this video.
THE CHINESE in WEST AFRICA
The Australia Network (2012)
China is investing in countries across Africa, hoping to win influence - and gain access to resources - across the continent. I made my first video current affairs story in Guinea, a small West African country with vast bauxite reserves.
Many of the grandest buildings in the country's crumbling capital Conakry were built by China, tokens of a connection dating back half a century, to when socialist Guinea was the first sub-saharan African country to recognise communist China. Now, a brand new soccer stadium reminds a new generation of China's enduring friendship.
I shot, produced, reported and edited this video.
The landscape approach
Center for International Forestry Research (2013)
In a journey through the beautiful Gunung Halimun Salak National Park area in Java - and the lives of those who live there - I explored what a 'landscape approach' means - as a way to reconcile conservation, agriculture, development and industry in a single area, and ensure we feed the earth's growing population while preserving the environment. I shot, produced, scripted and edited this video.
THE CONGO BASIN
Center for International Forestry Research (2012)
I was sent to the Congo Basin - Cameroon and the Democratic Republic of Congo - to film a range of stories about the research being conducted there, in the world's second largest tropical forest - a huge carbon sink, biodiversity hub, and source of livelihood for 60 million people. I shot, produced, scripted and edited this video.
Steam Train 6pm News Story
TVNZ One News (2014)