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Adrenalin Group our TV Production arm have created He Kupenga Hou as the latest in the recruits series for Maori TV following recruits in the Westport Deep Sea Fishing School.

The Fishing industry is one of Aotearoa’s big exporters.  It can be a high risk industry but it can also lead to a lucrative career. The Westport Deep Sea Fishing School is a school that trains students in the vital skills needed to make it in the industry.  Join us over the next thirteen weeks as we meet and follow two young lads from Wairoa and their journey into manhood.

These boys along with other fresh faced students will be put through their paces, learning everything they need to know about the deep sea fishing industry.

The students will be taught how to sharpen their knives, and why they need them so sharp. Weighing, packaging and cleaning are all part of life on a factory boat, so they’ll need to be quick at those if they want a job at the end of the course. And if things go wrong out at sea, they need to know how to stay alive.

All this will prepare them for their final test, six weeks work experience out at sea on a deep water vessel to try and land the biggest fish of them all – the job they came here for.

Special Thanks to

Westport Deep Sea Fishing School (W.D.S.F.S)
Peter Maich
Glenys Rea
Peter Elliott
Leeland Roche

Timoti Rurehe-Lambert
Joseph Te Kahu-Hati

The Students of WDSFS

SEALORD
Doug Paulin
Crew of the FV Rehua & Ocean Dawn

Valda Te Kahu-Hati

Adrian Manuel

Neuton Lambert

Jamie Cox

Wairoa College and Wairoa Cactus Programme

LSV Hobsonville

VOICE OVER ARTIST
Tiare Tawera

TITLES MUSIC & ANIMATION
Phill Woollams

FIELD AUDIO
Aaron Davis

AUDIO POST
Blackdog Studios

POST FACILITIES
Adrenalin Ltd
Next Technology

PRODUCTION ASSISTANT
Glorie Misa

PRODUCTION MANAGER
Amorangi Paitai

NETWORK EXECUTIVES
Annie Murray
Matai Smith

TE REO CONSULTANTS
Kororia Taumaunu
Stephanie Martin

SERIES EDITOR
Brendon Lodge

FIELD DIRECTOR/CAMERA
Riki Reinfeld

SERIES DIRECTOR
Matt Sumich

PRODUCER
Bradley Walker

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Westport Deep Sea Fishing School website

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