December 10, 2024

Māori perspective shines in Olympic media

Atereano Mateariki Posted On December 10, 2024

Atereano Mateariki Te Hemara Rauhihi | Māori perspective shines in Olympic media

The man behind the camera of Sky Sports's award-winning Olympic social media content says their goal was to show the Olympics through the lens of two Māori boys.

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The man behind the camera of Sky Sports’s award-winning Olympic social media content says their goal was to show the Olympics through the lens of two Māori boys.

Last week, the International Olympic Committee held its post-Olympic Games Golden Rings Awards in Geneva, celebrating official broadcasters from around the globe who covered the 2024 Paris Summer Games.

Sky NZ won two bronze awards for Best Remote Broadcast Operations and Best Social Media Campaign.

Cameraman Te Hemara Rauhihi says that despite challenges in accessing certain venues and events, their team remained determined to tell a unique story.

“Pretty much the gist of what we tried to do for the whole Olympics was, what would two Maori boys do right now? And we were fortunate enough that we pulled it off,” says Rauhihi.

Te Hemara Rauhihi says their most viral video—a candid moment during the opening ceremony when they accidentally missed filming Team New Zealand’s boat on the Seine River—was genuinely a missed shot that became their most successful piece of content.