# Event Details - **Event Name**: I am the river, the river is me - **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 04 Dec, 2025 at 06:00 pm – Thu, 04 Dec, 2025 at 09:00 pm - **Event Description**: A must watch 88 minute film from Journeyman Productions and the Whanganui Awa. FREE at The Duncan Pavilion!About this Eventhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wDb21I4etQ&t=126s https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events1/banners/69d342d0-cb15-11f0-a5ea-117124e4fe46-rimg-w1200-h675-dc7d7941-gmir.jpg Corinne van Egeraat and Petr Lom read about the granting of personhood rights to the Whanganui River when it was world news in 2017. The story captured their attention and they travelled to New Zealand, where they had the good fortune to meet river guardian and Māori community leader Ned Tapa. They made a short film together with him about the river, and the result was one of the most watched short documentaries broadcasts in the Netherlands, on NPO2Doc-Kort. The idea of personhood rights for nature clearly resonated with a big audience.They had struck up a friendship with Ned Tapa, and he suggested they return to make a longer film together. He had also recently met a visiting young Australian artist who worked with First Nations’ Australians, and she wondered if Ned would like to invite a group of First Nations Australians advocating for the rights of their rivers in Australia to travel down the Whanganui River together. This is how the idea for the long film was born.The film is structured as a road trip: a five-day canoe journey down the Whanganui in two six-person canoes. The river itself is the main character of the film. For the Māori, the Whanganui is a living being – their ancestor. This belief has been institutionalized by New Zealand law as of 2017. Granting the river legal personhood is a way of environmental protection for the river, and as a way of legally validating the Māori worldview.This way of seeing the world – and above all the values that underpin it – might be a crucial way for us to address the challenges now facing us because of the climate crisis. The film is an invitation to experience these values: of thinking about our relationship to the world around us – to above all the natural world – as one of intergenerational care and guardianship rather than just ownership/use/extraction.The film is also a call for unity and togetherness – the recognition that we are all – literally and metaphorically in the same boat. This sense is fostered by making everyone on the journey – including the film crew – have a voice and become a character in the film.Traditional Māori music artist Puoro Jerome also appears in the film, composing the score of the film. His music, or Taonga Puoro, literally sound treasure, has healing as its original purpose. Along the film's journey, this healing takes the form of sharing stories of sorrow of the past – of colonial suffering by both the Māori and the First Nations Australians and recognizing what kind of steps for healing the present from the past still must take place. And what steps the Australians might take to help their own dying rivers that do not have the protections of the Whanganui.The film balances both heaviness and light – structured as a joyful journey of friendship. The viewers are immersed in the overwhelming natural beauty of the Whanganui River and will feel as if they travel along on this canoe camping trip.The film team is made up of indigenous and non-indigenous filmmakers, and the Whanganui River is an official coproducer of the filmhttps://youtu.be/JR3s3JG-p2k?si=Fm9vFheFUqD9Q0rjMany missed out on seeing this movie when it premiered in Whanganui - we're happy to give 40 people each week a second chance at a screening in the intimate and iconic Duncan Pavilion!Thursday Dec 4th doors open 6:00pm (bring your dinner and eat on the deck if you like)Please be seated by 6:45 for intro, karakia and film that will finish just in time for you to catch 8:20 sunset from the decks!BYO wine, kai/snacks comfy camp chair. There are also normal chairs and comfy fitness mats if you want to spread out on the floor and FREE Tea, Coffee and popcorn.All tickets are given free. Please do not buy of sell tickets.Most tickets are onlne with some printed tickets from Castlecliff Four Square for those who don't do online.Other sessionsThursday Dec 11th 6:00 open, 7:00 film ending with 8:41 sunsetAs well as sunset many screenings will have hapu and cast present to kōrero with over sunset after. The Pavilion will close at 9pm.Koha: we encourage you to make contribute the cost of a movie ticket to Rangi Tukutuku - a hapu led project that will see a Star Compass built in Castlecliff Domain. (all gifts over $5 are tax deductible) https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/rangi-tukutukuPresented by: Progress CastlecliffPrincipal Sponsor: Whanganui District Council Community Events FundingWe acknowledge...Te Awa Tupua for its presence and Tupua Te Kawa for our valuesHapu for screening rights and supportCastlecliff FourSquare for refreshments and ticketing support. Mitre10 for contributing chill out mats. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/whanganui/i-am-the-river-the-river-is-me/100001920113664659 - **Event Categories**: entertainment, sports, trips-adventures, art, nonprofit, camping - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket URL**: https://consumer.pxf.io/c/1339408/3151484/39691?partnerpropertyid=1191892&MediaPartnerPropertyId=1191892&svlink=14105511&level=1&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com.au%2Fe%2Fi-am-the-river-the-river-is-me-tickets-1920113664659 - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: NZD ## Event venue details - **city**: Whanganui - **state**: MW - **country**: New Zealand - **location**: The Duncan Pavilion - beachfront venue for private hire and public events - **lat**: -39.9397364 - **long**: 174.9773219 - **full address**: The Duncan Pavilion - beachfront venue for private hire and public events, Rangiora Street, Whanganui, New Zealand ## Event Organizer details - **affiliate_id**: 10 - **organizer**: Progress Castlecliff (https://allevents.in/org/progress-castlecliff/27041498) ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: banner - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/af71032b93c63d9ea25befd81f9d0c9605dd4d07c1a0494e056a39cd8e530adb-rimg-w800-h600-dc1d382d-gmir.jpg?v=1764195345 - **Alt text**: thumbnail - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/59cdfd1f2d7fcda193682d34d2afb5337209d6774763dd22ebe4b4eb016d4a2d-rimg-w400-h400-dc5b642f-gmir.jpg?v=1764195344 ## FAQs - **Q**: When is the event happening? - **A:** Thu, 04 Dec, 2025 at 06:00 pm - **Q**: Where is the event happening? - **A:** The Duncan Pavilion - beachfront venue for private hire and public events, Rangiora Street, Whanganui, New Zealand - **Q**: What is the ticket price? - **A:** starting from 0 up to 0 NZD - **Q**: Who is organizing the event? - **A:** Progress Castlecliff - **Q**: What type of event is this? - **A:** entertainment, sports, trips-adventures, art, nonprofit, camping - **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about I am the river, the river is me ? - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents. ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "I am the river, the river is me", "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/af71032b93c63d9ea25befd81f9d0c9605dd4d07c1a0494e056a39cd8e530adb-rimg-w800-h600-dc1d382d-gmir.jpg?v=1764195345", "startDate": "2025-12-04", "endDate": "2025-12-04", "url": "https://allevents.in/whanganui/i-am-the-river-the-river-is-me/100001920113664659", "location": { "@type": "Place", "name": "The Duncan Pavilion - beachfront venue for private hire and public events", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "streetAddress": "Rangiora Street", "postalCode": "4501", "addressLocality": "Whanganui", "addressRegion": "MW", "addressCountry": "NZ" }, "geo": { "@type": "GeoCoordinates", "latitude": "-39.9397364", "longitude": "174.9773219" } }, "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode", "description": "A must watch 88 minute film from Journeyman Productions and the Whanganui Awa. 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