Attitude Awards 2018 #1 Finalist Dans le Noir


Released 03/12/2019

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Tamati Pearse – “All of us, waiters and waitresses are actually blind so”

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Tamati Pearse – “we are serving you guys your food and drink in the complete dark.”

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Narrator – “It’s an experience into another’s world and the owners of Dans Le Noir at Auckland’s Rydges hotel deliver a”

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Narrator – “truly authentic experience by employing and training waiters”

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Tamati photo frame hanging on the wall

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Narrator – “who are blind.”

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Tamati Pearse conversing with another person

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Tamati Pearse – “I like to add in a comedian humour.”

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Tamati Pearse sitting in a restaurant with chef working in the back

Text appear: “Tamati Pearse” – “Dans Le Noir”

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Tamati Pearse – “It sometime it gets some of them relaxed.”

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Tamati Pearse pouring a glass of wine

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Tamati Pearse – “Especially the ones that are very nervous that ask for the colour of the wine,”

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A person passing a glass of wine on a tray to Tamati Pearse

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Tamati Pearse – “I tell them it’s black wine”

Narrator – “The commitment to supporting people into employment has led to a work culture of inclusion”

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Sina Tanoi – “Well I guess for me it was the whole”

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Sina Tanoi sitting in a kitchen setting

Text appear – “Sina Tanoi” – “Dans Le Noir”

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Sina Tanoi – “Concept of being able to serve someone confidently in the dark.”

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Sina Tanoi grabbing items from inside the draw

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Sina Tanoi – “As the months went by, I grew in confidence.”

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Group of waiters and waitresses standing around in a room

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Narrator – “Manager James Billing encourages all Kiwi’s to experience a world without sight,”

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Narrator – “not just for the taste sensations.”

James Billing – “I think it’s a great way to understand what”

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James Billing sitting down in a restaurant setting

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James Billing – “blind people go through on a day to day basis.”

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Sina Tanoi walking down the stairs with a guide dog

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James Billing – “They are very resilient, very capable people, probably the most committed,”

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Tamati Pearse laughing

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James Billing – “most motivated staff I think I have ever seen.”