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Attitude Awards 2018 #1 Finalist Dans le Noir
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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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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 – “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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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 – “Concept of being able to serve someone confidently in the dark.”
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Sina Tanoi – “As the months went by, I grew in confidence.”
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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 – “blind people go through on a day to day basis.”
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James Billing – “They are very resilient, very capable people, probably the most committed,”
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James Billing – “most motivated staff I think I have ever seen.”