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Olly Ohlson

As a teacher and entertainer, Olly Ohlson was ideally positioned to bring Māori to a generation of te reo-starved New Zealanders in an accessible way. Debuting in 1980, his show After School became the first mainstream TV programme to normalise the use of Māori on a daily basis.

Olly Ohlson's full name is Te Hatapihopatapui Ohlson. The son of a Norwegian immigrant and a Tūhoe woman, he was raised in the Bay of Plenty town of Te Whaiti with Māori as his first language. He was the youngest of 24 children.

Press journalist Vicki Anderson summarised his many careers as follows: "Ohlson began his working life as a bushman, morphing to teacher, to insurance salesman, to parish worker, to television, to counselling, to tutor, to running a successful behavioural change programme in prison."

As Olly Ohlson, he became a household name in New Zealand as the face of afternoon children's show After School. Appearing on weekdays for six years during the 1980s, Ohlson broke new ground in his use of te reo Māori and sign language — one time, he even presented a te reo version of Mastermind on the slot. In 1982, he won the Best New Talent award at the Feltex Television Awards. His fame was such that comedian Billy T James imitated him in the second

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After School (TV series)

1981 New Zealand TV series or programme

After School
Created by	Ian Cumming
Presented by	Olly Ohlson (1981-1986) Richard Evans (1986-1987) Annie Roach (1986-1988) Jason Gunn (1987-1988)
Country of origin	New Zealand
Original languages	English Te Reo Māori Sign language
Camera setup	Multi-Camera
Network	TV One
Release	March 2, 1981 (1981-03-02) – 1986 (1986)
Network	TVNZ 2
Release	1987 (1987) – December 16, 1988 (1988-12-16)

After School was a New Zealand children's television programme that aired weekday afternoons on TV One and, later, Network Two from March 1981 to December 1988. It was produced in-house by TVNZ.

Olly Ohlson was the original presenter and would host links between various segments and programming. He was the first Māori presenter on New Zealand television to anchor a children's show,^[1] and the programme was also one of the first New Zealand shows to incorporate Te Reo, the Māori language, as well as Sign language into its scripts.

In the mid-1980s Olly was joined occasionally in the links items by Richard Evans and Annie Roach, who eventually took over the hosting roles, and towards the end of its run the show featured the bi