Te Rua

The story

A hundred years after the theft from New Zealand of three irreplaceable tribal carvings, two members of a Māori tribe decide it's time for ancient grievances to be put right. Variously praised as a major step forward in indigenous cinema, attacked for overambition, and little screened, Te Rua marked Barry Barclay’s impassioned follow-up to his acclaimed debut feature Ngāti.

Cast & crew

Wi Kuki KaaRewi

Peter Kaa

Peter KaaPeter Huaka

Nissie Herewini

Nissie HerewiniNanny Matai

Maria Fitzi

Maria FitziHanna Lehmann

Donna AkerstenFiona Gilbert

Walter KreyeDr. Sattler

Jürgen ThormannDieter Goetz

Carolyn Del Rosario

Carolyn Del RosarioTeza

Vanessa RareHelen Marangai

Günter MeisnerProfessor Biederstedt

Matiu Mareikura

Matiu MareikuraTaki Ruru

Stuart DevenieHamish MacMillan