Mauri

• 6.5 Drama
• 1988-07-21
• 101 minutes mins

Rewi Rapana returns to the small country town of Te Mata after his family has left the district. His arrival rekindles old tensions as well as renewing family ties. He is seeking an identity and a permanent place to call home yet desperately hiding a secret from his past. Oddly enough there is one person with whom he finds peace of mind. She is an old woman known as Kara. A special relationship develops between Rewi, Kara and Kara’s great granddaughter Awatea.

Starring:

Anzac Wallace (Rewi Rapana) Eva Rickard (Kara) Willie Raana (Willie Rapana) Susan D. Ramari Paul (Ramari) Geoff Murphy (Mr Semmens) Sonny Waru (Hemi) Temuera Morrison (Young Cop) Don Selwyn (Old Cop) Rangimarie Delamere (Awatea) James Heyward (Steve)

Director:

Merata Mita

Writer:

Merata Mita