Mauri

Category: Drama
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.
Status: Released IMDb
Release date: 1988-07-21
Run time: 101 minute / 1:41
Director: Merata Mita
Writer: Merata Mita
Production Companies : Awatea Films, Radio Hauraki, Hauraki Film Enterprises, New Zealand Film Commission
Production Country: New Zealand

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

Writing
Merata Mita Screenplay

Production
Merata Mita Producer
Geoff Murphy Associate Producer

Crew
Graeme Cowley Cinematography

Editing
Nicholas Beauman Editor

Art
Ralph Hotere Production Design

Directing
Geoff Murphy First Assistant Director

Sound
Hirini Melbourne Music

Directing
Joanna E. Paiana Paul First Assistant Director
Poata Eruera Second Assistant Director
Pita Turei First Assistant Director





















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