Movie

Te Rua (1991)

• July 20, 1991
• 1h 45m

• Drama

“Success has its costs even when you are in the right”

Overview

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.

Director

Barry Barclay

Writers

Barry Barclay

Starring

Wi Kuki Kaa, Peter Kaa, Nissie Herewini