Mauri

Mauri — Plot

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.

• Release date
• July 21, 1988
• Runtime
• 101 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Merata Mita

Mauri — Cast

Anzac Wallace Rewi Rapana

E

Eva Rickard Kara

W

Willie Raana Willie Rapana

S

Susan D. Ramari Paul Ramari Geoff Murphy Mr Semmens

S

Sonny Waru Hemi Temuera Morrison Young Cop

D

Don Selwyn Old Cop