Te Rua

Success has its costs even when you are in the right

Te Rua — Plot

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.

• Release date
• July 20, 1991
• Runtime
• 105 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Barry Barclay

Te Rua — Cast

Wi Kuki Kaa Rewi

P

Peter Kaa Peter Huaka

N

Nissie Herewini Nanny Matai

M

Maria Fitzi Hanna Lehmann Donna Akersten Fiona Gilbert Walter Kreye Dr. Sattler Jürgen Thormann Dieter Goetz

C

Carolyn Del Rosario Teza