Turangawaewae / A Place to Stand

Powerful, potent, poignant, sad, insightful, beautiful, horrific, honest. I found the most heart wrenching moment was when he entered the gate onto the Marae - what that symbolised! Nga mihi kia koutou katoa - all those involved in the creation of this film. Thank you.

My father served in vietnam and I also seen some of the behaviours in dad that were portrayed through Wi Kuki Kaa. For what we thought then were erratic behaviour, I now realise just what those soldiers went through. loved the short film, thanks for making it and sharing it.

Kia Ora, as a contemporary Maori artist, film artist and teacher, i found this film intriguingly moving, powerful, and a reminder to all Maori that we have our place of standing. this film is highly ideal for the students i teach contemporary maori art and film and media production at my local secondary school. this film will be one of the main peices my students will be developing their own ideas from, when creating works of art about turangawaewae and what that means to them personally and culturally etc. would love to get a copy of this film and other maori films on this site for student learning. Kia Ora

kia ora and talofa, I found this short film very moving. It made me reflect on the hardships of war and the impact it had on those who fought in it. We watched this in our Art History class as well and most were in tears and there was just complete silence at the end. Very powerful and intense, laden with fundamental ideas of 'identity', loss of it and more importantly how to find it...the place of your ancestors. Thankyou for the reminder.