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In Haka Māori myth is re-told through a series of stirring haka performances. Men stomp, invoke, and do pukana (tongue out, eyes wide) amidst spitting mud and fire and ... in Paremoremo Prison and under a motorway. These scenes are intercut with archive imagery of post-pākehā Māori life, from first contact to Maori Battalion, urban drift and protest. The film is a tribute to the raw power, and art, of haka. Ultimately the Once Were Warriors-like message "is positive because of the fierce, irresistible pride of the performances." Peter Calder, (NZ Herald, 1989).
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Looks like dear Anaru Takarua and the boys. No mention of credits. Pity my pathetic farmside broadband which I pay $160 a month for made a 14 minute film over an hour and I still didn't get to see the end as it cut out! Come on Satellite Broadband, you should be able to deliver!!
Huhana Rowlands
well im a coasty born and bred on the east coast, ruatoria. this site awsome for having all of the stuff that makes Aotearoa significant from the rest of the world. NGATI HEARTY all the way
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Television, 1975 (Full Length)
Also made by Geoff Steven
Television, 1990 (Full Length)
Features the famous Māori Battalion haka
Television, 1990 (Full Length)
Features a haka performed by Buck Shelford and Tem Morrison
Television, 1984 (Full Length)
Features a haka performed by Pita Sharples
Short Film, 1967 (Full Length)
A documentary about Māori coping with living in the city
Television, 2006 (Excerpts)
A documentary on photographer Ans Westra, whose images feature here
Television, 1989 (Full Length)
Features the All Blacks performing haka
Television, 1998 (Full Length)
A documentary on Haka producer Awatere-Huata
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The synopsis and credits are included
Brenda Leeuwenberg
Posted at 11.42PM - 16.06.2010
@Huhana - Sorry you're having problems - try using the Low res version of the video - click the Hi/Lo button just under the video and then select the Lo option. It's a much smaller file and should run better for you!