Tama Tū

This is a beautiful film - outstanding. Courage, humour and compassion in every moment.

My partner loves this visual. This short film shows that despite travelling to an unknown territory for war they would always remember where they came from. Favourite scene - throws stone at lookout, lookout responds with a silent 'what'.

So typical of Maori boys......find humor in any situation, and I imagine that it would've been like that....this is a great short film

HAHA this really cracks ne out of ma boots

I found out about this on Facebook and just had to watch. Very funny, very moving.....what happens next? I very much enjoy your work.

......tuturu whakamaua kia tina!!!!!

It was so touching. Found it so easy to relate to the boys, easily able to see my brothers, sons, uncles and cousins mucking around doing dorky things and acting like eggs. And then to be brought back by the tohu, and the karakia scene was so poignant and taumaha. Truly masterful and evocative

I really enjoyed the film :)

nice

He mere pounamu tenei pikitia. he whakaahua o matou tupuna kua wehi atu ra...e kitea mai nga kanohi, e hoki ki te whakaaro.....nga tamatoa o tumatauenga...tu mai te toki...aue taukuri eeeee.
28 maori battalion. Company A B C D. e kore matou e warewaretia.
a thought provoking short picture...hummmmm.............ka mau te wehi .Taika,Cliff,Ainsley and star actors..workers katoa....too much.

There were 17 kiwi Infantry Battalions in WWII. Enjoyed the film, but would like to see a bit more light shone on some others for a change.
18th BN - 28th BN. And 29th, 30th, 34th, 35th, 36th and 37th.
There are some amazing stories out there that don't just revolve around one fine group of men in the 28th

Choice Bro!!

Really good short film with depth and feeling. But in recent years we have been bombarded with 28 Btn Material I would like to see some of the many other Infantry battalions we sent over highlighted 18th, 19th, or 20th Btn(who had numerous VC winners). Lets not forget the other 190,000 odd NZ'ers who went overseas for their country

He tino rawe tenei pikitia. Kua mau te pikitia nei i te hatekehitanga o tatou te iwi Maori. tuarua, te kaha o ratou nga hoia, nga tipuna hoki.
no reira, nga mihi Taika ma!

mean maoris mean only sumfing kiwis kan relate too mean taika bro wenz da next one cumming out kuzz ull have to put me in it az well koz im a funny lookin maori cher cher JARUE

Funny as, My Maori workmate and i watched this at work (security officers in aussie) and we were cracking up but still having to be quiet like the maori soldiers, made it even funnier....now we just have to give the big paused eyebrow lift lol and its on all over again...cheers Taika!

Fucking brilliant film. I am always looking for maori films. I unfortunately I am from england so it is hard for me to find.

Any suggestions??

haruru ana te whenua ki hea koe tu ai Mr Waititi.. to rangatira hoki..

Tautoko, absolutely, mean

There should be a movie of new zealands role in the 2nd world war aussie keeps grabbing the spotlight.
Peter Jackson & Taika should direct it

pretty mean bro

Nga mihi nui atu ki a koutou:D He pai rawa te whakaari, he mea hei whakahihi i te ngakau, he maori ahau!

to much, this is an epic short movie... need to be able to download it somehere?

Mean bro

@DAina Just below and to the right of the video player there is a tab which says BUY IT - click on that and you'll find info about where to buy this film.

I saw this very late at night on SBS Australia and I've been raving about it to everyone since - please tell me where I can buy it!!

taika waititi,visionary extrodinaire.

I watched this a few years ago on tv, and has haunted me since. Magnificent.

Sure reminds you of what is important, eh.

After having recently finished reading Patricia Grace's Tu and now viewing this, I'm moved to tears over the juxtaposed poignancy of the Maori Battallion experience. An excellent piece of work that encapsulates precisely what I can only imagine to be the triumph of the human spirit in times of confusion and crisis.

and 3 generations later me and my mates still do the same stuff to each other bloody beautiful

Jesus, what a great film .. I served with the British Army during the Iraq war and in other combat areas and the humour and brotherhood was spot on. Kia Ora

great movie tama tu love it ..x

Cool it's good to see or imagine what our battalion went thru.
Boy was cool but this is awesome. has anyone seen the short film Taua. awesome n would'nt mind seeing a longer version if possible

Beautiful short film.
It would be fabulous if someone made a film of Patricia Grace's masterful novel Tu-Taika would do the book justice.

Such a pity "Boy" gets all the glory - Tama Tu is far superior in my view. Thanks NZONSCREEN.

Ti Hei Mauri ora!

watched it again. great stuff.

That was so interesting! Taika Waititi is such a genius, I adore his work. <3

wow hw amazing...it reminds me wen my grandfather ws in the maori battalian ..so loved it...lest we 4get..n honour them 4 ther great courage n bravery...

Aue Ihu Tirohia Arohaina Iho Ra Whakaaetia Ake Au Ki Tou Uma Piri Ai...Hiki Nuku, Hiki Rangi E Hika Ma O Te Pakanga Tuarua O Te Ao. Tē Wareware. Moe Mai Ra.

awesome Taika Waititi - it represents the maori bonds. tei hei mauri ora!

Absolutely amazing, the whole thing, i love that the longest dialogue you here is the karakia just goes to show the intensity of karakia and us as maori how so few words could possibly guide us with courage and strength to overcome anything, the humour - crack up : typical maori boys, such a serious situation but the humour just makes you forget about whats going on outside, my favourite shot, the very last shot we see before it ends - the carving next to the toy soldier, the way the carving was positioned behind the soldier as the soldier is facing in the other direction , to me, looks like the carving is a symbolism of a kaitiaki or their matua tupuna watching over them, supporting them, standing behind them. chuuurrr Taika Waititi ! MEAN SHORT!! using this short for a assignment at uni. =p

Great short! It's usually hard to keep the audience interested throughout when there is no talking, but the silence and body language really work here. Very effective. I loved the whole scene with aiming at the German soldier. And the song used in the credits is just beautiful.

cant believe their are no comments so far.