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Synopsis

New Zealand, 1903. South African tracker Arjan Van Diemen (Sexy Beast’s Ray Winstone) is hired to hunt a Māori whaler (Temuera Morrison) accused of murder. So begins a cat and mouse chase across the country, where pole position keeps changing, and the hunted man threatens to show he might actually deserve some respect. Directed by British veteran Ian Sharp (Mrs Caldicot’s Cabbage War), and scripted by Dutch-born emigre Nicolas van Pallandt, Tracker was one of the final productions to win a cash injection from the recently disbanded UK Film Council.

Credits (18)

 Temuera Morrison

Temuera Morrison
Actor

 Ian Sharp

Ian Sharp
Director

 Trevor Haysom

Trevor Haysom
Producer

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 Raniera

Raniera

Posted at 12.13PM - 08.05.2012

kia ora te ra o turei e mahi ahau ki to taina tua kana o hohepa raua ko katarini ahau tenei e rua te korero ahau
your my uncle tem morri.

 Daniel Paikea Edwards

Daniel Paikea Edwards

Posted at 12.11PM - 08.05.2012

kia ora e koe ko Raniera Paikea Erawete taku ingoa,

ayesh jake the musk yeh thats the shit!!!!

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Quotes

Both these guys are tough guys, but they are the most sensitive actors I’ve ever worked with. 

– Ian Sharp, on Temuera Morrison and Ray Winstone

Bloody right I’m curious. I’m very curious to find out why you boys crossed two oceans, to help the British burn down my farm. 

– Arjan van Diemen (Ray Winstone) to a Kiwi customs official (Greg Johnson)

I always saw it as a Western - as a huge epic Western on this vast canvas of New Zealand ... You have here also the same kind of dramatic landscape, and the same big issues, the same big themes. 

– Director Ian Sharp