Ngā Puna - Koro's Hat

Koro’s Hat explores the relationship between a mokopuna, known as ‘Babe’ (Stacey Taylor and Tiffany-Ema Walters), and her grandfather (Wiremu 'Bill' Tāwhai). Through the interwoven experiences of Koro and Babe, past and present, themes of colonisation, racism and language loss are revealed. Babe feels the weight of her koro’s passing in a dream, and at the tangi retrieves his treasured hat. This drama is a lament on loss, and the ways life carries on through whakapapa and tikanga. Ngā Puna Executive Producer Don Selwyn won Best Director at a Canadian Indigenous People's Film Festival for this instalment of the anthology series.

Me and my cousins always knew they were talking about us when they started talking Māori.

– Babe (Stacey Taylor) reflects on her aunties switching to te reo Māori

Key Cast & Crew

Ross Jennings

Producer

Don Selwyn

Director, Executive Producer

Bill Tāwhai

As: Koro

Debra Rewiti

Writer

Ngamaru Raerino

As: Piri

Harete Kairau

As: Nan