The Price of Peace

Film (Trailer) – 2015 Documentary Māori

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Journalist Kim Webby's Price of Peace is a portrait of Tūhoe activist Tame Iti, whose family Webby has known for 20 plus years. After the 2007 police raids, Iti was one of four to go on trial, accused of plotting terrorist activities. Webby’s film ranges widely from early land grievances to modern-day jail cells — and a police apology. NZ Herald reviewer Peter Calder praised the result for balancing a personal focus on Iti, with “a powerfully affecting” examination of the 2007 raids, which placed the raids in "the wider context of Tūhoe history and the process of reconciliation”.

Key Cast & Crew

Kim Webby

Director, Producer

Roger Grant

Producer, Post-Production Supervisor

Christina Milligan

Producer

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... a powerfully affecting re-examination of the Ruatoki raids that achieves something rather special: maintaining a personal, even intimate, focus on its central figure Tame Iti, it locates the 2007 police raids in the wider context of Tūhoe history and the process of reconciliation.
– Peter Calder in the NZ Herald, 16 July 2015

Availability

World premiere on 19 July 2015 at Auckland's SkyCity Theatre, before further screenings as part of the NZ International Film Festival

Acknowledgements

Made in association with NZ On Air and Māori Television, with funding assistance from Te Kotahi a Tūhoe and the NZ Film Commission