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Taku Rākau E
Film (Full Length) – 2010
In this poetic short film, writer/director/songwriter Kararaina Rangihau tells a story of great significance to the Tūhoe people. Unfolding entirely in te reo Māori, the narrative follows a child (played by Te Ratauhina Tumarae) learning the origins to the waiata 'Taku Rākau E', from her great-grandmother (Menu Ripia). Flicking between the present day and 1873, the great-grandmother tells how Mihikitekapua, a blind women of Tūhoe (also played by Ripia), first sang this important waiata. Rangihau was mentored by prominent filmmaker Merata Mita, who produced the film with co-producer Chelsea Winstanley.
She knows the path so well. It is her home.– Nan (Menu Ripia) explainign to her great grand daughter Erana (Te Ratauhina Tumarae) how the blind woman Mihikitekapua found her way
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Produced by
Stanstrong
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