Muru

In October 2007, the police conducted 'Anti-Terrorism' raids on the Tūhoe community of Urewera, sparking nationwide controversy. Inspired partly by these events, Muru is an action-drama predominately in te reo Māori, with the perspective of the Tūhoe community at its core. Directed by Tearepa Kahi (Poi E, Mt. Zion), it stars Cliff Curtis (The Dark Horse) as a conflicted Tūhoe police sergeant, and activist Tāme Iti as himself (he features in both clips). Muru pitches itself as "a response", not a recreation. Producer Reikura Kahi called it "a story which weaves the deep past and the recent present together..."