• Sep 01, 2016
  • 103 min
  • Full-HD

Mahana (2016)

It is the 1960s. Two Maori families, the Mahanas and the Poatas, make a living shearing sheep on the east coast of New Zealand. The two clans, who are bitter enemies, face each other as rivals at the annual sheep shearing competitions. Simeon is a 14-year-old scion of the Mahana clan. A courageous schoolboy, he rebels against his authoritarian grandfather Tamihana and his traditional ways of thinking and begins to unravel the reasons for the long-standing feud between the two families. Before long, the hierarchies and established structures of the community are in disarray because Tamihana, who is as stubborn as he is proud, is not prepared to acquiesce and pursue new paths. The story is adapted from Witi Ihimaera's novel Bulibasha: King of the Gypsies.

Category
Country
New Zealand
Companies
The Patriarch Limited

Temuera Morrison

Grandfather Tamihana Mahana

Akuhata Keefe

Simeon Mahana

Nancy Brunning

Ramona Mahana

Jim Moriarty

Rupeni Poata

Regan Taylor

Joshua Mahana

Maria Walker

Edmund Eramiha

Ngahuia Piripi

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