Waru

Eight Māori female directors have each contributed a sequence to this powerful and challenging feature which unfolds around the tangi of a small boy who died at the hands of his caregiver.

Cast

Tanea Heke

as Charm

Roimata Fox

as Anahera

Ngapaki Moetara

as Mihi

Āwhina-Rose Henare Ashby

as Em

Maria Walker

as Kiritapu

Kararaina Rangihau

as Ranui

Merehaka Maaka

as Hinga

Acacia Hapi

as Mere

Antonio Te Maioha

as Tapu

Miriama McDowell

as Bash

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