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Mahana is a 2016 New Zealand drama film directed by Lee Tamahori, and written by John Collee, based on the novel Bulibasha: King of the Gypsies by Witi Ihimaera. It was released as The Patriarch outside New Zealand.
Dec 1, 2015 · Buy now: http://www.eonehub.com.au/mahana/ 1960s, East Coast of New Zealand. Two Maori sheep-shearing families, the Mahanas and the Poatas, are longstanding enemies and commercial...
Two Māori sheep-shearing families, the Mahanas and the Poatas, are longstanding enemies and commercial rivals. 14-year-old Simeon Mahana, the youngest son of the youngest son is in conflict with his traditionalist grandfather, Tamihana.
Mahana - Inspired by Witi Ihimaera book Bulibasha, director Lee Tamahori made his first film on local soil since 1994's Once Were Warriors. Temuera Morrison plays a 50s era patriarch who leads his whanāu in a bitter rivalry with another shearing family.
Dec 7, 2016 · Mahana is the story of a powerful rivalry between two Maori families who make their living as shearers around Gisborne, on the east coast of the north island, in the early 1960s. In the history of Maori films, it is a landmark – it succeeds as an engrossing narrative on a grand scale about quotidian lives.
The official trailer for Lee Tamahori's first NZ film in twenty years is now out. Mahana, starring Temuera Morrison and Nancy Brunning, is an adaptation of W...
Mahana is a powerful drama about a Māori family in 1960s New Zealand. Watch the full movie online on TVNZ OnDemand, the home of quality Kiwi stories.
