Release Date

23 Aug, 2001

Runtime

00:00: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

Will Bastion returns home from the army after an absence of 20 years to bury his father, the former chief of thee Maori tribe, Ngati Kaipuku. The eldest son, he is reluctant to inherit his fathers role, so it is taken more willingly by his younger brother, Kahu. Kahu is the leader of a band of drug dealers and trouble-makers who ride horses through the middle of town, wrecking peoples gardens. Under the guise of refusal of a land settlement, Kahu makes a large marijuana deal with some murdering city folk. Will must choose between loyalty for his brother and his father, Maori tradition, and contemporary financial issues.

Original Title

Crooked Earth

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Actors

Temuera Morrison

Jaime Passier-Armstrong

Lawrence Makoare

Quinton Hita

Nancy Brunning

Mark Nua

Sydney Jackson

George Henare

Calvin Tuteao

Stan Wolfgramm

Sela Apera

William Davis

Eliza Bidois

Mabel Wharekawa-Burt

Patrick Wilson

Ross Duncan

Anaru Grant

Arthur Ranford

Jason Nathan

Lionel Waaka

Slade Leef

Crew

Sam Pillsbury

Robin Scholes

Greg McGee

Waihoroi Shortland

Don Selwyn

Kai Hawkins

Chris Plummer

James Hall

David Gribble

Peter Beilby

Henri Dorlet

Ernst Goldschmidt

Gavin Strawhan

Michael Brindley