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Cast

Tukuroirangi Morgan

Tukuroirangi Morgan

Narrator

Crew

Michael Hedges

Michael Hedges

Sound Mixer

Merata Mita

Merata Mita

Director

Merata Mita

Merata Mita

Writer

David Madigan

David Madigan

Sound Recordist

Annie Collins

Annie Collins

Editor

Annie Collins

Annie Collins

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Chris Verbung

Chris Verbung

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Mana Waka

19905.0 / 1085 min

Overview

Fifty years in the making, this extraordinary reconstruction of a never-completed 1940 documentary captures the construction of seven massive traditional war canoes by Maori tribespeople in anticipation of New Zealand's centenary celebrations.