A Place To Stand

A Place To Stand

13 mins | Drama, War

Actor Wi Kuki Kaa plays Tiare, a Vietnam War veteran who is dislocated by his experiences of war, and homelessness. He wanders the city streets, collecting ephemera in plastic bags. Nancy Brunning plays his daughter, who, with her own daughter, visits their reluctant koro to convince him to visit his ancestral home. The result is a moving story about a man jolted to find his turangawaewae, and the whanau that helps him get there. (NZ On Screen)

A Place To Stand

13 mins | Drama, War

A Place To Stand
Actor Wi Kuki Kaa plays Tiare, a Vietnam War veteran who is dislocated by his experiences of war, and homelessness. He wanders the city streets, collecting ephemera in plastic bags. Nancy Brunning plays his daughter, who, with her own daughter, visits their reluctant koro to convince him to visit his ancestral home. The result is a moving story about a man jolted to find his turangawaewae, and the whanau that helps him get there. (NZ On Screen)
Producers
Original title Turangawaewae
Directors Peter Burger
Writers Wiremu Grace

Cast

Wi Kuki Kaa

as Tiare

Nancy Brunning

as Rose

Sydney Larkins

as Hineata

Greg Matetaka

as Young Tiare

Geoff Karena

as Manu