Te Rua

Te Rua

105 mins | Drama | July 20, 1991

A hundred years after the theft from New Zealand of three irreplaceable tribal carvings, two Maori, Rewi and Peter, decide it's time for ancient grievances to be put right. Both men are in Berlin where the carvings are stored in a museum. Plans go awry when a group that Peter has assembled breaks into the museum. Rewi persuades the others to let him put his own, more daring plan into action. Tensions build and international media interest broadens when a sniper's bullet hits Peter.

Te Rua

105 mins | Drama | July 20, 1991

Te Rua
A hundred years after the theft from New Zealand of three irreplaceable tribal carvings, two Maori, Rewi and Peter, decide it's time for ancient grievances to be put right. Both men are in Berlin where the carvings are stored in a museum. Plans go awry when a group that Peter has assembled breaks into the museum. Rewi persuades the others to let him put his own, more daring plan into action. Tensions build and international media interest broadens when a sniper's bullet hits Peter.
Producers New Zealand Film Commission, Pacific Films (NZ), Berlin Senate and Film Commission
Original title Te Rua
Directors Barry Barclay
Writers Barry Barclay

Cast

Peter Kaa

as Peter Huaka

Nissie Herewini

as Nanny Matai

Maria Fitzi

as Hanna Lehmann

Donna Akersten

as Fiona Gilbert

Walter Kreye

as Dr. Sattler

Jürgen Thormann

as Dieter Goetz

Vanessa Rare

as Helen Marangai

Günter Meisner

as Professor Biederstedt

Matiu Mareikura

as Taki Ruru

Stuart Devenie

as Hamish MacMillan

Anton Rattinger

as Gunter Schewer