Mana Waka

Mana Waka

85 mins | May 5, 1990

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.

Mana Waka

85 mins | May 5, 1990

Mana Waka
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.
Producers Turangawaewae Marae, Te Puea Estate
Original title Mana Waka
Directors Merata Mita
Writers Merata Mita

Cast

Tukuroirangi Morgan

as Narrator