Mahana
DatesSun 5 March 2017
Start time: 2:30pm & 5:30pm
Price: $15 Adult, $13 Concession
Inspired by Witi Ihimaera's Bulibasha, Mahana saw director Lee Tamahori making his first film on local soil since a very different family tale: 1994's Once Were Warriors. Temuera Morrison stars as a 60s era farming patriarch who makes it clear his family should have absolutely nothing to do with rival family the Poatas. Then romance enters the picture, and son Simeon sets out to find out how the feud first started. The powerhouse MÄori cast includes Nancy Brunning and Jim Moriarty. Mahana debuted at the 2016 Berlin Film Festival, before NZ release.