Te Rerenga Wairua

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Title

Te Rerenga Wairua

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Description

This trippy animation follows the spirit of a person killed in a motorway car accident. The life force (wairua) runs through forest and beaches on its journey to Te Rerenga Wairua (Cape Rēinga). En route it meets tourist buses and other spirits, before reaching the gnarly pohutukawa and making the leap towards Hawaiki-Nui. There's a real native joy in seeing contemporary 80s animation enliven ancient Māori spiritual concepts. Joe Wylie (Toy Love's Bride of Frankenstein) was in charge of the a...

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Format

Video

Date created

1984

URL

https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/te-rerenga-wairua-1984

Related subjects

death / frigate birds / birds / forest / northland / maori / maori myth / māori myth / myth / māori / wairua / mauri / animation / new zealand animation / nz animation / māori culture / mātauranga māori / 1980s / eighties / cape rēinga / pūrākau / maori myths and legends / myths and legends / hawaiki nui / the clean / flying nun / flying nun soundtrack / flying nun records / 1984 / 80s

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