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Title

Kairākau - First Episode

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Description

Te Ao Māori meets 70s kung fu movies in this Māori TV series, as a modern guide travels back to pre-Pākehā times to introduce "the greatest warriors of the past". Kairākau uses modern filmmaking tools (including roving camerawork, and the kinetic style of action films like 300) to explore ancestral history and showcase Māori martial arts. This first episode tells of Tunohopu’s utu, after an ambush by a Tūwharetoa war party sees the capture of his son and brother. Kairākau was created by Rangi...

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Video

Date created

2016

URL

https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/kairakau-episode-one-2016

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taiaha / kereru / kererū / pigeon / gourd / te roro-o-te-rangi / te roro o te rangi / chief / tūwharetoa / tuwharetoa / kapakapa / taupo / warrior / te mangai paho / tunohopu / ngāti whakaue / ngati whakaue / war / te māngai pāho / māori / maori / fighting / martial arts / rākau / rakau

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