Rewi's Last Stand / The Last Stand

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Rewi's Last Stand / The Last Stand

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Rudall Hayward made two movies inspired by the 1864 Battle of Ōrākau. The 1940 version, with sound, was later seen by a generation of Kiwi school kids. The film dramatises "a bloody, almost genocidal confrontation" (newspaper Te Iwi o Aotearoa) between colonial forces and an outnumbered group of Māori, led by Rewi Maniapoto. Hayward aimed for accuracy, and some characters were played by descendants of those who had fought. He added a romance featuring his future wife Ramai Te Miha, as a part-...

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Video

Date created

1940 - 1949

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https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/rewis-last-stand-1940

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fight / mere / taiaha / mau rākau / 1800s / 1860s / conflict / colonisation / pā / waikato / land wars / monochrome / black and white / challenge

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