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Te Rua (1991)
Drama
105 min
"Success has its costs even when you are in the right"
Plot Summary
A hundred years after the theft from New Zealand of three irreplaceable tribal carvings, two Maori, Rewi and Peter, decide it's time for ancient grievances to be put right. Both men are in Berlin where the carvings are stored in a museum. Plans go awry when a group that Peter has assembled breaks into the museum. Rewi persuades the others to let him put his own, more daring plan into action. Tensions build and international media interest broadens when a sniper's bullet hits Peter.
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DramaBarry BarclayWi Kuki KaaPeter Kaa1991
Director
Barry Barclay
Top Cast
Wi Kuki KaaPeter KaaNissie HerewiniMaria FitziDonna Akersten
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