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Mahana is a 2016 New Zealand drama film directed by Lee Tamahori, and written by John Collee, based on the novel Bulibasha: King of the Gypsies by Witi Ihimaera. It was released as The Patriarch outside New Zealand.
Dec 1, 2015 · Buy now: http://www.eonehub.com.au/mahana/ 1960s, East Coast of New Zealand. Two Maori sheep-shearing families, the Mahanas and the Poatas, are longstanding enemies and commercial...
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Based on Witi Ihimaera's novel Bulibasha, set on the East Coast in the 1960s, the truth behind a bitter feud between two Māori families comes to light.
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Mahana is a 2016 drama film based on Witi Ihimaera's book Bulibasha, about a 50s era shearing family feud in Aotearoa. Watch the trailer, interviews and behind the scenes clips of this film directed by Lee Tamahori and starring Temuera Morrison.
1960s, East Coast of New Zealand. Two Maori sheep-shearing families, the Mahanas and the Poatas, are longstanding enemies and commercial rivals. 14-year-old Simeon Mahana, the youngest son is in...
1960s, East Coast of New Zealand. Two Māori sheep-shearing families, the Mahanas and the Poatas, are longstanding enemies and commercial rivals. 14-year-old Simeon Mahana, the youngest son of the youngest son is in conflict with his traditionalist grandfather, Tamihana.
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Dec 7, 2016 · Mahana is the story of a powerful rivalry between two Maori families who make their living as shearers around Gisborne, on the east coast of the north island, in the early 1960s. In the history of Maori films, it is a landmark – it succeeds as an engrossing narrative on a grand scale about quotidian lives.
