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Waru

Waru

2017•1h 28m•6.9/10
Drama

Ratings

🎬TMDb
6.9/10(10)

Eight Māori female directors have each contributed a sequence to this powerful and challenging feature which unfolds around the tangi of a small boy who died at the hands of his caregiver.

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Production

Brown Sugar Apple Grunt

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Tanea Heke

Tanea Heke

Charm

Roimata Fox

Roimata Fox

Anahera

Ngapaki Moetara

Mihi

Āwhina-Rose Henare Ashby

Āwhina-Rose Henare Ashby

Em

Maria Walker

Maria Walker

Kiritapu

Kararaina Rangihau

Kararaina Rangihau

Ranui

Merehaka Maaka

Hinga

Acacia Hapi

Mere

Antonio Te Maioha

Antonio Te Maioha

Tapu

Miriama McDowell

Miriama McDowell

Bash

Amber Curreen

Amber Curreen

Titty

Cohen Holloway

Cohen Holloway

Pierre

Tom Sainsbury

Tom Sainsbury

Jason

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