Richard Te Are

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Richard Te Are

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Whina
Richard Gilbert
Biopic about the life of Whina Cooper, an activist who worked tirelessly to improve the lives of fellow Māori women.
The Difference Between Pipi & Pūpū
When estranged son, Tai, is called home to Aotearoa to his father Putty's deathbed, he is forced to confront a painful past after years of avoiding it. Once inseparable, Tai and Putty would spend hours together fishing and joking around. However, after a family secret is revealed, their relationship falls apart.
Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan
Gunner Murry Watene
Vietnam War, 1966. Australia and New Zealand send troops to support the United States and South Vietnamese in their fight against the communist North. Soldiers are very young men, recruits and volunteers who have never been involved in a combat. On August 18th, members of Delta Company will face the true horror of a ruthless battle among the trees of a rubber plantation called Long Tân. They are barely a hundred. The enemy is a human wave ready to destroy them.
Rū
Manaia
A pregnant woman must fight for her life when she becomes the victim of a violent initiation.
In Dark Places
Teina Pora
In Dark Places is the gripping story of an innocent man, imprisoned for two decades for a crime he did not commit, and an ex-cop's heroic battle to win him his freedom.