Waru (2017)
Waru
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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Tanea Heke
as Charm
as Charm
Roimata Fox
as Anahera
as Anahera
Ngapaki Moetara
as Mihi
as Mihi
Āwhina-Rose Henare Ashby
as Em
as Em
Maria Walker
as Kiritapu
as Kiritapu
Kararaina Rangihau
as Ranui
as Ranui
Merehaka Maaka
as Hinga
as Hinga
Acacia Hapi
as Mere
as Mere
Antonio Te Maioha
as Tapu
as Tapu
Miriama McDowell
as Bash
as Bash
Amber Curreen
as Titty
as Titty
Cohen Holloway
as Pierre
as Pierre
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Rajneel Singh
Editor
Editor
Craig Parkes
Online Editor
Online Editor
Casey Kaa
Director
Director
Ainsley Gardiner
Director
Director
Katie Wolfe
Director
Director
Briar Grace Smith
Director
Director
Chelsea Cohen
Director
Director
Renae Maihi
Director
Director
Awanui Simich-Pene
Director
Director
Renae Maihi
Writer
Writer
Chelsea Cohen
Writer
Writer
Ainsley Gardiner
Writer
Writer
Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu
Writer
Writer
Briar Grace Smith
Writer
Writer
Casey Kaa
Writer
Writer
Katie Wolfe
Writer
Writer
Riria Lee
Production Design
Production Design
Lindah Lepou
Costume Design
Costume Design
Drew Sturge
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Lauren King
Original Music Composer
Original Music Composer
Paula Whetu Jones
Director
Director
Paula Whetu Jones
Writer
Writer
