
Rewi Rapana returns to the small country town of Te Mata after his family has left the district. His arrival rekindles old tensions as well as renewing family ties. He is seeking an identity and a permanent place to call home yet desperately hiding a secret from his past. Oddly enough there is one person with whom he finds peace of mind. She is an old woman known as Kara. A special relationship develops between Rewi, Kara and Kara’s great granddaughter Awatea.

Anzac Wallace
Rewi Rapana
Eva Rickard
Kara
Willie Raana
Willie Rapana
Susan D. Ramari Paul
Ramari

Geoff Murphy
Mr Semmens
Sonny Waru
Hemi

Temuera Morrison
Young Cop
Don Selwyn
Old Cop
Rangimarie Delamere
Awatea
James Heyward
Steve

Nine Days and One Morning
Nine Days and One Morning
Grete Minde
Grete Minde

The Iron Giant
The Iron Giant

Ned Kelly
Ned Kelly

Gripsholm
Gripsholm

Pay It Forward
Pay It Forward

Bunnylovr
Bunnylovr

In the Heat of the Night
In the Heat of the Night

Big Girls Don't Cry
Big Girls Don't Cry

Leviathan
Leviathan

The Taste of Others
The Taste of Others

Never Mind the Wall
Never Mind the Wall