Mana Waka (1990)
Fifty years in the making, this extraordinary reconstruction of a never-completed 1940 documentary captures the construction of seven massive traditional war canoes by Maori tribespeople in anticipation of New Zealand's centenary celebrations.
- Date of release
- 1990-05-05
- TMDB
- 5.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Director
- Merata Mita
Casting
- Tukuroirangi Morgan — Narrator
Interesting facts
Mana Waka is a 1990 New Zealand film documenting the construction of waka for the 1940 centenary of the Treaty of Waitangi. It uses footage shot between 1937 and 1940 by R.G.H Manley, and edited 50 years later by Annie Collins and director Merata Mita.
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