The Raid

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Muru

Serve or protect?

Inspired by actual events, MURU is the story of a local Police Sergeant ‘Taffy’ Tāwharau, who must choose between duty to his badge or his people, when the Government invoke antiterrorism powers to launch an armed raid on Taffy’s remote Urewera community, on a school day. This gripping action drama is not a re-creation, but a response to the 2007 Tūhoe raids. MURU is a Māori concept for 'forgiveness’.

Date of release
2022-10-13
TMDB
6.4 / 10 (14)
Runtime
1h 44m
Genres
Drama, Action
Director
Tearepa Kahi

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: New Zealand
  • Awards: 0 · Nominations: 1

Muru is a 2022 New Zealand action-drama film very loosely based on the 2007 New Zealand police raids against the Ngāi Tūhoe community of Rūātoki. Written and directed by Tearepa Kahi, the film stars Cliff Curtis, Jay Ryan and Manu Bennett. The film was released as the opening night film of the New Zealand International Film Festival on 28 July 2022.

Production

Muru is the first film to receive funding through Te Tumu Whakaata Taonga, a New Zealand Film Commission fund intended to develop feature films in te reo Māori. The film was shot in on location in the Waimana Valley and Rūātoki, where the raids took place in 2007.

"Matemateāone", a 2021 song by Stan Walker performed in Te Reo Māori, was used during the film's credits.

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