Taua - War Party

Name: New Zealand Film Commission
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DIRECTOR’S NOTES "To date, old New Zealand has been portrayed in cinema as a dark and cold land of deep foreboding; the final frontier, a savage place of no return. My aim was to show ancient Aotearoa as a green, and...

New Zealand Production

Short 2007 Drama 15.00 minutes

Taua (War Party) A war party has abducted an enemy leader and bound him to the stern of their war canoe. The war canoe is being towed through a forest, driven by a merciless chief in a bid to escape any pursuers and return home safely with their trophy. Two young boys sit at the stern of the war canoe. They serve as bailers on the water and water distributors on the land. On a desperate and gruelling journey, every man is in need of water. Even an unknown captive strapped to the stern.