Te Utu

Name: New Zealand Film Commission
Price range: $

DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT - Robert Jahnke "The Māori of New Zealand is a member of the Polynesian race whose origin is still a subject of much argument. The consensus of opinion today suggests that the Polynesians reached Oceania from...

New Zealand Production

Short 1979 Animation 10.00 minutes

Based on a Māori myth about a battle of the gods following the separation of earth and sky. Captures the stylistic and symbolic elements of traditional indigenous art. The story of a battle between Māori gods, which occurs after the separation of the earth and sky. this animated film, based on a traditional myth of New Zealand's Māori people, captures the stylistic and symbolic elements of traditional Māori art.