E Tipu E Rea - Thunderbox

A teenage boy's unorthodox relationship with his father (Wi Kuki Kaa) is explored as he learns about hypocrisy in this E Tipu e Rea edition, written by Bruce Stewart and starring Faifua Amiga as Thunderbox Junior. After establishing a reputation as a highly successful director of commercials, this was Lee (Once Were Warriors) Tamahori's first attempt at the helm of a longer drama. "You tend to get a bit of experience making people laugh when you direct commercials,' he said. "One thing I'm sure of is that people like to laugh at themselves."

I never did have much time for a school system that teaches us that our history started with Captain bloody Cook.

– Thunderbox (Wi Kuki Kaa)

Key Cast & Crew

Faifua Amiga

As: Junior

Wi Kuki Kaa

As: Thunderbox

Lee Tamahori

Director

Larry Parr

Producer

Bruce Stewart

Writer

Blair Strang

As: Peters