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E Tipu E Rea - Eel
Television (Full Length) – 1989
Hawrey Kirei is my best friend. We're mates. He teaches me everything I need to know.– Tame (Lance Wharewaka)
Tame, when I went away to war in 1915 Te Haruru couldn't manage so she leased all this to Richardson for 99 years. And he's got right of renewal, or his descendants. 99 bloody years.– Hawrey (Bill Tawhai)
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