Mataku - The Sisters (Ngā Tuāhine)

Anthology series Mataku featured Māori tales of the supernatural. In this  episode Temuera Morrison introduces the story of sisters Nola and Naera, who are playing in the forest when Naera goes missing. Mysterious patupaiarehe (fairies) are implicated. Years later Nola (Mamaengaroa Pere, who won acclaim as Grace Heke in Once Were Warriors) is down on her luck when her sister reappears, no older than before. Māori artist Gordon Toi (aka Gordon Hatfield) plays a dodgy admirer, and Stephen Lovatt is the dodgy landlord. Carey Carter's script was inspired by two girls who went missing near Waikaremoana. 

For safe passage through their domain, an offering was made for them.

– One of the characters describes the patupaiarehe (fairies)

Key Cast & Crew

Carey Carter

Creator, Writer, Producer

Temuera Morrison

Presenter

Mamaengaroa Pere (née Kerr-Bell)

As: Nola

Nari Guthrie

As: Naera

Stephen Lovatt

As: The landlord

Renee Solomon-Tauhinu

As: Young Nola