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Taku Rākau E
Film (Full Length) – 2010
She knows the path so well. It is her home.– Nan (Menu Ripia) explainign to her great grand daughter Erana (Te Ratauhina Tumarae) how the blind woman Mihikitekapua found her way
As a person of strong Tuhoe descent it is important to me to develop my skills as a film-writer and film-director, so that I may retell our stories from a Tūhoe perspective. They are interesting, relevant, and most of all, they have never been told before.– Writer/director Kararaina Rangihau, in the film's press kit
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