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Tamatoa the Brave Warrior - The Great River Race

Television (Full Length Episode) – 1998

Tamatoa the Brave Warrior follows the adventures of a young Māori adventurer and his talkative pals Moko (the tuatara), Manu (the moa) and Kereru (the kereru). In this episode Tamatoa's chances of entering the great river race look dim after Aunty Hana forces him to guard the kumara patch instead. Tamatoa reluctantly obeys, and finds himself caught up battling some crazed pukeko who want to use the kumara as a rugby ball. There may still be time to race... The series of ten minute episodes was created by the prolific Flux Animation Studios.

You play pretty good... for a boy!
– Pukeko, on Tamatoa's rugby skills

Acknowledgements

Made with funding from NZ On Air