Mark Ruka
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Department: Acting
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Gender: Male
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The Patriarch
Overview: 1960s, East Coast of New Zealand. Two Māori sheep-shearing families, the Mahanas and the Poatas, are longstanding enemies and commercial rivals. 14-year-old Simeon Mahana, the youngest son of the youngest son is in conflict with his traditionalist grandfather, Tamihana. As Simeon unravels the truth behind the longstanding family vendetta he risks not just his own future prospects but the cohesion of the entire tight-knit society.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-09-01
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No. 2
Overview: A matriarch organizes a feast with her family, in which she will name her successor. The heart has gone out of Nanna Maria's family. There are no parties — they don't even fight anymore...
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-02-16
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Wrong
Overview: Two mates walk past a carpark when they witness a potential violation of a women. Lucky for her there hunch was right.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-01-01
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Abandoned
Overview: In 1989 the trimaran Rose Noelle set sail from Picton, New Zealand, bound for Tonga with four crew. After a freak wave capsized the yacht, they drifted for 119 days before landing on Great Barrier Island.
Genres: Drama Thriller Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-08-30
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The World's Fastest Indian
Overview: The life story of New Zealander Burt Munro, who spent years building a 1920 Indian motorcycle—a bike which helped him set the land-speed world record at Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats in 1967.
Genres: Drama Adventure History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-10-12
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Resolve
Overview: Based on the true story of Chris Crean, who took a stand against gang violence in his community only to become a target himself.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-07-23
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Tama Tū
Overview: Six Māori Battalion soldiers camped in Italian ruins wait for night to fall. In the silence, the bros-in-arms distract themselves with jokes. A tohu (sign) brings them back to reality, and they gather to say a karakia before returning to the fray. Director Taika Waititi describes the soldiers as young men with "a special bond, strengthened by their character, their culture and each other.
Genres: War Comedy
Original Language: mi
Release Date: 2004-10-21
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Matariki
Overview: A random act of violence leaves eight people in crisis, searching for hope and new beginnings, as the Matariki constellation (Maori New Year) rises in the Southern skies.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-11-18
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Stolen
Overview: Based on a true story, STOLEN is an emotional thriller about every parent's greatest fear. Kahu Durie - the adopted baby daughter of Maori High Court Judge, Justice Eddie Durie and prominent lawyer, Donna Hall - is snatched at gunpoint as Donna pushes the pram in the street. Nine tense days follow and the nation is gripped by brave television appeals for the baby's safe return. Following Donna Hall's emotional public plea, a letter arrives, demanding the highest ransom in New Zealand's history. The police work tirelessly and the net closes on a secluded house...Terence Traynor became intent on committing a perfect crime, motivated by greed and inspired by American TV.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-07-26
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River Queen
Overview: An intimate story set during the 1860s in which a young Irish woman Sarah and her family find themselves on both sides of the turbulent wars between British and Maori during the British colonization of New Zealand.
Genres: Adventure War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-09-12
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