Utu (film)
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Utu is a 1983 New Zealand war film about the New Zealand Wars. Co-written and directed by Geoff Murphy, the films stars Anzac Wallace, Bruno Lawrence, Tim Eliott, Ilona Rodgers, Wi Kuki Kaa and Merata
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Props Master Barry Thomas dressed UTU extras using masking tape, painted cardboard boxes and sacks - Ngamatea Station.
Te Kooti's War
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Te Kooti's War was among the last of the New Zealand Wars, the series of 19th-century conflicts in New Zealand between the Māori and the colonising European settlers. It was fought in the East Coast r
Utu (film)
…and Merata Mita, and depicts the story of a Māori warrior who sets out on a quest for "utu" (Te Reo Maori: Payment, Revenge). Inspired by the events of Te Kooti's War, the film is set in 1870 in the North Island and has been described as a New Zealand Western. The film, which had one of the largest budgets for a New…
Te Kooti Calvert
Banner possibly used by Te Kooti
War Flag of Te Kooti Arikirangi te Turuki
Major Reginald Biggs, militia commanding officer and Tūranga resident magistrate