Will Bastion returns home from the army after an absence of 20 years to bury his father, the former chief of thee Maori tribe, Ngati Kaipuku. The eldest son, he is reluctant to inherit his fathers role, so it is taken more willingly by his younger brother, Kahu. Kahu is the leader of a band of drug dealers and trouble-makers who ride horses through the middle of town, wrecking peoples gardens. Under the guise of refusal of a land settlement, Kahu makes a large marijuana deal with some murdering city folk. Will must choose between loyalty for his brother and his father, Maori tradition, and contemporary financial issues.
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Temuera Morrison
Will Bastion
Jaime Passier-Armstrong
Ripeka Bastion
Lawrence Makoare
Kahu Bastion
Quinton Hita
Api
Nancy Brunning
Marama
Mark Nua
Iosefa
Sydney Jackson
Pettigrew
George Henare
Tipene
Calvin Tuteao
Sergeant Ropiha
Stan Wolfgramm
Timo
Sela Apera
Huiarangi
William Davis
Gus
Eliza Bidois
Grace
Mabel Wharekawa
Aunty Margaret
Patrick Wilson
Government Minister of Forestry
Sam Pillsbury
Director
Greg McGee
Writer
Gavin Strawhan
Writer
Michael Brindley
Writer
Waihoroi Shortland
Writer
Karin Altmann
Writer
Ernst Goldschmidt
Executive Producer
Henri Dorlet
Executive Producer
Peter Beilby
Executive Producer
Robin Scholes
Producer
David Gribble
Director of Photography
James Hall
Original Music Composer
Chris Plummer
Editor
