URU
URU
A short film produced by Hiona Henare & Ngawaeroa Maniapoto
Written and directed by Hiona Henare
Starring Noa Campbell and Shannon Claire
Uru tells the story of a disenchanted woman who turns from her Maori ancestry to embrace a
new way of life with the European settlers. The film is based on a speech made by Akenehi
Tomoana, a highly respected woman from the East Coast of New Zealand, who’s speech
influenced a whole community of tribal women to take control of Maori women’s rights, Maori
issues and cultural identity at a local conference in 1895. The Maori women’s movement was
part of a political up-rise across New Zealand in response to post treaty colonialism.
South Seas News Release
A short film produced by Hiona Henare & Ngawaeroa Maniapoto
Written and directed by Hiona Henare
Starring Noa Campbell and Shannon Claire
Uru tells the story of a disenchanted woman who turns from her Maori ancestry to embrace a
new way of life with the European settlers. The film is based on a speech made by Akenehi
Tomoana, a highly respected woman from the East Coast of New Zealand, who’s speech
influenced a whole community of tribal women to take control of Maori women’s rights, Maori
issues and cultural identity at a local conference in 1895. The Maori women’s movement was
part of a political up-rise across New Zealand in response to post treaty colonialism.
South Seas News Release
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