Documentary · New Zealand · 1990 · 1h 25m

Mana Waka

Synopsis

Fifty years in the making, this extraordinary reconstruction of a never-completed 1940 documentary captures the construction of seven massive traditional war canoes by Maori tribespeople in anticipation of New Zealand's centenary celebrations.

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