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Crooked Earth

Crooked Earth

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Crooked Earth

2001
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6.2(2 votes)
Drama

Overview

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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Cast & Crew

21 members
Acting

Temuera Morrison

Will Bastion

Temuera Morrison
Acting

Jaime Passier-Armstrong

Ripeka Bastion

Jaime Passier-Armstrong
Acting

Lawrence Makoare

Kahu Bastion

Lawrence Makoare
Production

Quinton Hita

Api

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Acting

Nancy Brunning

Marama

Nancy Brunning
Acting

Mark Nua

Iosefa

Mark Nua
Acting

Sydney Jackson

Pettigrew

Sydney Jackson
Acting

George Henare

Tipene

George Henare
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Calvin Tuteao

Sergeant Ropiha

Calvin Tuteao
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Stan Wolfgramm

Timo

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Sela Apera

Huiarangi

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William Davis

Gus

William Davis
Production

Eliza Bidois

Grace

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Mabel Wharekawa

Aunty Margaret

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Patrick Wilson

Government Minister of Forestry

Patrick Wilson
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Ross Duncan

Jim Ferguson

Ross Duncan
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Anaru Grant

Army Major

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Arthur Ranford

Hardware Store Owner

Arthur Ranford
Writing

Jason Nathan

Puru

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Lionel Waaka

Hako

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Slade Leef

Big SOB

Slade Leef

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