Matariki (film)

Matariki is a 2010 New Zealand drama film set in Otara, South Auckland. The film is told through five interweaving stories all set in the days leading to the rising of Matariki. The film incorporates a variety of languages including, English, Mori, Tokelauan, Samoan, and Cantonese. It features an ensemble cast and is the feature debut for actors Susana Tang and Jason Wu. The film was funded by the New Zealand Film Commission.

It is New Years Eve and Gunge Edwin Wright finds that his debt to a ruthless drug dealer sets off a chain of events that rip through his South Auckland neighbourhood. After bravely intervening in a beating, star rugby player Tama Mark Ruka finds his own life in jeopardy. His wife, Megan Sara Wiseman, comes into conflict with Tamas Mori family over decisions concerning his care. Tamas brother Rick Jarod Rawiri is so rocked by the tragedy that he is forced to confront his own secrets and his allegiance to Maori values.Meanwhile, teenaged Aleki Jason Wu struggles to find his identity in a new home. Transplanted from a small island in the South Pacific to the vibrant, multicultural community of South Auckland, Aleki feels caught between his fathers traditional values and the temptations of his new culture. Nearby, Lisa Alix Bushnell, who is nine months pregnant and devoted to her drug addicted boyfriend, begins to suspect that he may not make the best father for her baby. ........

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