

Crooked Earth
Visit website6.2/10 • 2
2001-08-23 • 0h 0m
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.
- Directors
- Sam Pillsbury
- Writters
- Waihoroi Shortland, Greg McGee, Karin Altmann, Michael Brindley, Gavin Strawhan
- Editors
- Waihoroi Shortland, Greg McGee, Karin Altmann, Chris Plummer

Crooked Earth
Visit website2001-08-23 • 0h 0m
6.2/10 • 2
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.
- Directors
- Sam Pillsbury
- Writters
- Waihoroi Shortland, Greg McGee, Karin Altmann, Michael Brindley, Gavin Strawhan
- Editors
- Waihoroi Shortland, Greg McGee, Karin Altmann, Chris Plummer
Top Billed Cast
View CreditsTemuera 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
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- Original Language
- English
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- Keywords
- new zealandmaori