Mana Waka (1990)

Release Date: 1990-05-05
Runtime: 1h 25min
Production Company: Turangawaewae Marae
Production Country: New Zealand
Director: Merata Mita

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.