It was the first TV drama to be entirely performed in te reo (The Listener magazine softened viewers by providing a translation prior to screening).
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Geoff Murphy (of Goodbye Pork Pie, Utu fame) directed a freewheeling adaptation for television, his first film.
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The same museum is home to an early Māori carving, known as either Uenuku or Te Uenuku, which is of extreme significance both to the local Tainui Māori people and also for its archaeological value.