Mahana (2017)

It is the 1960s Two Maori families the Mahanas and the Poatas make a living shearing sheep on the east coast of New Zealand The two clans who are bitter enemies face each other as rivals at the annual sheep shearing competitions Simeon is a 14yearold scion of the Mahana clan A courageous schoolboy he rebels against his authoritarian grandfather Tamihana and his traditional ways of thinking and begins to unravel the reasons for the longstanding feud between the two families Before long the hierarchies and established structures of the community are in disarray because Tamihana who is as stubborn as he is proud is not prepared to acquiesce and pursue new paths The story is adapted from Witi Ihimaeras novel Bulibasha King of the Gypsies