"A contemporary story of love, rejection, and triumph as a young Maori girl fights to fulfill a destiny her grandfather refuses to recognize."
Keisha Castle-Hughes
as Paikea Apirana
Rawiri Paratene
as Koro
Vicky Haughton
as Nanny Flowers
Cliff Curtis
as Porourangi
Grant Roa
as Uncle Rawiri
Mana Taumaunu
as Hemi
Rachel House
as Shilo
Taungaroa Emile
as Willie
Tammy Davis
as Dog
Mabel Wharekawa
as Maka
Rawinia Clarke
as Miro
Tahei Simpson
as Miss Parata
Roi Taimana
as Hemi's Dad
Elizabeth Skeen
as Rehua
Rutene Spooner
as Parekura
John Sumner
as Obstetrician
Jane O'Kane
as Anne
Niki Caro
Director
Witi Ihimaera
Author
Screenplay
John Barnett
Producer
Lisa Gerrard
Original Music Composer
Leon Narbey
Director of Photography
David Coulson
Editor
Tim Sanders
Frank Hübner
Linda Goldstein Knowlton
Executive Producer
Reinhard Brundig
Co-Producer
Associate Producer
Grant Major
Production Design
Kirsty Cameron
Costume Design
Diana Rowan
Casting
Denise Kum
Makeup Supervisor
Sigmund Spath
Underwater Director of Photography
David Madigan
Sound Recordist
Joan Scheckel
Script Consultant
Gavin Strawhan
Riwia Fox
Casting Assistant
Christina Asher
Stuart Turner
Mark Harris
Stunt Coordinator
George Maihoefer
Visual Effects Supervisor
James Mok
Title Designer
Stephan Colli
Sound Designer
Josef Steinbüchel
Mirko Reinhard
André Zimmermann
Wilmont Schulze
Foley Artist
Stefan Korte
Sound Re-Recording Mixer