| Location: | New Zealand / Aotearoa |
| Subject: | Voyaging |
| Length: | 50 minutes |
| Format: | 1/2-inch VHS; 1-inch master; U-matic |
| Hue: | Color |
| Year Released: | 1993 |
| Series: | |
| Director: | Pita Turei |
| Producer: | Nimrod Film Productions |
| Distributor: | NZFC |
| Library Code: | UHM AV/C VIDEOTAPE 9507 |
| Description: | Legend tells how the early explorer Kupe chased a giant octopus across the Pacific Ocean to Aotearoa, New Zealand. A thousand years later Hekenukumai Busby, a building contractor from Aurere Beach realized his dream -- to build a traditional double-hulled waka and retrace the paths of his ancestor Kupe. This documentary follow the journey of the waka Te Aurere, from Tane to Tangaroa: from the forest of Aotearoa to the shores of Rarotonga. Chiefly in English; some Maori with English subtitles. |
| Record No: | 1009 |
| Resources: | Distributors's List |
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